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PacifiCorp hopes to convince FERC it shouldn’t have to pay $42 million for alleged violations that may have contributed to 2012’s Wood Hollow wildfire. | Ken Lund, via Flickr
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FERC gave final approval Thursday for NERC and WECC to introduce regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-3.
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NERC’s CEO said that his organization thinks more work will be needed to prepare the bulk power system for extreme winter events, even with Project 2019-06. | Jno.skinner, via Wikimedia Commons
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President Biden says he will name Jen Easterly to head the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. | Clarissa Villondo, via Flickr
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FERC’s proposal for incentivizing public utilities to invest in cybersecurity improvements provoked a range of reactions from industry stakeholders. | Shutterstock
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Electric distribution systems carrying energy to end consumers are vulnerable to cyberattacks, but a new report says these risks are “not fully” addressed. | Government Accountability Office
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FERC threw out a complaint by activist group CGNP against that sought to stop the closure of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant. | marya from San Luis Obispo, USA, via Wikimedia
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FERC approved revisions to three of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection reliability standards, submitted last year under Project 2019-03. | Shutterstock
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GAO urged FERC and the Department of Energy to develop strategies for responding to increasing stresses on the electric grid from climate change. | GAO
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NERC and the regional entities pushed back on FERC’s proposal to shorten the time between the organization’s performance assessments from five years to three. | © ERO Insider
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FERC has accepted a settlement between WECC and NorthWestern Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards, under which the utility will pay $205,000. | NorthWestern Energy
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FERC Chair Richard Glick said he may seek new reliability standards to ensure better preparation for severe winter conditions following outages in Texas and the Midwest.
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Large-scale replacement of computer systems “may be the only option” for some users of SolarWinds, FERC’s Joseph McClelland told NARUC attendees. | SolarWinds
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FERC approved a settlement between ReliabilityFirst and ITC Holdings subsidiary Michigan Electric Transmission Company for violations of NERC reliability standards. | ITC Holdings
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President Joe Biden has suspended a Trump administration rule that restricts the purchase of bulk power system equipment from foreign adversaries. | New York Times
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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
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Industry participants support federal efforts to limit acquisition of foreign-manufactured hardware but warn that rooting it out of existing systems will be challenging.
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FERC ordered revisions to NERC’s pro forma regional delegation agreement and its RDAs with all regional entities while approving the agreements overall. | NERC
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FERC ordered NERC to make an informational filing on possible modifications to the critical infrastructure protection reliability standards to allow their use. | Shutterstock
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FERC proposed incentives to encourage public utilities to make cybersecurity investments above and beyond the requirements of NERC’s CIP standards. | © ERO Insider
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