NERC Compliance Enforcement Program: 2004 Results

1. NERC Compliance Enforcement Program: 2004 Results David W. Hilt May 4, 2005

2. NERC Compliance Enforcement Program • Actively monitor selected standards • Some monitored every year • Others periodically • Central to reliability • Standards vary • Event-based • Monthly • Quarterly • Annual

3. Regionally Based Monitoring • Regional programs monitor through: • Self-assessment or self-certification • Audit • Investigation • Regions report violations to NERC • NERC posts quarterly and annual performance reports

4. 2004 Program Results • 318 violations reported • Down from 360 in 2003 • Compliance improved • From 95% in 2003 to 96% in 2004 • Excludes event-based violations

5. 2004 Key Planning Results Planning Measure Performance Comparison Overall Compliance with key Planning Standards Improved in 2004

6. 2004 Key Operating Results Operating Measure Performance Comparison Overall Compliance with key Operating Measures Improved in 2004

7. Cyber Security Standard 1200 • Compliance determined through self-reporting • Improved compliance results • 16 requirements • Overall compliance improved • 67 % beginning of 2004 • 89% beginning of 2005 • 88% for control areas • 95% for reliability coordinators

8. Vegetation Outage Reporting • No violations of requirements reported • Vegetation management plan • Annual work plan • Reporting of vegetation-related outages • 38 outages reported

9. 2004 Vegetation-related Outages

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