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Consideration of Comments on OPCP SDT — Project 2007-02 May 2, 2012 1 Consideration of Comments on Project 2007-02 Operating Personnel Communications Protocols — Standard COM-003-1 The Operating Personnel Communications Protocols Standard Drafting Team (OPCP SDT) thanks all commenters who submitted comments on the proposed draft COM-003-1 Operating Personnel Communications Protocols Reliability Standard. This standard was posted for a 45-day public comment period from November 30, 2009 through January 15, 2010. Stakeholders were asked to provide feedback on the standard through a special electronic comment form. There were 71 sets of comments submitted, including comments from more than 280 different people from over 100 companies representing 9 of the 10 Industry Segments as shown in the table on the following pages. http://www.nerc.com/filez/standards/Op_Comm_Protocol_Project_2007-02.html If you feel that your comment has been overlooked, please let us know immediately. Our goal is to give every comment serious consideration in this process! If you feel there has been an error or omission, you can contact the Vice President of Standards and Training, Herb Schrayshuen, at 404 446 2563 or at [email protected] . In addition, there is a NERC Reliability Standards Appeals Process. 1 Summary Consideration: The majority of commenters expressed disagreement with the standard. Definitions: Most commenters found the proposed definitions confusing. The SDT has removed all three definitions (Communications Protocol, Three-part Communication and Interoperability Communication). The term “Three-Part Communications” was subsumed into Requirements R2 and R3 in the revised standard. The OPCP SDT changed “Interoperability Communications” to become “Operating Communications,” which is now defined as: “Communication of instruction to change or maintain the state, status, output, or input of an Element or Facility of the Bulk Electric System.” The OPCP SDT also addressed complaints stating it was unclear if “Interoperability Communication” included internal communication (communication between functional entities of the same organization), external communication (communication between two or more Functional Entities not within the same organization), or both. “Operating Communication”, the proposed definition to replace “Interoperability Communication,” addresses changes in state, status, output, or input of any Element or Facility, capturing all communication that affects BES reliability. The term “Operating Communication” includes any communication that is requesting a change to the BES, regardless of whether the communicators are internal or external. 1 The appeals process is in the Standard Processes Manual: http://www.nerc.com/files/Appendix_3A_Standard_Processes_Manual_Rev%201_20110825.pdf .