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In 1992, the Natural Gas Council agreed that the wholesale gas market needed a standards organization and fostered the needed efforts to start one.
During the formation from 1992 to 1994, the Department of Energy hosted monthly meetings where the gas industry in open meetings determined the best structure for the organization.
In 1994, the Gas Industry Standards Board was incorporated to develop business practice standards and communications and e-commerce protocols for the interstate natural gas industry.
GISB was approached by the Coalition for Uniform Business Rules to expand its charter to include retail gas and electric interests to support customer choice states.
After 18 months of industry deliberation, GISB was expanded to NAESB, with incorporation papers filed, effective January 1, 2002. The scope of development was broadened to include standards development efforts for the wholesale gas and electricity and retail gas and electricity markets.
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Scope of work that we can undertake to develop standards and model business practices
NAESB’s scope is cited in the NAESB Certificate (Article 2, section 1):
“The objects and purposes of NAESB are to propose and adopt voluntary standards and model business practices designed to promote more competitive and efficient natural gas and electric service, as such standards apply to electronic data interchange (“EDI”) record formats and communications protocols and related business practices that streamline the transactional processes of the natural gas and electric industries.”
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Organization by Quadrant and SegmentOrganization by Quadrant and Segment
Wholesale Gas – 5 Segments Wholesale Electric – 7 Segments
Retail Electric – 3 Segments
1. End Users2. Local Distribution3. Pipelines 4. Producers5. Services
1. End Users/Public Agencies2. Distributors3. Service Providers/Suppliers
Retail Gas – 3 Segments
1. End Users/Public Agencies2. Utilities3. Service Providers/Suppliers
1. End Users2. Distribution/LSE3. Transmission 4. Generation5. Marketers/Brokers6. Independent Grid
Operators/Planners 7. Technology and Services
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Two Governing Bodies with identical structures –
Board of Directors – strategic direction, financial well being, annual planning for standards development, coordination of activities with other groups
Executive Committee – Carries out the annual plan, develops and maintains the standards and business practices through its subcommittees and task forces
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Board of Directors
ManagingCommittee
Executive Committee(s)
Standards DevelopmentSubcommittees
Critical InfrastructureCommittee
Advisory Council
InterpretationsSubcommittee
Triage Subcommittee
Advises the Board of Directors on the
general direction of the organization and the annual plans of
each quadrant
ResourcesCommittee
ParliamentaryCommittee
Annual
Plans
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The Standards Development Process
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Standards Development Process The process begins with a request – which can come from a member, an interested industry participant, a government agency or commission, an ISO or RTO, or a NAESB subcommittee or it can be an annual plan item approved by the Board of Directors.
The process followed is ANSI accredited -- ANSI accredits organizations as Standards Development Organizations (“SDO”) based on their adherence to ANSI’s cardinal principles of standards-setting.
The process is open and any interested party can participate and contribute to the standards development regardless of membership in NAESB.
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ANSI Principles of Standards Development.
Open. Any materially affected and interested party has the ability to participate
Balance and Lack of Dominance. The consensus body shall be balanced and shall not be dominated by any single interest category or organization.
Due Process. All objections shall have an attempt made towards their resolution. Interests who believe they have been treated unfairly shall have a right to appeal.
Consensus. More than a majority but not necessarily unanimity.
Voluntary. Standards are not binding unless adopted by a governmental entity as part of a code or set of regulations.
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Voluntary Standards From the organization’s perspective, all standards are voluntary and may be provided to regulatory agencies as status reports as they are published. The standards and model business practices may incorporate regional or operational differences Regulatory agencies may choose to adopt standards or model business practices, but NAESB will not advocate such action. The organization will not monitor for compliance, provide performance measures for compliance, nor will it define sanctions for non-compliance. The organization will not advocate before any regulatory body.
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Relationship of NAESB Standards and Model Business Practices to Policy
NAESB does not set policy. We defer to state and federal agencies in determining policy. Our work products are intended to focus on the implementation of policy decisions by providing a road map for the interactions between the various parties. Our standards and model business practices recommend practices for alternative regulatory models but leave the decision as to the appropriate policy or model to the regulators.
