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FERC Tackles Grid Planning for an Unpredictable Climate

Jun 1, 2021
Tom Kleckner, Michael Kuser, Holden Mann, Michael Yoder, and Jason York
Panelists told FERC at a virtual technical conference that considering how climate change may affect the future grid is especially challenging.
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DC Circuit Dismisses DOE Security Complaint

May 28, 2021
Holden Mann
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a petition from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) calling for a review of Department of Energy rules concerning disclosure of critical electric infrastructure information (CEII), saying that UCS lacked standing to bring the complaint. The petition by UCS concerns DOE’s...
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FERC Rejects Mabee's Texas Complaint

May 28, 2021
Holden Mann
FERC dealt another rejection to security activist Michael Mabee on Wednesday, denying his request for an investigation into the widespread power outages resulting from February’s cold snap despite intervenors supporting his contentions of lax regulatory oversight on the Texas power grid (EL21-54). Mabee filed his complaint on Feb. 28, not...
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NERC Clarifies Information Sharing, APBs in Compliance Filing

May 25, 2021
Holden Mann
In a compliance filing last week, NERC sought to once again reassure FERC that the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) does not violate registered entities’ confidentiality when sharing information with the ERO Enterprise to assist in standards development (RR19-7). NERC also proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure...
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NAESB Standards Gain Final FERC Approval

May 23, 2021
Holden Mann
FERC on Thursday approved a final rule ordering utilities to implement the latest version of the North American Energy Standards Board’s (NAESB) Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities (RM05-5). Under the commission’s rulemaking, the timeline for implementation of version 003.3 of the standards — approved by...
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Colonial hack recommendations

Colonial Hack Sparks Competing Recommendations at FERC

Commissioners Debate Pipeline Standards
May 20, 2021
Holden Mann
The ransomware attack that crippled Colonial Pipeline’s network nearly two weeks ago was still fresh on the mind of FERC commissioners at their open meeting on Thursday, as they advocated various approaches to securing North America’s critical infrastructure in light of the latest reminder of its vulnerability. Colonial, which claims...
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FERC Summer Assessment Spotlights Western Drought Risks

May 20, 2021
Holden Mann
Extreme heat and drought conditions are once again a major cause for concern in the Western Interconnection, while the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is likely to drive uncertainty across the North American electric grid, according to FERC’s 2021 Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment. In the report issued Thursday during the...
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DOE cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Top Concern at DOE Budget Hearing

Granholm Says Congress Could Consider New Security, Reliability Standards for Pipelines
May 19, 2021
K Kaufmann
Wednesday’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy was nominally about the Department of Energy’s 2022 budget request for $46.2 billion. But the issue clearly top of mind for many representatives and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, the hearing’s sole witness, was the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack...
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Energy, Building Cybersecurity Top Concerns at DOE National Labs

Researchers Say Industry Partnerships Vital to Scale Clean Tech Faster
May 18, 2021
K Kaufmann
The San Francisco Bay Area energy system currently has 10,000 "control points," according to Martin Keller, laboratory director at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). But in the fast-approaching future of grid-interactive buildings — in which individual buildings will have multiple, programmable energy devices — that total...
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Biden Directs Federal Cybersecurity Overhaul

Executive Order Follows Colonial Pipeline Attack
May 13, 2021
Holden Mann
In response to last week’s ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, President Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order aiming to improve cybersecurity preparedness in both the public and private sectors. The hack — which the FBI has attributed to the Eastern European criminal organization DarkSide — led Colonial to shut...
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