NERC and utilities are enticed by the benefits of digital technologies, but must weigh the risks of unwanted guests, said panelists at an MRC meeting.

NERC is developing a framework for prioritizing known and emerging risks that it soon hopes to hand off to a key committee for further refinement.

NERC’s Board of Trustees approved the final slate of members for the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with its first meeting next month.

NERC’s Enterprise Effectiveness Survey will be discontinued after participants called the exercise “complicated, inefficient, ineffective and duplicative.”

Retiring NERC Trustee David Goulding recalled his time with the ERO, urging stakeholders to understand their own limitations and accept advice from others.

NERC’s trustees accepted the EMP Task Force's report but did not endorse the panel’s suggestions, saying it will consider them after reviewing comments.

NERC's board approved the merging of the Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees and named Greg Ford as chairman.

NERC's board made committee appointments, approved RISC's Reliability Risk Priorities Report, and authorized bylaw changes for SERC and ReliabilityFirst.

NERC's Jim Robb said he's “feeling very good about” his senior executives after what he acknowledged was a “turbulent year” for the management team.

NERC’s Board of Trustees and MRC held their meetings, with discussions on wireless spectrum, cybersecurity and the EMP Task Force.