Phase B — NERC Standard Internal Compliance Program

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Whether or not you already have a NERC Reliability Standards (693) and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Internal Compliance Program, this package is designed to build (or rebuild) a practical, audit-ready NSICP tailored to your facility and region. The scope of work is driven by the results of the Gap Analysis (Phase A). We utilize Phase A to build or upgrade a comprehensive NERC Internal Compliance Program that includes policies, procedures, and evidence, ensuring that your Generator Operators compliance and Generator Owners compliance obligations are organized, defensible, and sustainable.

What we do

• Leverage Phase A – NERC Compliance Assessment as the foundation.
• Draft new Policies, Guidelines, and Procedures (PGP) where none exist.
• Augment and enhance existing PGP to align with current NERC and Regional standards, thereby supporting NERC compliance.

Review existing evidence of compliance, including:

• Testing and maintenance records
• Reporting procedures
• Generator capability reports
• Generator excitation control system model validation
• Turbine-governor model validation
• Protective relay coordination studies
• Power System Stabilizer (PSS) tuning documentation

Identify and help develop additional evidence of compliance as needed to fully support your NSICP.

What you receive:

• A customized NERC Standard Internal Compliance Program mapped to applicable standards.
• Updated and/or newly drafted Policies, Guidelines, and Procedures.
• A clearly organized evidence structure that supports audits, spot checks, and self-certifications.

We use the Gap Analysis (Phase A) to build or strengthen a complete NERC Internal Compliance Program—policies, procedures, and evidence—so your O&P and CIP obligations are organized, defensible, and sustainable.

Acronyms

693: FERC Order No. 693, issued in 2007, made NERC Reliability Standards mandatory and enforceable for the U.S. Bulk-Power System (Another name for the NERC Reliability Standard).

FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

CIP: Critical Infrasturctural Protection

NSICP: NERC Standard Internal Compliance Program

NERC: North American Reliability Organization

PGP: Policies, Guidelines, Procedures

O&P: Operations & Planning (Another name for the NERC Reliability Standard).

PSS: Power System Stabilizer