20150812AVU to Staff 62.docx

AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONJURISDICTION:IDAHODATE PREPARED:08/04/2015CASE NO.:AVU-E-15-05/AVU-G-15-01WITNESS:James KensokREQUESTER:IPUCRESPONDER:Rob JacobsTYPE:Production RequestDEPARTMENT:Information SystemsREQUEST NO.:Staff - 062TELEPHONE:[phone]REQUEST:
Please describe the Company’s review of system evaluations over time, and in light of the current CIP 4 requirements (See Kensok, pg. 5, line 24).RESPONSE:
Please see Avista's response 062C, which contains TRADE SECRET, PROPRIETARY or CONFIDENTIAL information and exempt from public view and is separately filed under IDAPA 31.01.01, Rule 067 and 233, and Section 9-340D, Idaho Code, and pursuant to the Protective Agreement between Avista and IPUC Staff dated June 4, 2015.
Per discussions with Staff,as CIP version 5 is the current set of future enforceable standards, we have answered this question as if it relates to CIP version 5.
To scope the size and impact of the requirements to transition from CIP v3 to CIP v5, we formed a team that met weekly for several months. That team developed a transition document that identified all of the CIP v5 requirements, the level of effort to meet each requirement, and identified some of the specific tasks required to meet the requirements. See Staff_PR_062C Confidential Attachment A for this document.