Compliance Corner

Our Standards and Assurance department collaborates with Market Participants on activities that assist in meeting compliance obligations, thus decreasing the overall compliance burden to our customers.  This page contains resources to assist in locating compliance related information relevant to our business relationship.  Additional information about MISO’s overall compliance program can be found on our internal Code of Conduct page. Contact us with any compliance-related questions. 

Obligations and Coordinated Functional Registrations (CFR)

As an Interchange Authority (IA), Planning Coordinator (PC), Reliability Coordinator (RC), Transmission Service Provider (TSP), and Balancing Authority (BA), MISO is responsible for ensuring compliance with the NERC standards and requirements applicable to these functions, with exception of those requirements otherwise delineated by: 

• BA Coordinated Functional Registration (CFR)
• An overview of MISO's CFR
• Which "BA" is the Requirement Referring To

Additionally, MISO is responsible for certain MOD standards dealing with the calculation and management of transfer capability.  Execute MISO's Coordinated Functional Registration (MOD CFR) agreement for select MOD Standards then reach us via email to submit the executed signature page or with any questions regarding agreement execution. 

• MISO Addendum Agreement Matrix

Attestations

Market Participants use attestations or written documents  to confirm their compliance with the regulatory standards of the Electric Reliability Organization and its regional compliance monitors.

NERC allows MISO members to complete self-attestations of compliance through the use of Compliance Application Notice (CAN)-0030 Attestations.

Under certain situations where MISO is the logical source for compliance verification, Standards and Assurance may provide our customers with individualized attestations. If this is the case, please complete the attestation request form and contact Standards and Assurance. 

• MISO General Attestation Letter

NERC Standards and Compliance Resources

Find compliance-related resources most requested by MISO stakeholders below.  For compliance and standards development questions or comments contact Standards and Assurance. 

Learn more about the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

• Complete list of NERC Standards 
• NERC Compliance Registry   
• MISO Reliability Operating Procedures
• MISO Available Transfer Capability (ATC) Information
• MISO's Extranet is a source for data such as Closed Committee documentation, Generation Interconnection Facility Studies, Flowgate Information, Models and more. Note that this requires one or more non-disclosure agreements.

• Compliance FAQs