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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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SERC Stresses Internal Controls at Compliance Seminar

Mar 12, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann For Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), the results of a 2016 audit for compliance with reliability standard FAC-008-3 came as a shock. The utility had assumed it was complying with the standard, which governs the determination of transmission facility ratings; instead, auditors discovered that the software it...
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NERC Requests Comments on Draft DER Guideline

Mar 12, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann NERC has opened a formal comment period on a draft reliability guideline covering the collection of data on distributed energy resources to run through April 24. The draft guideline was developed by the System Planning Impacts from Distributed Energy Resources (SPIDER) working group and approved for comment...
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NERC OC, PC and CIPC Briefs: March 3-4, 2020

Mar 5, 2020
Holden Mann
ATLANTA — NERC’s Operating, Planning and Critical Infrastructure Planning committees gathered this week for their last face-to-face meetings before turning their functions over to the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC) in June. PC Discusses Distributed Energy White Paper In an unusual move, the Planning Committee opened up the...
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MISO Preps for GridEx VI

Mar 1, 2020
Amanda Durish Cook
By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO last week said preparations are in the works for the 2021 GridEx VI exercise, with the RTO drawing on lessons learned during last year’s event. Speaking at a Reliability Subcommittee meeting Thursday, MISO outage coordinator Trevor Hines said the RTO is already...
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CIP Teams Compromise on Cloud Risk Assessment

Feb 27, 2020
Holden Mann
By Holden Mann The standard drafting team working on expanding options for entities to manage bulk electric system cyber information (BCSI) (Project 2019-02) is focusing on resolving overlaps both within the affected standards and with other ongoing projects. It hopes to post the proposed standard for final ballot by July...
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