March 10, 2025

Standards/Programs

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ERO Backs FERC’s Cyber Monitoring Proposal
NERC and the regional entities expressed support last week for FERC's proposal for internal network monitoring at utilities, but said it is a complex task.
Broad River Energy
SERC Alleges Years of Noncompliance by Broad River in $435K Settlement
A settlement approved by FERC describes how Broad River Energy hid generator outages at its South Carolina facility and misled SERC for years.
SERC
Q&A: SERC CEO Jason Blake
ERO Insider sat down with SERC CEO Jason Blake to discuss SERC's return to the office, along with the challenges and opportunities facing the ERO Enterprise.
ReliabilityFirst
ReliabilityFirst Plugs SBOMs as Essential Cyber Tools
Presenters at ReliabilityFirst's monthly technical talk discussed the use of software bills of materials in cybersecurity and updates to the Align project.
NERC
NERC Reports Mixed Data on Supply Chain Progress
A recent survey shows that utilities are taking positive steps toward implementing NERC's supply chain risk management standards, the organization said.
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NERC Cold Weather Project Moves Forward
NERC's latest cold weather standards project has progressed to the next phase after a special meeting of the Standards Committee's Executive Committee.
NERC
NERC Board of Trustees/MRC Briefs: Feb. 10, 2022
Thursday's meetings of NERC's Member Representatives Committee and Board of Trustees saw a change of the guard among the organization's leadership.
ITC Holdings
ITC to Pay $20k for NERC Standards Violations
FERC OK'd a settlement between ReliabilityFirst and ITC Transmission for violations of NERC reliability standards at the Dearborn Industrial Generation site.
Cross-Sound Cable Co.
DC Circuit Shoots down NE Utilities on CIP Cost Recovery Cutoff Date
Utilities cannot recover prior costs of complying with NERC's critical infrastructure protection standards in ISO-NE, the D.C. Circuit Court said.
Colonial Pipeline
Texas RE Urges Tightening Password Security
Texas Reliability Entity staff suggested that utilities do more to thwart cyber threats like last year's Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

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