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Stakeholder Comment and Rationale Form AESO AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT PROCESS Stakeholder Consultation Draft Date: 2012-12-11 Proposed New Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Standard Definitions (“New CIP Reliability Standard Definitions”) Date of Request for Comment [yyyy/mm/dd]: Period of Consultation [yyyy/mm/dd]: Comments From: TransCanada Date [yyyy/mm/dd]: 2013/01/24 Definitions – New Existing No definition currently exists in the reliability standards. 2012-12-11 2012-12-11 through 2013-01-25 Contact: Chris Best Phone: 403-920-2081 E-mail: [email protected] Proposed Rationale “adverse reliability impact” means the impact of an event that results in bulk electric system instability or cascading. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. “blackstart resource” means a The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 Stakeholder Comments and/or Alternate Proposal TransCanada questions the inclusion of this definition as it seems counter to the TOAD principle that terms must be used in more than one document to warrant being defined in the glossary. If a term is only used in one document than it should only be defined in that document and not in the glossary. To the best of TransCanada’s knowledge this term is only used in CIP-002. While this definition is consistent with the NERC definition it is not particularly helpful and does not really add clarity. AESO Reply generating unit and its associated set of equipment which has the ability to be started without support from the system or is designed to remain energized without connection to the remainder of the system, with the ability to energize a bus, meeting the transmission operator’s restoration plan needs for real power and reactive power capability, frequency and voltage control, and that has been included in the transmission operator’s restoration plan. “CIP Senior Manager” means a single senior management official with overall authority and responsibility for leading and managing implementation of and adherence to the requirements within the CIP reliability standards. “cranking path” means a portion of the electric system that can be isolated and then energized to deliver electric power from a generation source to enable the startup of one (1) or more other generating units. “critical assets” means facilities, systems, and equipment which, if Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. TransCanada disagrees with the creation of this definition/term and feels that doing so is inconsistent with NERC. NERC CIP standards use the term “senior manager” which is not a defined term in their glossary. The Alberta CIP standards could also use “senior manager” (not defined) and they would be more consistent with NERC standards and still clear. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity Page 2 of 4 destroyed, degraded, or otherwise rendered unavailable, would affect the reliability or operability of the bulk electric system. in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. “critical cyber assets” means cyber assets essential to the reliable operation of critical assets. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. “cyber assets” means programmable electronic devices including the hardware, software and data in those devices. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. “dial-up connectivity” means a data communication link that is established when the communication equipment dials a phone number and negotiates a connection with the equipment on the other end of the link. “electronic security perimeter” means the logical border surrounding a network to which critical cyber assets are connected using a routable protocol and for which access is controlled. “physical security perimeter” means the physical, completely enclosed, “six-wall” border Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. The AESO proposes to add this definition so as to improve clarity in the CIP reliability standards Page 3 of 4 surrounding computer rooms, telecommunications rooms, operations centers, and other locations in which critical cyber assets are housed and for which access is controlled. Issued for Stakeholder Consultation: 2012-12-11 and to maintain a higher level of consistency with NERC. Page 4 of 4