18 Cfr 40

18 CFR Part 40 (up to date as of 2/14/2023)
Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System

18 CFR Part 40

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Title 18 - Conservation of Power and Water Resources
Chapter I - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy
Subchapter B - Regulations Under the Federal Power Act
Part 40 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System
§ 40.1 Applicability.
§ 40.2 Mandatory Reliability Standards.
§ 40.3 Availability of Reliability Standards.

PART 40 - MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULKPOWER SYSTEM
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 824o.
Source: Order 693, 72 FR 16598, Apr. 4, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

§ 40.1 Applicability.
(a) This part applies to all users, owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System within the United States
(other than Alaska or Hawaii), including, but not limited to, entities described in section 201(f) of the
Federal Power Act.
(b) Each Reliability Standard made effective by § 40.2 must identify the subset of users, owners and
operators of the Bulk-Power System to which a particular Reliability Standard applies.

§ 40.2 Mandatory Reliability Standards.
(a) Each applicable user, owner or operator of the Bulk-Power System must comply with Commissionapproved Reliability Standards developed by the Electric Reliability Organization.
(b) A proposed modification to a Reliability Standard proposed to become effective pursuant to § 39.5 of this
Chapter will not be effective until approved by the Commission.

§ 40.3 Availability of Reliability Standards.
The Electric Reliability Organization must post on its Web site the currently effective Reliability Standards as
approved and enforceable by the Commission. The effective date of the Reliability Standards must be included in
the posting.

18 CFR 40.3 (enhanced display)

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