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Coordinated Action Plan
Status Report for the Electricity Sub-Sector Coordinating Council (ESCC)
Report as of: February 22, 2011
Item / Milestones / Status[1] / Notes /Planned[2] / Actual /
1. Spare Equipment Database Task Force
(SED TF) / Chair: Dale Burmester, ATC
Vice Chair: Mark Westendorf, Midwest ISO / Facilitator: Ron Niebo, NERC
1.1. Draft scope / Q3 2010 / Q3 2010 / Complete / Draft Scope approved at Sep 2010 Technical Committee meetings
1.2. Establish TF and resources / Q3 2010 / Q4 2010 / Complete / Resources
Nomination request for members announced Oct 4, 2010
TF Chair appointed Oct 15, 2010
Member roster (40+) complete, subject to future additions as needed
Two subgroups established:
· Contents
· Function
Activities
Meetings scheduled twice per month.
First in-person meeting held Dec 8-9, 2010
Next in-person meeting Mar 7-8, 2011
1.3. Finalize scope and work plan / Q4 2010 / Q4 2010 / Complete / No material changes needed in draft Scope
High level work plan presented at Feb 10, 2011 MRC Informational Session
1.4. Objectives defined / Q4 2010 / Underway / Whitepaper detailing draft objectives by Q1 2011
1.5. Develop solutions / Q1 2011 / Underway / Initial recommendation to OC/PC by Q3 2011
1.6. Prepare draft report / Q4 2011
1.7. PC/OC/CIPC endorsement / Q4 2011
1.8. BOT consideration / Q1 2012
2. Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force
(GMD TF) / Chair: Don Watkins, BPA
Vice Chair: Frank Koza, PJM / Facilitator: Eric Rollison, NERC
2.1. Draft scope / Q3 2010 / Q3 2010 / Complete / Draft Scope approved at Sep 2010 Technical Committee meetings
2.2. Establish TF and resources / Q3 2010 / Q4 2010 / Complete / Resources
Nomination request for members announced Oct 4, 2010
TF Chair, V-Chair appointed Dec 21, 2010
Member roster (~50) complete, subject to future additions as needed (e.g. modeling)
Two subgroups established:
· Modeling
· Capabilities
Activities
Meetings scheduled once per month
First conference call held Jan 11, 2011
In-person meeting scheduled Feb 28-Mar 1, 2011
Workshop planned during April 2011
2.3. Finalize scope and work plan / Complete / No material changes needed in draft Scope
High level work plan presented at Feb 10, 2011 MRC Informational Session
2.4. Objectives defined / Underway / High level objectives presented at Feb 10, 2011 MRC Informational Session
2.5. Develop solutions / Q3 2011
2.6. Prepare draft report / Q4 2011
2.7. PC/OC/CIPC endorsement
2.8. BOT consideration
3. Severe Impact Resilience Task Force
(SIR TF) / Chair: Tom Bowe, PJM
Vice Chair: Paul Johnson, AEP / Facilitator: Larry Kezele, NERC
3.1. Draft scope / Q4 2010 / Q4 2010 / Complete / Draft Scope approved at Dec 2010 Technical Committee meetings
3.2. Establish TF and resources / Q4 2010 / Q1 2011 / Complete / Resources
Nomination request for members announced Dec 14, 2010
TF Chair appointed Dec 22, 2010
Member roster (50+) complete, subject to future additions as needed
Several subgroups identified
Activities
Meetings scheduled twice per month.
