Interchange Authority – Actively Monitored Standards

Below is a summary of NERC standards being actively monitored for an Interchange Authority (IA). Currently, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the region’s sole IA.

This summary is being provided to you as a courtesy. Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (Texas RE) recommends that you refer to the 2010 Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program Requirements (CMEP) Spreadsheet on the NERC Web site for the complete set of standards and requirements that are actively monitored. To find the spreadsheet, go to Compliance, then Resources. Select Resource Documents on the left navigation bar. From the list, select 2010 Actively Monitored Reliability Standards.

To find the NERC Reliability Standards, visit Reliability Standards on the NERC site.

To find the Texas RE implementation plan for its NERC CMEP program, please visit the Compliance page.

Key:

Compliance Audit

Self-Certification

Planned Spot Check

Exception Reporting

Requirement

Critical Infrastructure Protection
CIP-002-1	Critical Cyber Asset Identification	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.2.1., R1.2.2., R1.2.3., R1.2.4., R1.2.5., R1.2.6., R1.2.7., R2., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R3.3., R4. See Implementation Table
CIP-003-1	Security Management Controls	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.3., R2., R2.1., R2.2., R2.3., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R3.3., R4., R4.1., R4.2., R4.3., R5., R5.1., R5.1.1., R5.1.2., R5.2., R5.3., R6. See Implementation Table
CIP-004-1	Personnel & Training	R1., R2., R2.1., R2.2., R2.2.1., R2.2.2., R2.2.3., R2.2.4., R2.3., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R3.3., R4., R4.1., R4.2. See Implementation Table
CIP-005-1	Electronic Security Perimeter(s)	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.3., R1.4., R1.5., R1.6., R2., R2.1., R2.2., R2.3., R2.4., R2.5., R2.5.1., R2.5.2., R2.5.3., R2.5.4., R2.6., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R4., R4.1., R4.2., R4.3., R4.4., R4.5., R5., R5.1., R5.2., R5.3. See Implementation Table
CIP-006-1	Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.3., R1.4., R1.5., R1.6., R1.7., R1.8., R1.9., R2., R2.1., R2.2., R2.3., R2.4., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R4., R4.1., R4.2., R4.3., R5., R6., R6.1., R6.2., R6.3. See Implementation Table
CIP-007-1	Systems Security Management	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.3., R2., R2.1., R2.2., R2.3., R3., R3.1., R3.2., R4., R4.1., R4.2., R5., R5.1., R5.1.1., R5.1.2., R5.1.3., R5.2., R5.2.1., R5.2.2., R5.2.3., R5.3., R5.3.1., R5.3.2., R5.3.3., R6., R6.1., R6.2., R6.3., R6.4., R6.5., R7., R7.1., R7.2., R7.3., R8., R8.1., R8.2., R8.3., R8.4., R9. See Implementation Table
CIP-008-1	Incident Reporting and Response Planning	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R1.3., R1.4., R1.5., R1.6., R2. See Implementation Table
CIP-009-1	Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets	R1., R1.1., R1.2., R2., R3., R4., R5. See Implementation Table