NERC's Standards Committee once again registered disapproval of a standard project team's response to industry feedback, but it stopped short of ending it.

Membership criteria for standard drafting teams (SDTs) are reliable sources of disagreement on NERC’s Standards Committee, and Wednesday’s meeting was no different. The dispute this time revolved around the nominees to the SDT for Project 2021-03 (CIP-002 Transmission owner control centers). NERC initiated the project in March to "evaluate the...

NERC on Thursday opened a third formal comment period on the standard authorization request (SAR) for Project 2019-04 (Modifications to reliability standard PRC-005-6) following revisions by the drafting team aimed at addressing criticism received during the second round that closed in July. Many respondents had indicated surprise at the proposed...