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How do the members create the How do the members create the standards?standards?
We average 30-35 meetings or calls per We average 30-35 meetings or calls per monthmonth
We average more than 600 participants by We average more than 600 participants by phone per month phone per month
We offer web casting to assist in the We offer web casting to assist in the conference callsconference calls
All participants, regardless of NAESB All participants, regardless of NAESB membership status, are welcomed to the membership status, are welcomed to the meetings and subcommittee effortsmeetings and subcommittee efforts
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Standards development based on an Annual Plan and initiated by request or annual plan item
Balanced voting structure at EC and subcommittees Multiple opportunities for involvement and comment ANSI accredited defined process for standards
development with several tiers of voting to ensure broad based support
All actions taken, decisions made and work products created are available publicly and fully transparent
A record of how all decisions are reached is documented and publicly available
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Request For Standard/Annual Plan Item
Triage Subcommittee
Executive Committee
Standards Development
Subcommittees
Executive Committee
Recommendation
Formal Industry Comment
Membership Ratification
Balanced Vote
Balanced Vote
Balanced Vote
Balanced Vote
Published Standards
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Business Practice Standards supporting
policy
Information Requirements for transactions
supporting the business practices
Electronic Delivery Standards Supporting Standard Transactions
Other Technical Implications/Tools
Publishing Considerations
FullFull
StaffingStaffing
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Voting Rules
Voting and Motion Making Including for Amendments follows Roberts Rules of Order
Parliamentary Procedure other than those defined in our Certificate, Bylaws or Operating Practices is “Modern Parliamentary Procedure” published by the American Psychological Association
Business subcommittees utilize a "balanced" segment voting process to forward recommendations on standards development
Voters are not required to be members in subcommittees
Executive Committee approval requires a "super-majority"
Membership ultimately ratifies all standards development
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Board of Directors* --Board of Directors* -- 75% of each 75% of each quadrantquadrant
(governance)(governance) 40% of each segment40% of each segment
Executive Committee* --Executive Committee* -- 67% of each 67% of each quadrantquadrant
(standards)(standards) 40% of each segment40% of each segment
Subcommittees --Subcommittees -- 50% Balanced Across 50% Balanced Across Segments of each Segments of each quadrantquadrant
(proposed standards)(proposed standards) balanced voting in the balanced voting in the segments**segments**
** Segment voting is applied to fully populated segmentsSegment voting is applied to fully populated segments
** ** Each segment has up to two votes apportioned equally Each segment has up to two votes apportioned equally over over those segment attendees present; one those segment attendees present; one company – one votecompany – one vote
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Executive Committee Example of Super-Executive Committee Example of Super-Majority Voting:Majority Voting:
Votes Cast Balanced Votes – DOES NOT PASS
REQ Segment Yes No 2/3rds in Favor
Segment Threshold
Service Providers/Suppliers (4) 3 0 Yes (75%)
Utilities (4) 4 0 Yes (100%)
End Users/Public Agencies (4) 1 3 No (25%)
Total 8 3 66.67% YES NO
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REQ Subcommittee Example of Balanced REQ Subcommittee Example of Balanced Voting:Voting:
Votes Cast Balanced Votes
REQ Segments Yes No Yes No
Service Providers/Suppliers 3 2 1.2 0.8
Utilities 4 2 1.33 0.66
End Users/Public Agencies 1 1
Total 7 5 2.53 2.46
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Other Actions That Cab Be Taken:
Minor Corrections – Simple Majority
Models – Simple Majority
Interpretations – Super Majority
Standards Manual Text, Illustrations, Business Process descriptions – Simple Majority
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CoordinationCoordination
With NERCWith NERC
NAESB and NERC have a joint NAESB and NERC have a joint standards development standards development process that coordinates work process that coordinates work to ensure that reliability to ensure that reliability standards and complementary standards and complementary business practices are in syncbusiness practices are in sync
The has worked well over the The has worked well over the years for several sets of years for several sets of standards standards
