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February 22, 2026

North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)

Manual Changes Approved by Operating Committee on June 4, 2013
The PJM Operating Committee Tuesday approved changes to manuals 14 and 36. The changes go next to the Markets and Reliability Committee for final approval.
Manual Changes Approved by Planning Committee on June 6, 2013
The PJM Planning Committee Thursday approved changes to Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis. The changes go next to the MRC.
NERC Urges Planners to Incorporate Gas Risk
NERC urged electric industry planners to begin incorporating the risk of natural gas supply interruptions in their reliability and resource assessments.
FERC Orders Rules on Geomagnetic Disturbances
FERC Said that the electric transmission system needs more protections against geomagnetic disturbances like the 1989 solar storm that caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec grid.
Tx Planning Standard OK’d on Second Try
FERC approved a revised transmission planning reliability standard (TPL-001-4) it had previously rejected as “vague and unenforceable.”
Substation Sabotage Raises Concerns over NERC Alerts
NERC’s delayed and muted response to the sabotage of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation April 16 has some electric industry officials concerned. On...
Electric Industry Leads U.S. in Cybersecurity Protections
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) issued $9.2 million in fines for violations of its cybersecurity rules between 2008 and October 2012, ha...
Seeking “Bright Line,” FERC Leaves BES Appeal Rules Unclear
By Rich Heidorn Jr PJM Insider The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave final approval Thursday to NERC’s revised definition of the “Bulk Electric Syst...
Highlights of CIP Version 5
CIP version 5 is comprised of 10 standards, one covering the categorization of assets and nine mitigating their risk of being compromised. Categorization of ...
Bulk Electric Systems (BES) Inclusions and Exclusions
I1 - Transformers with the primary terminal and at least one secondary terminal operated at 100 kV or higher unless excluded under Exclusion E1 or E3. I2 ...

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