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FERC is seeking industry comments on a proposed incentive framework meant to encourage utilities to make cybersecurity investments above and beyond the requirements of NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards (AD20-19). Limitations in CIP Standards Recognized In a white paper published Thursday, FERC described the proposed incentive framework as a...
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and National Association of State Energy Officials have launched an initiative aimed at improving cybersecurity defenses in solar energy facilities. The Cybersecurity Advisory Team for State Solar, which is also backed by the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, will include experts...
Citing concerns over the adequacy of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection (CIP) standards, FERC on Thursday issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) seeking comments on potential gaps in the standards and what actions the commission may need to take to improve them (RM20-12). FERC positioned its NOI as a response to...
NERC has asked FERC to dismiss a complaint brought by security activist Michael Mabee against the ERO’s critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards — in particular, CIP-013-1 (Cyber security supply chain risk management) (EL20-46). CIP-013-1 is set to take effect Oct. 1, along with CIP-005-6 (Electronic security perimeter(s)) and CIP-010-3...
FERC on Tuesday rejected a complaint by security gadfly Michael Mabee alleging that NERC’s physical security standard is ineffectual and unenforced (EL20-21). Mabee’s complaint alleged that reliability standard CIP-014-2 is "inadequate" and that enforcement "seems nonexistent" because few violations have been cited since it took effect in 2015. The standard,...
FERC last week accepted a settlement between ReliabilityFirst and an unnamed entity in the Eastern Interconnection for violations of NERC reliability standards (NP20-15). In a notice on Friday, the commission said it would not review the settlement, leaving the $450,000 penalty intact. In a Notice of Penalty submitted April 30,...
NERC has submitted the first of two compliance filings directed by FERC earlier this year, providing information about its oversight of regional entities, the development process for reliability guidelines and the role of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) in developing reliability standards (RR19-7). FERC ordered the filing...
FERC this week approved a procedure for "critical" New England generators and transmission operators to obtain compensation for compliance with NERC rules but said it would not cover past expenses (ER20-739). The ruling allows owners of assets judged critical to the derivation of interconnection reliability operating limits (IROL) to seek...
NERC is seeking comments through July 10 on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedures (ROP) that were ordered by FERC earlier this year in response to the ERO’s five-year performance assessment (RR19-7). The planned updates apply to Section 1003, covering NERC’s infrastructure security program — particularly the Electricity Information...
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