NERC Standard Drafting Teams Mulling Merger

January 21, 2021

The teams for two projects working to revise the same two NERC standards are considering how to merge their work after stakeholders expressed support for the idea. | Interior Department

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NOI Responses Describe Supply Chain Challenges

January 12, 2021

ERO Pandemic-related Measures Extended Again

January 7, 2021

NERC Considering Long-term Virtual Board Meeting Format

January 6, 2021

FERC Approves $536K in Penalties from WECC, Texas RE

January 6, 2021

NERC Seeks Faster Pace for Standards Postings

January 20, 2021
NERC SARs

NERC’s Standards Committee is accelerating the pace at which it approves standard authorization requests for industry comment, causing concern among members. | NERC

FERC Orders Audits of All REs by 2023

January 19, 2021

FERC ordered NERC to audit the compliance monitoring and enforcement programs of all regional entities by June 2023, rejecting the organization's proposed audit plan. | © ERO Insider

3rd Comment Round Begins for AVR Standard Proposal

January 14, 2021

NERC opened a third formal comment period on the standard authorization request for Project 2019-04 following revisions by the drafting team.

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NOI Responses Describe Supply Chain Challenges

Industry participants support federal efforts to limit acquisition of foreign-manufactured hardware but warn that rooting it out of existing systems will be challenging.

ERO Pandemic-related Measures Extended Again

NERC has extended the expansion of its self-logging program and deferment of audits and other on-site activities in response to the continuing pandemic. | CDC

NERC Considering Long-term Virtual Board Meeting Format

Inspired by the successful shift to remote work in 2020, NERC is considering a partially online format for future meetings of the Board of Trustees. | NERC

FERC Approves $536K in Penalties from WECC, Texas RE

FERC approved a penalty assessed by WECC against Southern California Edison and a penalty by Texas RE against Oncor for violations of NERC standards.

FERC Provisionally OKs ERO Delegation Agreements

January 5, 2021
FERC ordered revisions to NERC’s pro forma regional delegation agreement and its RDAs with all regional entities while approving the agreements overall. | NERC

Western RA Planning Must Change, WECC Says

December 21, 2020
A new WECC report recommends that utilities increase their coordination and adopt dynamic planning reserve margins to ensure resource adequacy. | WECC

FERC Orders Follow-up NERC Cloud Filing

December 20, 2020
FERC ordered NERC to make an informational filing on possible modifications to the critical infrastructure protection reliability standards to allow their use. | Shutterstock

DOE Issues China BPS Equipment Ban

December 20, 2020
DOE issued a prohibition order barring some U.S. utilities from acquiring equipment from China, citing concerns that its government may undermine the BPS. | International Atomic Energy Agency

FERC Pushes Cybersecurity Incentives

December 17, 2020
FERC proposed incentives to encourage public utilities to make cybersecurity investments above and beyond the requirements of NERC’s CIP standards. | © ERO Insider

NERC RSTC Briefs: Dec. 16, 2020

December 17, 2020
NERC’s RSTC held its final meeting of the year via conference call where it approved several documents and endorsed framework to address reliability and security risks. | NERC

NERC & Committees

NERC: Grid Operations ‘Fundamentally Changing’
December 15, 2020
NERC Standards Committee Briefs: Dec. 9, 2020
December 9, 2020
NERC Warns of Fuel Bottlenecks in Coming Cold Months
November 23, 2020

FERC & Federal

Supply Chain Rules Increasing Costs
December 15, 2020
FBI Sees No Rest from Cyber Battles in 2021
December 7, 2020
Retired General Sounds Alarm on Grid Security
November 22, 2020

Regional Entities

Texas RE Says Goodbye to CEO, Chair
December 10, 2020
WECC Says Extreme Events Require Forecast, RA Changes
December 10, 2020
WECC Taking Wait-and-See on COVID Measures
December 10, 2020

Standards & Programs

RTOs, BPA Fear NAESB Rules Will Cut Tx
November 15, 2020
CIP Compliance: Don’t ‘Boil the Ocean’
November 12, 2020
Overheard at SERC O&P Compliance Seminar
November 11, 2020
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