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July 30, 2024

Standards/Programs

NERC Board of Trustees, MRC Briefs: Aug. 14-15, 2019
NERC’s Board of Trustees and MRC held their meetings, with discussions on wireless spectrum, cybersecurity and the EMP Task Force.
NERC Board OKs Budget, Supply Chain Inquiry
NERC’s Board approved the ERO 2020 budgets and a data request on supply chain issues before saying goodbye to its retiring general counsel.
UPDATE: Align Rollout Delayed to 2020
NERC will delay the first release of its Align software project from Sept. to the first quarter of 2020 to allow inclusion of security features,
SERC Draws Lessons from Arkansas Sabotage
SERC Reliability used part of its quarterly open forum to provide lessons learned from a series of attacks on Arkansas’ power grid in 2013.
Air Force: US Must Take `Higher Ground’ in Space
The U.S. military must place weapons in orbit between the Earth and the moon to defend against adversaries, an Air Force strategist told the EMP Task Force.
Align Rollout to be Staggered
NERC has changed the scheduled rollout of its Align software program, with TRE and MRO turning the switch on “Release 1” in September.
Tx Owners to be Exempt from Inverter Standard
Transmission owners will not be covered by revisions to NERC's reliability standard on inverter-based generation resources.
Standards Team Ponders Opposition to FR Requirement
NERC stakeholders debated whether they should be concerned over potential opposition to a requirement that generators provide frequency response service.
NARUC Game Plans for ‘Black Sky’ Event
State regulators considered the impact of a prolonged blackout for about half the country during NARUC’s first-ever “black sky” exercise.
Standards Comm. Acts on GMDs, Operator Certs., Cyber
NERC’s Standards Committee approved the posting of proposed changes to its GMD standard and authorized new initiatives on cyber system info access management.

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