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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...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — Peter Scalici, manager of security outreach programs for Northeast Power Coordinating Council, still speaks with the blunt, no-nonsense demeanor of the New York City police detective he once was. Peter Scalici, Northeast Power Coordinating Council | © ERO Insider "I was never a fan...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — "For the record," joked Ben Miller, "I cry watching ‘Frozen.’" Miller was one of five former colleagues who offered sometimes tearful, often funny, tributes to the late Mike Assante during the emotional highlight of GridSecCon 2019 last week. Ben Miller, Dragos | © ERO...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — NERC last week gave the GridSecCon 2019 conference a preview of results from its supply chain data request, which sought to fill a gap in its knowledge of low-impact bulk electric system cyber systems. The request on the "the nature and number" of low-impact...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC’s fourth round of Critical Infrastructure Protection audits still found room for improvement, with the commission’s Oct. 4 report listing seven "lessons learned." Based on "several" audits, the Office of Electric Reliability’s (OER) Division of Reliability Standards and Security, assisted by the Office of Enforcement’s Division...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — They may not know how to design firewalls or recognize malware, but lawyers are nonetheless essential to companies’ cybersecurity protections, says Paul Tiao, co-chair of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s energy sector security team. Paul Tiao, Hunton Andrews Kurth | © ERO Insider "Lawyers have an...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. In the first 16 months after its creation in 2017, NERC’s Inverter-Based Resource Performance Task Force produced four disturbance reports, two alerts, several webinars and a reliability guideline. Its latest creation could be considered its Greatest Hits. "I refer to it as a comprehensive guide for...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. NERC is accepting comments until Nov. 4 on the second draft of a revised standard to improve the ride-through performance of inverter-based resources (PRC-024-3: Frequency and Voltage Protection Settings for Generating Resources). Members of a Los Angeles Fire Department strike team read smoke behavior as they...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. The NERC Standards Committee on Wednesday delayed the posting of a standard authorization request (SAR) by SPP on generator weatherization because of a competing proposal from the Edison Electric Institute. SPP proposed the SAR in response to the joint FERC and NERC staff report on the...