Our filings of standards with Our filings of standards with the FERC are also coordinatedthe FERC are also coordinated
We are also coordinated in use We are also coordinated in use of tools and support systems of tools and support systems such as the TSIN Registrysuch as the TSIN Registry
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Interactions with FERCInteractions with FERC
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NAESB Filing of standards with FERCNAESB Filing of standards with FERC All wholesale electric and wholesale gas standards
that are federally jurisdictional are filed with the FERC
The standards themselves and any standards that failed to pass due to a segment vote failure are forwarded
The NAESB record of minutes, work papers, voting, comments related to the standards are forwarded, including all minority positions noted in comments
Related transcripts from EC, Board and other subcommittee or task force meetings are made available to FERC and can be purchased by any other interested party
Any regulatory agency can request access to or copies of NAESB standards
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Status for 2010Status for 2010
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Major Retail Work Underway Now:Major Retail Work Underway Now: Phase 2 Demand Response and Energy Efficiency, Phase 2 Demand Response and Energy Efficiency,
including a request for automated registration for DR including a request for automated registration for DR servicesservices
Smart Grid Standards Development for Common Price Smart Grid Standards Development for Common Price Communication Model, Common Scheduling Communication Model, Common Scheduling Mechanism, Standardized Demand Mechanism, Standardized Demand Response/Distributed Energy Resources Signals and Response/Distributed Energy Resources Signals and survey underway for Energy Usage Datasurvey underway for Energy Usage Data
Process Flows and additional Model Business Practices Process Flows and additional Model Business Practices (MBPs) for Billing and Payment (MBPs) for Billing and Payment
Additional MBPs for Registration Agent process Additional MBPs for Registration Agent process Develop practices for Distribution Companies to Develop practices for Distribution Companies to
register/certify new Suppliers register/certify new Suppliers Develop a “Consumer Disclosure Statement” Develop a “Consumer Disclosure Statement”
describing the Supplier’s service offerings and related describing the Supplier’s service offerings and related contract provisionscontract provisions
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Version 1.2 Retail Standards:Version 1.2 Retail Standards:Defined Terms Defined Terms CreditworthinessCreditworthiness
Market Participant InteractionsMarket Participant Interactions Billing and PaymentsBilling and Payments
Electronic Delivery MechanismElectronic Delivery Mechanism ContractsContracts
Internet Electronic TransportInternet Electronic Transport Electronic InvoicingElectronic Invoicing
Texas Registration AgentTexas Registration Agent Customer Information Customer Information
Distribution Company-Supplier DisputesDistribution Company-Supplier Disputes
Customer Enrollments, Drops and Account Information Customer Enrollments, Drops and Account Information ChangeChange
Last Published: December 2009, Version 1.2Last Published: December 2009, Version 1.2Next Publication: March 2011Next Publication: March 2011
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Major WEQ Work Underway Now:Major WEQ Work Underway Now: Phase 2 Demand Response and Energy EfficiencyPhase 2 Demand Response and Energy Efficiency Smart Grid Standards Development for Common Price Smart Grid Standards Development for Common Price
Communication Model, Common Scheduling Communication Model, Common Scheduling Mechanism, Standardized Demand Mechanism, Standardized Demand Response/Distributed Energy Resources Signals and Response/Distributed Energy Resources Signals and survey underway for Energy Usage Datasurvey underway for Energy Usage Data
Parallel Flow Visualization for Transmission Loading Parallel Flow Visualization for Transmission Loading ReliefRelief
Network Integration Transmission ServicesNetwork Integration Transmission Services Coordination of Requests for Service Across Multiple Coordination of Requests for Service Across Multiple
Transmission SystemsTransmission Systems Transfer of the Registry from NERC to NAESBTransfer of the Registry from NERC to NAESB Modifications of eTag SpecificationsModifications of eTag Specifications
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Version 2.1 WEQ Standards:Version 2.1 WEQ Standards:OASIS Business PracticesOASIS Business Practices Transmission Loading Transmission Loading Relief*Relief*
OASIS S&CPOASIS S&CP ContractsContracts
