North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)
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Another complaint aimed at stopping the shutdown of a nuclear power plant on reliability grounds met its end at FERC's monthly open meeting.
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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.
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Cybersecurity firm Dragos has partnered with NERC's E-ISAC for an initiative to spread up-to-date cyber threat intelligence across the electric grid.
NERC's board approved standards requiring generators to protect their units against freezing and share their cold weather operating parameters.
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FERC accepted penalties against a number of entities, including Entergy and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for violations of NERC reliability standards.
NERC has introduced a guide to help integrate network monitoring solutions into the ICS and OT networks of electric utilities.
Participants from across the ERO Enterprise shared their own challenges with keeping their communications systems secure from hackers.
Panelists told FERC at a virtual technical conference that considering how climate change may affect the future grid is especially challenging.
PJM stakeholders endorsed a proposal to allow transmission facilities avoid being designated as critical infrastructure under NERC standard CIP-014.
MISO said it will pause its long-range transmission modeling and correct errors so it has the clearest picture of future grid performance.
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