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PacifiCorp Faces $42 Million Penalty for Line Misratings

Chatterjee Concurs, but Questions Penalty Amount
Apr 15, 2021
Holden Mann
PacifiCorp has 30 days to convince FERC it should not have to pay a penalty of up to $42 million for alleged violations of NERC reliability standards that may have contributed to the 2012 Wood Hollow wildfire in Utah, the commission ordered Thursday. The Order to Show Cause and Notice...
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NERC Provides Cold Weather, Cyber Updates

Apr 14, 2021
Holden Mann
NERC CEO Jim Robb said Tuesday that his organization thinks more work will be needed to prepare the bulk power system for extreme winter events, even after the proposed cold weather standard (Project 2019-06) is finished. NERC CEO Jim Robb | © ERO Insider “Our conclusion, and we think FERC...
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Biden to Name Morgan Stanley’s Easterly as CISA Head

Inglis to Join White House as National Cyber Director
Apr 13, 2021
Holden Mann
President Biden said Monday he will tap Jen Easterly, who served as cyber policy lead for his transition team, to head the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Jen Easterly, prospective CISA director, at the Future Security Forum in 2019 | Clarissa Villondo, CC BY-SA 2.0,...
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Industry Warns of Hidden Dangers in Cyber Incentives

NOPR Respondents Ask FERC to Tread Carefully
Apr 8, 2021
Holden Mann
FERC’s proposal for incentivizing public utilities to invest in cybersecurity improvements provoked a range of reactions from industry stakeholders in the comment period that closed earlier this week (RM21-3). The commission introduced the proposed incentive structure in December, building on a white paper published last June that sought to build...
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EPRI: No Time to Lose on Resilience Research

Apr 7, 2021
Holden Mann
Energy resilience is an essential but still poorly understood concept, and considerable work is needed from all industry stakeholders in order to properly appreciate its value, according to a recent white paper from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The organization published the "Value of Resilience" white paper both to...
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NASEO to Granholm: Use FEMA Funds for Grid Resilience

Apr 1, 2021
Holden Mann
Ensuring the resilience and security of the energy sector will require strong leadership from the Department of Energy, according to a letter sent to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm last month by leaders of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), and the...
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Texas electric grid

House Urged to Rethink Energy Assumptions

Mar 24, 2021
Holden Mann
February’s winter storm outages in Texas signal a need for a broader re-examination of the electric grid and its preparation for extreme weather events of all kinds, members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations heard on Wednesday. NERC CEO Jim Robb | U.S. House Energy...
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Distribution a Cyber Weak Point, GAO Warns

Mar 22, 2021
Holden Mann
Electric distribution systems that carry energy to end consumers are highly vulnerable targets for cyberattacks, but these risks are "not fully" addressed by the Department of Energy’s cybersecurity strategy, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO’s "Electric Grid Cybersecurity" report draws on interviews with officials...
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Diablo Canyon

FERC Dismisses Calif. Nuclear Complaint

Commission to Keep Watch on CAISO
Mar 18, 2021
Holden Mann
FERC on Thursday threw out on technical grounds a complaint by the activist group Californians for Green Nuclear Power (CGNP) against multiple agencies, closing another door on the nonprofit’s attempt to stop the closure of Pacific Gas and Electric’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant (EL21-13). In denying the complaint against CAISO,...
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FERC OKs Updated Supply Chain Standards

Mar 18, 2021
Holden Mann
FERC on Thursday approved revisions to three of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards, submitted last year under Project 2019-03 (Cybersecurity supply chain risks). The commission’s order approved the following standards: CIP-005-7: Cybersecurity — Electronic security perimeter(s) CIP-010-4: Cybersecurity — Configuration change management and vulnerability assessments CIP-013-2: Cybersecurity —...
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