First conference call held Feb 11, 2011
Next conference call scheduled Mar 25, 2011
In-person meeting scheduled early April 2011
3.3. Finalize scope and work plan / Underway / No material changes in draft scope, but some areas being considered for clarification
3.4. Objectives defined / Underway / Began discussions during Feb 11, 2011 conference call
3.5. Develop solutions / Q3 2011
3.6. Prepare draft report / Q4 2011
3.7. PC/OC/CIPC endorsement
3.8. BOT consideration
4. Cyber Attack Task Force
(CA TF) / Chair: Mark Engels, Dominion
Vice Chair: Charles Abell, Ameren / Facilitator: Tim Roxey, NERC
4.1. Draft scope / Q4 2010 / Q4 2010 / Complete / Draft scope approved at Dec 2010 Technical Committee meetings
4.2. Establish TF and resources / Q4 2010 / Q1 2011 / Complete / Resources
TF Chair appointed at Sep 2010 CIPC meeting
Nomination request for members announced Jan 14, 2011
Member roster (~45) complete, subject to future additions as needed
Activities
First conference call scheduled Feb 25, 2011
In-person meeting scheduled Mar 10, 2011
Meeting at Idaho National Labs being planned
4.3. Finalize scope and work plan / Underway / Will be discussed at first meeting.
4.4. Objectives defined
4.5. Develop solutions / Q1 2011
4.6. Prepare draft report / Q4 2011
4.7. PC/OC/CIPC endorsement
4.8. BOT consideration
5. Smart Grid Task Force Cyber Security Subgroup / Chair: Sandy Bacik, Enernex / Facilitator: Eric Rollison, NERC
5.1. Draft scope / Q4 2010 / Complete / Continue with work initiated under the Smart Grid Task Force, following Nov 19/10 NERC BOT approval of Smart Grid Task Force report and work plan.
5.2. Establish TF and resources / Q1 2011 / Underway
5.3. Finalize scope and work plan / Underway
5.4. Objectives defined / Q1 2011 / Underway / Whitepaper detailing objectives
5.5. Develop solutions / Q3 2011 / Underway / Initial recommendations to OC/PC
5.6. Prepare draft report / Q4 2011 / Draft report for review by Task Force, Subcommittee, and Technical Committees.
5.7. PC/OC/CIPC endorsement / Q4 2012 / MRC review and comment.
5.8. BOT consideration / Q4 2012
NERC-Led Initiatives
6. NERC Crisis Response Plan / Lead: Brian Harrell
6.1. Objectives defined / Q4 2010 / Underway / Draft Scope prepared
6.2. Prepare draft report / Q1 2011 / Underway / Initial draft underway
6.3. Publish final report / Q2 2011
7. Government Interface / Lead: ESCC
7.1. Objectives defined / Q1 2011 / Underway / New ESCC members identified to DOE, DHS Sep 15, 2010
Sub-sector involvement in various government and cross-sector initiatives identified, management process developed and discussed with ESCC. Participation and monitoring process in-place.
ESCC met with government Interagency group (DOE, DHS, DOD) Jan 11, 2011. Participants committed to continue dialogue, identified specific next steps.
7.2. Prepare draft report / Q1 2011
7.3. Publish final report / Q1 2011
8. NERC Communications Plan / Lead: Kimberly Mielcarek
8.1. Objectives defined / Q4 2010 / Underway / Draft Crisis Communications Plan prepared
NERC capability is in-place to issue announcements, media releases as Coordinated Action Plan milestones are achieved
8.2. Prepare draft report / Underway / Communication activities related to the Coordinated Action Plan is provided in the Implementing the Coordinated Action Plan document
8.3. Publish final report / Q2 2011
9. Information Sharing / Lead: Stuart Brindley
9.1. Objectives defined / Q4 2010 / Underway / Draft Scope prepared Nov 20, 2010.
9.2. Prepare draft report / Q1 2011
9.3. Publish final report / Q2 2011
10. Pandemic Planning / Lead: Stuart Brindley
10.1. Objectives defined / Q4 2010 / Underway / Draft Scope prepared Nov 20, 2010. Enquiries underway with government (DHS and Health and Human Services) to determine status of their H1N1 lessons-learned, and response to Electricity Sector recommendation to develop a severity measure.
10.2. Prepare draft report / Q1 2011
10.3. Publish final report / Q1 2011
[1] Underway, Complete, or At-Risk
[2] Identified as “Milestones” in the Coordinated Action Plan approved by the NERC Board of Trustees, October 2010