Standards/Programs

Yes Energy
Neb., Miss. Utilities to Pay $186K in Penalties
FERC approved settlements between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Southern Co. and their regional entities over violations of NERC's reliability standards.
FERC
FERC Responds to ERO’s INSM Clarification Filing
FERC provided additional explanations of a key term in its directive that NERC revise a recently approved cybersecurity standard.
MRO
MRO Leaders Applaud ERO Progress, Collaboration
At MRO's quarterly board meeting, leaders nodded to the "unpredictable" world while urging the regional entity's staff to maintain their collaborative approach to reliability.
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NERC Standards Committee Tackles Final Order 901 Tranche
NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post two inverter-based resource-related standard authorization requests for industry comment at its monthly meeting.
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Texas RE Analyst Urges ‘Extravagant’ Utility Cyber Plans
A speaker at a Texas RE webinar suggested that utilities look beyond the minimum cybersecurity preparations required by NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards.
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Trustees: NERC ‘Front and Center’ Addressing Reliability Challenges
NERC's trustees approved next year's budgets while urging stakeholders to continue collaborating with the ERO as the industry faces an ever-growing set of challenges.
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NERC ‘Leaning into AI’ for Online Assistance
The NERC board's Technology and Security Committee heard updates on the ERO's intentions for the use of artificial intelligence, along with threat information from the E-ISAC.
Duke Energy Renewables
NERC Posts IBR Standards for Comment
NERC's new standards aim to satisfy FERC's directive to develop reliability requirements for inverter-based resources.
ORU
FERC Approves NPCC’s $102K Penalty Against ORU
Consolidated Edison subsidiary Orange and Rockland Utilities will pay $102,000 to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
FERC
NERC Requests Clarity on FERC’s INSM Order
NERC asked FERC for additional clarity on a key term in its order directing modifications to the latest critical infrastructure protection standard.

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