OASIS Data DictionariesOASIS Data Dictionaries Standards of ConductStandards of Conduct
Coordinate Interchange*Coordinate Interchange* Gas/Electric CoordinationGas/Electric Coordination
ACE Equation Special Cases*ACE Equation Special Cases* Public Key InfrastructurePublic Key Infrastructure
Manual Time Error Correction*Manual Time Error Correction* eTariffeTariff
Inadvertent Interchange Payback*Inadvertent Interchange Payback* Demand ResponseDemand Response
Last Published: March 2009, Version 2.1, Adopted by Last Published: March 2009, Version 2.1, Adopted by FERC Nov. 2009FERC Nov. 2009Next Publication: Third Quarter 2010, Version 2.2Next Publication: Third Quarter 2010, Version 2.2
* Complementary to NERC reliability standards* Complementary to NERC reliability standards
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Major WGQ Work Underway Now:Major WGQ Work Underway Now: Updates to the eTariff StandardsUpdates to the eTariff Standards Security Profiles for Customer Information AccessSecurity Profiles for Customer Information Access Review of Capacity Release Standards and EDI UsageReview of Capacity Release Standards and EDI Usage Updates to Gas/Electric Coordination StandardsUpdates to Gas/Electric Coordination Standards
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Version 1.9 WGQ Standards:Version 1.9 WGQ Standards:Common CodesCommon Codes Capacity Release Capacity Release
CreditworthinessCreditworthiness Contracts Contracts
Nominations Nominations Internet Electronic Internet Electronic TransportTransport
Flowing Gas Flowing Gas Gas-Electric CoordinationGas-Electric Coordination
Invoicing Invoicing eTariffeTariff
Electronic Delivery MechanismsElectronic Delivery Mechanisms Gas QualityGas Quality
Last Published: Sep.2009, Tenth Version, Adopted by Last Published: Sep.2009, Tenth Version, Adopted by FERC March 2010FERC March 2010Next Publication: Fourth Quarter 2010Next Publication: Fourth Quarter 2010
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NAESB Copyright PolicyNAESB Copyright Policy
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All NAESB standards are copyrighted: Exclusive Rights provided under the Copyright Act are held
by the owner These rights include: reproduction, distribution, adaptation
and display Limited monopoly over use
Copyright Infringement Copyright infringement is normally dealt with by the owner Rights include: injunction, impoundment, destruction, actual
damages, seizure of profits, court costs and attorney’s fees, and
Statutory damages from $750 to $150,000 per infringement Willful infringement is more punitive
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NAESB Reasons for Copyrighting: We want our standards to be distributed by us alone
to ensure their integrity and to be certain that the most current standards are used
NAESB’s income, by which we discharge our mission, depends in part upon revenue from the sale of our standards. For pricing to non-members – complete versions are $900, final actions for single sets of standards are $50 and a three day evaluation copy is available at no cost. If the non-member is affiliated with a member, a complete version is $150. Requests for waivers are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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NAESB Copyright Policy: Members get standards as a part of their
membership The standards may be used by the member alone,
not by its agents, affiliates, partners or subsidiaries
Non-member third parties may purchase standards or access for their own use
These restrictions are fully consistent with the Copyright Act
Waivers are provided and considered on a case by case basis
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How to Contact NAESBHow to Contact NAESB
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Web Site Information and ContactsWeb Site Information and Contacts
Web Site : www.naesb.org
Quadrant Procedures, Bylaws, Certificate for NAESB
Calendar of Meetings, Agendas, Work Papers, Comments
Board minutes, EC Minutes, How to order Transcripts
Standards and Related Work Products
Membership Information
Contact Information
Phone – 713-356-0060
Fax – 713-356-0067
Email – [email protected]
For further information on the organization, please contact Veronica Thomason (713-356-0060, [email protected])
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How To MonitorHow To Monitor ActivitiesActivities
Monthly Update Calls: http://www.naesb.org/monthly_update.asp
Review updated annual plans quarterly: http://www.naesb.org/materials/gov.asp
Review Board minutes quarterly: http://www.naesb.org/weq/weq_bod.asp
Sign up for email distribution notices on subcommittees of interest:
http://www.naesb.org/listserv/mail/mail_register.cfm
Call NAESB office (713-356-0060, [email protected])
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