Transmission Service Provider – Actively Monitored Standards

Below is a summary of NERC standards being actively monitored for a Transmission Service Provider (TSP). Currently, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the region’s sole TSP.

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

Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination
IRO-001-1.1	Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities	R8.
IRO-004-1	Reliability Coordination - Operations Planning	R7.
IRO-005-2	Reliability Coordination - Current-Day Operations	R13., R14.

Transmission Operations
TOP-002-2	Normal Operations Planning	R3., R12., R18.