October 8, 2024

North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)

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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: Grid Transformation Continues to Accelerate
NERC's 2021 Annual Report identified climate change and cybersecurity as major risks to grid reliability, while highlighting efforts to combat them.
NERC
NERC Standards Committee Fast Tracks Cold Weather Project
Members of NERC's Standards Committee agreed on Wednesday to a move that could shave weeks off development of the latest cold-weather standards project.
PJM
PJM MIC Briefs: Feb. 9, 2022
PJM delayed a vote at the Market Implementation Committee meeting on a proposal addressing pseudo-modeled combined cycle minimum run time guidance.
NARUC
NARUC Panelists Call for Solidarity on Cybersecurity
Panelists at NARUC's Winter Policy Summit encouraged attendees to take an active role in pushing utilities to invest in cybersecurity.
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.
Google
Con Ed to Refine $4B Offshore Transmission Plan for NYC
Con Edison must resolve several regulatory concerns before being authorized to build a new substation in New York City dedicated to interconnecting offshore wind projects.
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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