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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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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 approved revisions to three of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection reliability standards, submitted last year under Project 2019-03. | Shutterstock
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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 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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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 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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Supply chain rules from NERC and the federal government are increasing costs and procurement cycles for utilities and technology vendors, cybersecurity experts said. | POWERGEN International
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Commenters generally back FERC’s proposal to approve new NAESB standards for transmission but urged it to reject two replacement rules.
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After a three-month delay because of the pandemic, CIP-013-1 took effect, starting the 18-month compliance period for stakeholders. | Fortress Information Security
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FERC accepted proposed revisions to seven NERC reliability standards, as well as the ERO Enterprise’s business plans and budget for 2021. | NERC
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FERC approved a settlement between SERC Reliability and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. for violations of NERC reliability standards. | SERC
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FERC gave WECC the go-ahead to introduce a new version of its reliability standard regarding contingency reserves. | WECC
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In its latest round of CIP audits, FERC noted several “potential compliance infractions” and other areas for improvement. | FERC
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FERC rejected a challenge by security activist Michael Mabee against NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards. | Shutterstock
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