North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard MOD-032-1 establishes consistent modeling data requirements and reporting procedures for the development of planning models. The  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the MOD-032 standard with an effective date of May 1, 2014.

MOD-032 consists of four requirements: 

• Requirement R1 (effective July 1^st, 2015): Planning Coordinators (PC) and Transmission Planners (TP) develop data requirements and reporting procedures
• Requirement R2 (effective July 1, 2016): Data Owners submit data consistent with data requirements and reporting procedures established in R1
• Requirement R3 (effective July 1, 2016):Data Owners respond to written notification of technical concerns on their data raised by PCs or TPs
• Requirement R4 (effective July 1, 2016):PCs to submit models to ERO (or designee) to support creation of interconnection-wide models

Data Submission Responsibilities

Pursuant to requirements under MOD-032-1, MISO as a NERC register Planning Coordinator (PC), and its stakeholders, including many NERC registered Transmission Planners (TP), and owners of facilities and data within MISO’s footprint jointly established a set of common procedures for submitting the data necessary to developing planning models.

Agreed upon reporting responsibilities shown below:

• Generator Owners: Submit modeling data for their existing and approved future generating facilities. Ensure data is consistent with the topology submitted by their interconnected Transmission Owner.
• Load Serving Entities: Provide their load forecasts corresponding to developed scenarios. Ensure data is consistent with the topology submitted by their TO.
• Transmission Owners: Submit modeling data for their existing and approved future transmission facilities and inter-area transactions.
• MISO and Transmission Planners: Develop modeling data requirements and reporting procedures.
• MISO as the Planning Coordinator: Submit models for its planning area to the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) or designee.