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April Ballot Planned for SOL Standards

Apr 14, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann NERC’s team updating the requirements for determining and communicating system operating limits (SOLs) is preparing for a 45-day comment period and formal ballot to begin April 23 (Project 2015-09). In a webinar earlier this week, standards drafting team chair Dean LaForest of ISO-NE said the team is...
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NERC Requests FERC Defer Standards Implementation

Apr 6, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann Citing the need to "provide registered entities with regulatory certainty" during the COVID-19 pandemic, NERC has requested that FERC delay the implementation of several reliability standards that are scheduled to take effect this year (RM15-4, et al.). The organization asked that FERC consider the request on an...
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NAESB Implementation Deadline Extended

Apr 5, 2020
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC has extended the implementation deadline for the latest version of the North American Energy Standards Board’s (NAESB) Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities (RM05-5-028). The commission acted Friday at the request of SPP and MISO, which said the original July 27,...
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Industry Pandemic Prep Encouraging, NERC Says

Apr 1, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann NERC says it is confident the electric industry is "taking aggressive steps to confront" the COVID-19 pandemic, based on responses to its recent Level 2 alert. The alert was sent on March 10 and advised registered entities to maintain situational awareness, reinforce good personal hygiene practices, and...
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NERC: COVID-19 is Chance to Test GridEx Lessons

Mar 31, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann Last year’s GridEx V security exercise provided the electricity industry with a number of lessons about crisis management that are proving timely in the current COVID-19 pandemic, according to NERC officials. "One of the reasons we do exercises like this is so we are prepared to deal...
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PNM, NV Energy Hit with NERC Penalties

Mar 29, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann FERC accepted settlements Friday with Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and two utilities owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy — Nevada Power (NEVP) and Sierra Pacific Power Co. (SPPC) — for violations of NERC reliability standards. The settlements with NEVP and SPPC carried penalties of $231,000...
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Cold Weather Team Seeks More Time to Process Response

Mar 26, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann The team working on NERC’s proposed standard for cold weather preparedness plans to meet again in the next two weeks to finish working through the latest round of comments on its draft standard authorization request (SAR). Team members had planned to address the comments this week but...
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Supply Chain Team Seeks Consensus After Feedback

Mar 26, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann The standard drafting team updating NERC’s standards to address cybersecurity supply chain risks is seeking a way forward in the face of widespread opposition to its proposed changes. Project 2019-03 was initiated in response to FERC Order 850, which directed NERC to modify standards to address electronic...
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FERC OKs PJM TOs' Critical Tx Process

Mar 18, 2020
Michael Yoder
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Michael Yoder FERC on Tuesday approved the PJM Transmission Owners’ critical infrastructure mitigation plan, the subject of several months of contentious debates over complaints that it lacks transparency and improperly restricts input by stakeholders and the RTO (ER20-841). The TOs’ plan, which details a confidential...
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Commenters See Overreach in Supply Chain Standards

Mar 16, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann The drafting team working on changes to NERC standards on supply chain risks will regroup next week after an initial ballot indicated widespread opposition to the team’s proposed changes. Comments on Project 2019-03 opened on Feb. 7 and closed last Wednesday. With 266 votes cast, the weighted...
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