NERC & Committees
The North American Electric Reliability Corp., a not-for-profit authority, regulates reliability and security standards for the bulk power system in the continental U.S., Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico. NERC is subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and governmental authorities in Canada
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NERC issued a Level 2 alert calling on registered entities to report their readiness for severe cold after multiple winter crises in recent years.
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NERC's 2021 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report highlights 11 key areas of risk for the electric industry and recommends a host of mitigating activities.
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NERC's Board of Trustees and Member Representatives Committee voted to send two new reliability standards to FERC for approval.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NERC and the REs won't have large face-to-face meetings anytime soon because of the surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the more infectious delta variant.
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NERC's Standards Committee approved teams for several standard drafting projects, while ending one project pending further research.
EPRI
Safety culture, long seen as a corporate unicorn, can be created, a new EPRI study implies.
Texas RE
Texas RE's site visits will continue as it waits for the NERC cold-weather standards to become requirements.
California State Assembly
U.S. companies may have to learn to live with ransomware attacks — even if that means paying ransom, speakers told California lawmakers.
DOE
NERC has joined EPRI for a two-year effort aimed at updating the electric industry's resource adequacy infrastructure in response to a changing power grid.
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Both the E-ISAC and cybersecurity firm Dragos see their recently announced collaboration as just a stepping stone to future cyber intelligence partnerships.
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