nerc-cip-readiness-evidence-bundle

EnergyTech Evidence Bundle (compliance) — Spec #3 of the EnergyTech 6-pack. Profile of the Evidence Bundle spec scoped to electric utilities, grid operators, pipeline operators, and AI vendors. Covers NERC CIP-002 through CIP-014 + NERC operating procedures + TSA SD-2021-02C + DOE EO 14028 + FERC Order 2222 + state PUC prudency review baseline.

Part of the Kinetic Gain Protocol Suite.

Status: v0.1 draft. Profile at profile.json.

What this bundle is

A structured readiness checklist that a utility, grid operator, pipeline operator, or AI vendor can build (and a NERC regional-entity auditor / TSA pipeline cybersecurity coordinator / state PUC staff during prudency review can audit) toward twelve obligation families:

#	Family	Anchor
1	BES Cyber System Categorization	NERC CIP-002-5.1a
2	Electronic Security Perimeter	NERC CIP-005-7
3	System Security Management	NERC CIP-007-6
4	Incident Reporting + Response Planning	NERC CIP-008-6 (incl. 1-hour notification window)
5	Configuration Change Management + Vulnerability Assessments	NERC CIP-010-5
6	Information Protection	NERC CIP-011-3
7	Supply Chain Risk Management	NERC CIP-013-3
8	Physical Security	NERC CIP-014-3
9	TSA Pipeline Cybersecurity	TSA SD-2021-02C (post-Colonial Pipeline)
10	DOE EO 14028 Implementation	DOE + CISA Binding Operational Directives
11	FERC Order 2222 DER Aggregation Fairness	FERC Order No. 2222 + ISO/RTO compliance filings
12	State PUC Prudency Review Baseline	CA D.24-06-008, NY 15-E-0751 Supplemental, MA DPU 24-15, etc.

53 required evidence kinds total across the 12 families — the largest evidence bundle in the Suite, reflecting the energy sector's deep + multi-layered regulatory scope (mandatory continent-wide CIP + critical-infrastructure overlays + federal market rules + state PUC overlays).

What this bundle is NOT

• Not a NERC audit attestation. NERC regional entities (WECC / MRO / RFC / SERC / NPCC / TRE) conduct the actual CIP audit cycles; this bundle is a pre-audit readiness checklist.
• Not nuclear plant cybersecurity (10 CFR 73.54) — that's an NRC regime, separate.
• Not EPSA physical-security planning standards or post-CIP-014 evolution.
• Not IRS/Treasury Section 45 cybersecurity overlays for IRA tax credits.
• Not a substitute for a registered entity's compliance program — augments it.

EnergyTech-distinctive design

• CIP-008 1-hour notification window as a first-class required-evidence-kind drill record (1-hour-notification-window-drill-record). The sibling audit-stream verifier enforces the same window numerically; this bundle proves the firm rehearsed it.
• CIP-011 no-training-data-use as required evidence (no-training-data-use-on-bcsi-contract-clause). LegalTech had the same idea for privileged content; EnergyTech ports it to BES Cyber System Information.
• TSA SD-2021-02C 12-hour CISA + TSA reporting drill record as required evidence — a separate clock from CIP-008's 1-hour, because pipeline cybersecurity reports to a different regulator on a different deadline.
• AI model version change treated as configuration change as a required attestation under CIP-010. Industry default has been to treat model updates as routine; CIP-010 says no.
• DER aggregation fairness metrics by customer class / geography / DER type under FERC Order 2222 — most evidence bundles don't have fairness metrics; EnergyTech does because Order 2222 mandates non-discriminatory access.

Use

# Validate the profile is well-formed
node -e "JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('profile.json','utf8'))"

# Or feed it into the cross-vertical evidence-bundle-builder
npx evidence-bundle-builder build --profile profile.json --inputs ./your-evidence/

Composes with

• evidence-bundle-spec — upstream spec this profile conforms to
• evidence-bundle-builder — cross-vertical bundle assembler
• grid-decision-record-audit-stream — sibling Operator audit-stream emitting events into this bundle's evidence
• state-puc-ai-disclosure-tracker — sibling state PUC + federal lifecycle tracker
• grid-asset-data-vault-contract-profile — sibling vault contract profile
• Kinetic Gain Protocol Suite — umbrella

Compliance posture

Readiness scaffolding for NERC CIP + TSA + DOE + FERC + state PUC programs in the energy sector. Producing a complete bundle is evidence of program maturity, not certification of NERC CIP compliance, TSA SD attestation, FERC Order 2222 conformance, or state PUC prudency. Each of those is a separate regulator-led process — per the standing public-language guardrail across the Suite.

License

Profile + supporting documentation: MIT.