FERC & Federal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency that oversees the transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil in interstate commerce, as well as regulating hydroelectric dams and natural gas facilities.
Panelists at FERC’s annual reliability technical conference praised NERC’s maturation but acknowledged challenges with the speed of standards development.
FERC expanded NERC’s cyber incident reporting requirements, closing what it said was a gap in the CIP reliability standards.
The increasing number of billion-dollar wildfires, floods and hurricanes had some at EEI2019 suggesting an end to the universal service model.
Cybersecurity was the subject of two panels at the Edison Electric Institute’s 2019 conference this week. Here's some of the highlights.
FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s suggestion that incentives may be needed to encourage investments in infrastructure security received mixed reaction.
NERC
FERC approved SERC Reliability as the regional entity for all of Florida, replacing FRCC.
An EPRI study concluded that a high-altitude nuclear explosion could cause a multi-state outage but not the lengthy blackout some observers have feared.
Duquesne Light Co.
FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
FERC called for two changes to NERC’s draft CIP standard governing the security of communications between control centers.
Physicist Mark P. Mills gave the NERC Reliability Leadership Summit a blistering critique, saying a rapid shift from hydrocarbons is delusional.
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