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March 1, 2025

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Avangrid to Pay $615K for NERC Violation Penalties
Avangrid's $615,000 penalty stems from violations of NERC's facility ratings standards.
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NERC Board Approves Cold Weather Standards
NERC's Board of Trustees accepted the latest proposed cold weather standards, which will now be sent to FERC for final approval.
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FERC Approves ERO 2024 Budgets
FERC OK'd the 2024 business plans and budgets for the ERO, though Commissioner James Danly called for “a significant improvement in … speed and agility.”  
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Panelists Say Focus, Fun Equally Important to GridEx
Held every two years, the GridEx conference helps electric utilities and other stakeholders test and improve their security incident response plans.
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Robb Says Collaboration Key to Maintaining Cyber Vigilance
NERC CEO Jim Robb told GridSecCon attendees that maintaining cyber vigilance in the electric sector requires support from outside.
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Amid Industry Concerns, NERC Works to Prioritize Standards Projects
Speakers at the North American Generator Forum’s annual Compliance Conference acknowledged “the volume of [standards development] projects has increased over the last two years” at NERC.
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Solarium Report Applauds US Cybersecurity Progress
The successor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission applauded government cybersecurity efforts but warned that adversaries are still hard at work.
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NERC Standards Committee Briefs: Sept. 20, 2023
The NERC Standards Committee elected Todd Bennett and Troy Brumfield as its new chair and vice chair, respectively.
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NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee Approves DER Research
The RTSC approved a whitepaper looking into the effects of distributed energy resources and their aggregations on the bulk power system.
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NERC Panel Disbands EMP Working Group, OKs Guidance on Grid-forming Storage

NERC will suspend planning to mitigate the impact of an electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear attack, as industry interest has shifted to other priorities.


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