Midwest Reliability Organization

Table 6.2 - MRO Guidelines Supporting NERC Standards

Disclaimer: All MAPP and MAIN procedures and guides have been retired by the MRO Board (June 19th, 2008) and replaced by MRO Regional Standards and Guidelines.

MRO Guidelines and Procedures are monitored but are not enforceable until Regulatory approval.

Development of MRO guidelines and procedures are the responsibility of the subcommittees and working groups under the Reliability Assessment Committee unless otherwise noted in the table. Responsible Group Acronyms are defined below:

GTRTF: Generator Testing Review Task Force
PRS: Protection Relay Subcommittee
TAS: Transmission Assessment Subcommittee
RAS: Reliability Assessment Subcommittee
MBS: Model Building Subcommittee

To view NERC Standards go to http://www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=2/20.

Per the NERC Numbering Convention, interpretations end with a letter (i.e. BAL-003-0a).

Standards containing Approved Errata end with a decimal number (i.e. BAL-003-0.1b).

Resource and Demand Balancing (BAL)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
BAL-001-0.1a	Real Power Balancing Control Performance	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
BAL-002-0	Disturbance Control Performance	Yes	Yes	See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: MBAL-002-0
BAL-003-0.1b	Frequency Response and Bias	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
BAL-004-0	Time Error Correction	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
BAL-004-1	Time Error Correction	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
BAL-005-0.1b	Automatic Generation Control	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
BAL-006-1	Inadvertent Interchange	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
BAL-006-1.1	Inadvertent Interchange	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS

Communications (COM)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
COM-001-1.1	Telecommunications	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
COM-002-2	Communications and Coordination	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
CIP-001-1a	Sabotage Reporting	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	CIP Team
CIP-002-3	Critical Cyber Asset Identification	Yes	Yes	The Midwest Reliability Organization does not own any assets listed in CIP-002 R1.2 and therefore does not require a Risk-Based Assessment Methodology but will be in compliance with CIP-001 and CIP-003 through CIP-009 as required by FERC in Order 706.	CIP Team
CIP-003-3	Security Management Controls	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-004-3	Personnel & Training	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-005-3a	Electronic Security Perimeter(s)	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-006-3c	Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-007-3	Systems Security Management	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-008-3	Incident Reporting and Response Planning	Yes	Yes		CIP Team
CIP-009-3	Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets	Yes	Yes		CIP Team

Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
EOP-001-0	Emergency Operations Planning	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
EOP-001-1	Emergency Operations Planning	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
EOP-001-2	Emergency Operations Planning	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
EOP-002-2.1	Capacity and Energy Emergencies	Yes	Yes	See NERC Energy Emergency Alerts (Open EOP-002 and scroll to Attachment 1)
EOP-002-3	Capacity and Energy Emergencies	Yes		See Appendix 10 – NERC Energy Emergency Alerts
EOP-003-1	Load Shedding Plans	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
EOP-004-1	Disturbance Reporting	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 1:C –Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements See Appendix 7 – NERC Disturbance Report Form	PRS, TAS
EOP-005-1	System Restoration Plans	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS,TAS
EOP-005-2	System Restoration Plans	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS, TAS
EOP-006-1	Reliability Coordination – System Restoration	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
EOP-006-2	System Restoration Coordination	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
EOP-007-0	Establish, Maintain, and Document a Regional Blackstart Capability Plan	Yes		MRO to continue to maintain BCP spreadsheet, which includes the blackstart test information. Required data to be submitted to MRO shall include: COMPANY Unit Name Location MW Capacity Type of Unit Last Test Date Starting Method Type of test required Testing Frequency Minimum Duration Met Black Start Plan Requirements MRO to continue to collect generator testing information as identified in EOP-009. MRO to continue to be prepared to submit BCP to NERC if requested.	GTRTF, TAS
EOP-008-0	Plans for Loss of Control Center Functionality	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
EOP-009-0	Documentation of Blackstart Generating Unit Test Results	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	GTRTF

Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (FAC)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
FAC-001-0	Facility Connection Requirements	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-002-0	Coordination of Plans for New Facilities	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-002-1	Coordination of Plans for New Facilities	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-003-1	Vegetation Management Program	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 12 – Vegetation Outage Guideline and Reporting Form
FAC-008-1	Facility Ratings Methodology	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-009-1	Establish and Communicate Facility Ratings	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-010-2.1	System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
FAC-011-2	System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
FAC-012-1	Transfer Capabilities Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
FAC-013-1	Establish and Communicate Transfer Capabilities	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
FAC-014-2	Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
INT-001-3	Interchange Information	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-003-2	Interchange Transaction Implementation	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-004-2	Dynamic Interchange Transaction Modifications	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-005-3	Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-006-3	Response to Interchange Authority	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-007-1	Interchange Confirmation	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-008-3	Interchange Authority Distributes Status	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-009-1	Implementation of Interchange	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
INT-010-1	Interchange Coordination Exemptions	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination (IRO)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
IRO-001-1.1	Reliability Coordination – Responsibilities and Authorities	Yes		See Appendix 10 – MAPP Non-MISO Member Reliability Coordinator Declaration See Appendix 11 – SaskPower Reliability Coordinator Declaration See Appendix 15 – MRO Reliability Plan (MISO & SaskPower Reliability Plan)	MISO-RC
IRO-002-1	Reliability Coordination – Facilities	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-002-2	Reliability Coordination – Facilities	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-003-2	Reliability Coordination – Wide-Area View	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-004-1	Reliability Coordination – Operations Planning	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-004-2	Reliability Coordination – Operations Planning	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-005-2	Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-005-2a	Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-005-3	Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-006-3	Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-006-4.1	Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-008-1	Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-009-1	Reliability Coordinator Actions to Operate Within IROLs	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-010-1	Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-010-1a	Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-014-1	Procedures to Support Coordination Between Reliability Coordinators	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-015-1	Notifications and Information Exchange Between Reliability Coordinators	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC
IRO-016-1	Coordination of Real-time Activities Between Reliability Coordinators	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	MISO-RC

Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
MOD-004-1	Capacity Benefit Margin	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
MOD-006-0.1	Procedures for Use of Capacity Benefit Margin Values	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
MOD-007-0	Documentation of the Use of Capacity Benefit Margin Values	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
MOD-008-1	Transmission Reliability Margin Calculation Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
MOD-010-0	Steady-State Data for Modeling and Simulation of the Interconnected Transmission System	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-011-0	Maintenance and Distribution of Steady-State Data Requirements and Reporting Procedures	Yes		See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-012-0	Dynamics Data for Transmission System Modeling and Simulation	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-013-1	Maintenance and Distribution of Dynamics Data Requirements and Reporting Procedures	Yes		See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-014-0	Development of Steady State System Models	Yes		See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-015-0	Development of Dynamics System Models	Yes		See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-015-0.1	Development of Dynamics System Models	Yes		See Appendix 5 – MRO Model Building Procedure Manual	MBS
MOD-016-1.1	Documentation of Data Reporting Requirements for Actual and Forecast Demands	Yes	Yes	The MRO collects Demand data and controllable DSM data through the LTRA data request.	RAS
MOD-017-0.1	Aggregated Actual and Forecast Demands and Net Energy for Load	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
MOD-018-0	Treatment of Nonmember Demand Data and How Uncertainties are Addressed in the Forecast of Demand and Net Energy for Load	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
MOD-019-0.1	Reporting of Interruptible Demands and Direct Control Load Management Data	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
MOD-020-0	Providing Interruptible Demands and DCLM Data	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
MOD-021-0	Accounting Methodology for Effects of Controllable DSM in Forecasts	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	RAS
MOD-024-1	Verification of Generator Gross and Net Real Power Capability	Yes		See Appendix 3 – Generator Testing Guidelines	GTRTF
MOD-025-1	Verification of Generator Gross and Net Reactive Power Capability	Yes		See Appendix 3 – Generator Testing Guidelines	GTRTF
MOD-028-1	Area Interchange Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
MOD-029-1	Rated System Path Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
MOD-030-1	Flowgate Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
MOD-030-2	Flowgate Methodology	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO

Nuclear (NUC)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
		NERC	FERC
NUC-001-1	Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications (PER)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
PER-001-0.1	Operating Personnel Responsibility and Authority	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
PER-002-0	Operating Personnel Training	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
PER-003-0	Operating Personnel Credentials	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
PER-004-1	Reliability Coordination – Staffing	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
PER-004-2	Reliability Coordination – Staffing	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
PER-005-1	System Personnel Training	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO

