Stakeholder Comment and Rationale Form AESO AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT PROCESS Stakeholder Consultation Draft
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Stakeholder Comment and Rationale Form AESO AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT PROCESS Stakeholder Consultation Draft
Stakeholder Comment and Rationale Form AESO AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT PROCESS Stakeholder Consultation Draft Date: 2012-12-11 Proposed New Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Standard Definitions (“New CIP Reliability Standard Definitions”) Date of Request for Comment [yyyy/mm/dd]: Period of Consultation [yyyy/mm/dd]: 2012-12-11 2012-12-11 through 2013-01-25 Comments From: EPCOR Distribution & Transmission Inc. (EDTI) Date [yyyy/mm/dd]: 2013-01-24 Definitions – New Existing No definition currently exists in the reliability standards. Contact: Travis Robinson Phone: 780-412-3079 E-mail: [email protected] Proposed Rationale “adverse reliability impact” means the impact of an event that results in bulk electric system instability or cascading. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. “blackstart resource” means a generating unit and its associated set of equipment which has the ability to be started without support from the system or is designed to remain energized without connection to the remainder of the system, with the ability to energize a bus, meeting the transmission operator’s restoration plan needs for real power and reactive power Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. Stakeholder Comments and/or Alternate Proposal AESO Reply capability, frequency and voltage control, and that has been included in the transmission operator’s restoration plan. “CIP Senior Manager” means a single senior management official with overall authority and responsibility for leading and managing implementation of and adherence to the requirements within the CIP reliability standards. “cranking path” means a portion of the electric system that can be isolated and then energized to deliver electric power from a generation source to enable the startup of one (1) or more other generating units. “critical assets” means facilities, systems, and equipment which, if destroyed, degraded, or otherwise rendered unavailable, would affect the reliability or operability of the bulk electric system. “critical cyber assets” means cyber assets essential to the reliable operation of critical assets. Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. EDTI believes this definition should specify the CIP standards that this term is applicable to, in particular CIP-002 though CIP009. There is no intent in the NERC standards for the responsible senior manager referred to in CIP-002 through CIP-009 to be responsible for compliance with CIP-001. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. Page 2 of 3 “cyber assets” means programmable electronic devices including the hardware, software and data in those devices. “dial-up connectivity” means a data communication link that is established when the communication equipment dials a phone number and negotiates a connection with the equipment on the other end of the link. “electronic security perimeter” means the logical border surrounding a network to which critical cyber assets are connected using a routable protocol and for which access is controlled. “physical security perimeter” means the physical, completely enclosed, “six-wall” border surrounding computer rooms, telecommunications rooms, operations centers, and other locations in which critical cyber assets are housed and for which access is controlled. Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. Page 3 of 3