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.
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.
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Brian Harrell, assistant director for the Department of Homeland Security, lamented the government’s tardy response to the security threat of drones.
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Assistant Energy Secretary Bruce Walker said the DOE is planning a megawatt-scale “Storage Launchpad” that will cut the cost of energy storage dramatically.
Speakers at NERC’s biennial Reliability Leadership Summit talked about the impact of the new U.S. resource mix and distributed generation on the grid.
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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NERC CEO Jim Robb said he sees no “appetite” among policymakers for expanding the organization’s authority despite concerns over the visibility of distributed energy resources.
Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee are worried FERC and NERC are not treating the threat of cyberattacks with enough urgency.
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