Protection and Control (PRC)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
PRC-001-1	System Protection Coordination	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS
PRC-002-1	Analysis and Reporting of Transmission Protection System Misoperations	Yes		See Appendix 1:C – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements	PRS
NERC is drafting PRC-002-2, to follow its progress, go to the NERC website.
PRC-003-1	Regional Requirements for Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations	Yes		See Appendix 1:A - Procedure for Analysis of Misoperations of Transmission and Generation Protection Systems	PRS
PRC-004-1	Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 1:A - Procedure for Analysis of Misoperations of Transmission and Generation Protection Systems	PRS
PRC-004-2	Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations	Yes		See Appendix 1:A - Procedure for Analysis of Misoperations of Transmission and Generation Protection Systems	PRS
PRC-005-1	Transmission and Generation Protection System Maintenance and Testing	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS
PRC-006-0	Development and Documentation of Regional UFLS Programs	Yes		See Appendix 2 – MRO Underfrequency Load Shedding Program See Appendix 2.A – MRO Coordinated Underfrequency Load Shedding Report
PRC-007-0	Assuring Consistency with Regional UFLS Programs	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 2 – MRO Coordinated Underfrequency Load Shedding Program
PRC-008-0	Underfrequency Load Shedding Equipment Maintenance Programs	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 2 – MRO Coordinated Underfrequency Load Shedding Program
PRC-009-0	UFLS Performance Following an Underfrequency Event	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 2 – MRO Coordinated Underfrequency Load Shedding Program
PRC-010-0	Assessment of the Design and Effectiveness of UVLS Program	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS, TAS
PRC-011-0	UVLS System Maintenance and Testing	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS
PRC-012-0	Special Protection System Review Procedure	Yes		See Appendix 1:B - Special Protection System Review	PRS, TAS
PRC-013-0	Special Protection System Database	Yes		The MRO maintains a confidential Special Protection System database.	PRS
PRC-014-0	Special Protection System Assessment	Yes		See Appendix 1:D - Special Protection System Assessment	PRS, TAS
PRC-015-0	Special Protection System Data and Documentation	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	PRS, TAS
PRC-016-0.1	Special Protection System Misoperations	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 1:A - Procedure for Analysis of Misoperations of Transmission and Generation Protection Systems See Appendix 1:B – Special Protection System Review	PRS
PRC-017-0	Special Protection System Maintenance and Testing	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 1:B - Special Protection System Review	PRS
PRC-018-1	Disturbance Monitoring Equipment Installation and Data Reporting	Yes	Yes	See Appendix 1:C – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements	PRS
PRC-020-1	Under-Voltage Load Shedding Program Database	Yes		UVLS Program is not applicable to the MRO Region	PRS
PRC-021-1	Under-Voltage Load Shedding Program Data	Yes	Yes	UVLS Program is not applicable to the MRO Region	PRS
PRC-022-1	Under-Voltage Load Shedding Program Performance	Yes	Yes	UVLS Program is not applicable to the MRO Region	PRS, TAS
PRC-023-1	Transmission Relay Loadability	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Transmission Operations (TOP)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
TOP-001-1	Reliability Responsibilities and Authorities	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO	TAS
TOP-002-2	Normal Operations Planning	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-002-2a	Normal Operations Planning	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-003-0	Planned Outage Coordination	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-003-1	Planned Outage Coordination	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-004-2	Transmission Operations	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-005-1.1a	Operational Reliability Information	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-005-2	Operational Reliability Information	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-006-1	Monitoring System Conditions	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-006-2	Monitoring System Conditions	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-007-0	Reporting SOL and IROL Violations	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
TOP-008-1	Response to Transmission Limit Violations	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO

Transmission Planning (TPL)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
TPL-001-0.1	System Performance Under Normal Conditions	Yes	Yes	See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-504-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-503-MRO-01See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: PRC-502-MRO-01
TPL-002-0a	System Performance Following Loss of a Single BES Element	Yes	Yes	See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-504-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-503-MRO-01See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: PRC-502-MRO-01
TPL-002-0b	System Performance Following Loss of a Single BES Element	Yes		See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-504-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-503-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: PRC-502-MRO-01
TPL-003-0a	System Performance Following Loss of Two or More BES Elements	Yes	Yes	See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-504-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-503-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: PRC-502-MRO-01
TPL-004-0	System Performance Following Extreme BES Events	Yes	Yes	See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-504-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: TPL-503-MRO-01 See Section 4.5 – MRO Standards: PRC-502-MRO-01
TPL-005-0	Regional and Interregional Self- Assessment Reliability Reports	Yes		See Appendix 4 - MRO LTRA Data Request	TAS
TPL-006-0	Assessment Data from Regional Reliability Organizations	Yes		See Appendix 4 - MRO LTRA Data Request	TAS
TPL-006-0.1	Assessment Data from Regional Reliability Organizations	Yes		See Appendix 4 – MRO LTRA Data Request	TAS

Voltage and Reactive (VAR)

NERC Standard	Title	Approved By		MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
NERC Standard	Title	NERC	FERC	MRO Guideline	Committee Responsible
VAR-001-1	Voltage and Reactive Control	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
VAR-001-2	Voltage and Reactive Control	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO
VAR-002-1	Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
VAR-002-1.1a	Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules	Yes	Yes	No additional documentation provided by MRO
VAR-002-1.1b	Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules	Yes		No additional documentation provided by MRO

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