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By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC announced Thursday it was rethinking its cybersecurity strategy by reorganizing two departments and directing its efforts at five "focus areas." FERC is directing its cybersecurity efforts at five “focus areas.” | FERC The changes resulted from Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s directive that the Office of Electric...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. ReliabilityFirst briefed members Monday on spot checks it plans for about 35 generation owners (GOs) and operators (GOPs) in 2020. Brian Thiry, RF’s manager of operations and planning compliance monitoring, said the spot checks will focus on risks of insufficient long-term and operations planning that were...
By Holden Mann A simulated social media hack was among the surprises lobbed at participants in GridEx V, the latest entry in NERC’s series of exercises testing industry preparedness for cyber and physical attacks. More than 425 organizations across industry and government participated in the two-day exercise, which began on...
By Holden Mann NERC opened a final ballot Wednesday on a proposal requiring entities that fail to meet performance requirements for "supplemental" geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) to develop corrective action plans (CAP) to minimize their vulnerability. Voting will be open until 8 p.m. E.T. Nov. 22 on reliability standard TPL-007-4 (Transmission...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The limits of grid exercises and simulation tools and the need to prepare for a successful cyberattack were recurrent themes at the National Academies’ Committee on the Future of Electric Power in the U.S. daylong conference on computing, communications and cyber resilience. Observations from...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — NERC’s briefing on its revised ERO Enterprise Long-Term Strategy last week prompted a discussion on whether it is feasible to apply cost-benefit analyses to reliability standards. In their comments on the strategy plan, both the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Electricity Consumers...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Holden Mann ATLANTA — NERC’s Board of Trustees last week accepted the EMP Task Force’s Strategic Recommendations report but pointedly did not endorse the panel’s suggestions, saying it will consider them after reviewing stakeholders’ comments. The issue of electromagnetic pulses is a polarizing one, and...
By Holden Mann ATLANTA — Electric utilities have been largely proactive in their application of cyber risk protection programs across supply chains, according to NERC’s supply chain data request. However, much work remains to be done to ensure consistent adherence to supply chain standards, NERC said. The organization presented the...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Holden Mann ATLANTA — Andy Dodge, director of the FERC Office of Electric Reliability, said the commission and NERC are reviewing the more than 70 comments filed in response to their proposal on disclosure of critical infrastructure protection (CIP) violations and will determine their next...
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