Common use of Alternative 6A Clause in Contracts

Alternative 6A. For a Regional Entity that chooses to vote using a balanced stakeholder committee.] NOT APPLICABLE The [standards] committee is a balanced stakeholder committee, inclusive of all stakeholder interests that provide for or are materially impacted by the reliability of the bulk power system. [The [standards] committee votes to approve standards.] See Appendix A for the representation model of the [standards] committee. [Alternative 6B: For a Regional Entity that chooses to vote using a balanced ballot body of stakeholders.] [Registered ballot body ⎯ The registered ballot body comprises all entities or individuals that qualify for one of the stakeholder segments; are registered with Midwest Reliability Organization as potential ballot participants in the voting on standards; and are current with any designated fees. Each member of the registered ballot body is eligible to vote on standards. [Each standard action has its own ballot pool formed of interested members of the registered ballot body. Each ballot pool comprises those members of the registered ballot body that respond to a pre-ballot survey for that particular standard action indicating their desire to participate in such a ballot pool.] The representation model of the registered ballot body is provided in Appendix A. COMMON ATTRIBUTE 7 Midwest Reliability Organization will coordinate with NERC such that the acknowledgement of receipt of a standard request identified in step 1, notice of comment posting period identified in step 4, and notice for vote identified in step 5 below are concurrently posted on both the Midwest Reliability Organization and NERC websites.

Alternative 6A. For a Regional Entity that chooses to vote using a balanced stakeholder committee.] NOT APPLICABLE The [standards] committee is a balanced stakeholder committee, inclusive of all stakeholder interests that provide for or are materially impacted by the reliability of the bulk power system. [The [standards] committee votes to approve standards.] See Appendix A for the representation model of the [standards] committee. [Alternative 6B: For a Regional Entity that chooses to vote using a balanced ballot body of stakeholders.] [Registered ballot body ⎯ The registered ballot body comprises all entities or individuals that qualify for one of the stakeholder segments; are registered with Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] as potential ballot participants in the voting on standards; and are current with any designated fees. Each member of the registered ballot body is eligible to vote on standards. [Each standard action has its own ballot pool formed of interested members of the registered ballot body. Each ballot pool comprises those members of the registered ballot body that respond to a pre-ballot survey for that particular standard action indicating their desire to participate in such a ballot pool.] The representation model of the registered ballot body is provided in Appendix A. A.] COMMON ATTRIBUTE 7 Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] will coordinate with NERC such that the acknowledgement of receipt of a standard request identified in step 1, notice of comment posting period identified in step 4, and notice for vote identified in step 5 below are concurrently posted on both the Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] and NERC websites.

Alternative 6A. For a Regional Entity an RE that chooses to vote using a balanced stakeholder committee.] NOT APPLICABLE The [standards] committee is a balanced stakeholder committee, inclusive of all stakeholder interests that provide for or are materially impacted by the reliability of the bulk power system. [The [standards] committee votes to approve standards.] See Appendix A for the representation model of the [standards] committee. [Alternative 6B: For a Regional Entity an RE that chooses to vote using a balanced ballot body of stakeholders.] [Registered ballot body ⎯ The registered ballot body comprises all entities or individuals that a) qualify for one of the stakeholder segments; are registered with Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] as potential ballot participants in the voting on standards; and are current with any designated fees. Each member of the registered ballot body is eligible to vote on standards. [Each standard action has its own ballot pool formed of interested members of the registered ballot body. Each ballot pool comprises those members of the registered ballot body that respond to a pre-ballot survey for that particular standard action indicating their desire to participate in such a ballot pool.] The representation model of the registered ballot body is provided in Appendix A. A.] COMMON ATTRIBUTE 7 Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] will coordinate with NERC such that the acknowledgement of receipt of a standard request identified in step 1, notice of comment posting period identified in step 4, and notice for vote identified in step 5 below are concurrently posted on both the Midwest Reliability Organization [Regional Entity Name] and NERC websites.