Since becoming the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), NERC has initiated a program to identify candidate organizations for its compliance registry. The program, conducted by NERC and the Regional Entities, will also confirm the functions and information now on file for currently-registered organizations. NERC and the Regional Entities have the obligation to identify and register all entities that meet the criteria for inclusion in the compliance registry as described in the Statement of Compliance Registry Criteria. This document describes how NERC will identify organizations that may be candidates for registration and assign them to the compliance registry.