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North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit entity that develops and enforces reliability standards to promote adequate and consistent bulk electrical power in North America. NERC... more +
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit entity that develops and enforces reliability standards to promote adequate and consistent bulk electrical power in North America. NERC enforces standards, monitors reliability, investigates disruptions and trains and certifies power industry personnel. less -
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NERC Files Revisions to Rules of Procedure Subjecting Certain Unregistered Inverter Based Resources to Mandatory Reliability...

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On March 19, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to approve revisions to NERC’s Rules of Procedure (“ROP”) that would require certain...more

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How Might EV Charging Impact the Bulk Power System? NERC Issues Findings and Solutions

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On February 8, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") published a white paper titled "Potential Bulk Power System Impact of Electric Vehicle Chargers." The White Paper informs electric vehicle...more

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Texas Updates

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Over the last several months there have been a number of developments within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. The most significant have been the issuance of a Joint Blackstart Availability Study and...more

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FERC Requires Enhanced NERC Reliability Standards to Support Clean Energy Transition

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On October 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to submit new or modified Reliability Standards that address the impacts of...more

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders Development of Inverter-Based Reliability Standards

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On 19 October 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop new or modified reliability standards to tackle the issue of grid...more

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FERC Directs NERC to Develop New Transmission Planning Reliability Standard; Directs Transmission Providers to Submit One-Time...

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On June 15, 2023, FERC issued two final rules aimed at boosting bulk power system resilience by improving how grid operators assess and plan for extreme weather impacts to the transmission system. One rule directs NERC to...more

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Physical Security of Substations

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Between October 2022 and February 2023, at least nine substations were attacked in North Carolina, Washington State, and Oregon, resulting in power outages for tens of thousands of people. Damage to two substations in Moore...more

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FERC Approves Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standards in Response to Winter Storm Uri

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On February 16, 2023, FERC approved two new extreme cold weather Reliability Standards—EOP-011-3 (Emergency Operations) and EOP-012-1 (Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations)—filed by the North American Electric...more

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FERC Directs NERC to Present Security Report in Response to Physical Attacks on the Electric Grid

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On December 15, 2022, FERC issued an order directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to study the efficacy of its physical security reliability standard in light of a rash of recent physical...more

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Renewables Would Be Covered Under FERC's Proposals to Make the Grid More Reliable

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"Better late than never" was Commissioner Christie's sentiment when he addressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC's") unanimously approved issuances concerning inverter-based resources ("IBRs"). In a series...more

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FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Leads a Trio of Issuances on Inverter-Based Resources

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is proposing new reliability requirements that will apply to renewable and storage resources. On November 17, 2022, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NOPR") to...more

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FERC Issues Proposals Regarding Inverter-Based Resources to Improve Grid Reliability

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On November 17, 2022, FERC issued three orders intended to address the reliability impacts of the rapid integration of inverter-based resources (“IBRs”), including solar, wind, fuel cell, and battery storage resources, on the...more

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“Approval to Energize” – Texas’s Power Grid Operator Issues New Guidance

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On March 25, 2022, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Texas’s power grid operator, issued a new directive in response to the marked increase of cryptocurrency miners setting up operations in the state...more

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Cybersecurity 2022 – The Year in Preview: Continued Threats to Nation’s Energy Supply as Regulators Race to Keep Up

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Continued Threats of Ransomware Attacks - As we reported in our 2021 Year in Preview series, we began 2021 anticipating that ransomware would be a serious threat to critical energy infrastructure. These concerns were...more

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FERC, NERC Outline Proposed New Reliability Standards Following the February Winter Storm

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") Office of Electric Reliability and Enforcement and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") staff presented a series of findings and preliminary...more

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FERC Approves New Cold Weather Reliability Standards

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On August 24, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") approved new cold weather electric reliability standards proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC"). The standards will apply...more

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FERC and NERC Publish Whitepaper on SolarWinds and Related Supply Chain Compromise

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On July 6, 2021, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) issued a whitepaper...more

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FERC Seeks Input on Electric Reliability Issues From Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has invited public comment by April 15, 2021, on its recently opened proceeding (Docket No. AD21-13-000), which FERC has stated "will examine how grid operators prepare for and...more

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The Texas Blackout: A Regulatory Retrospective and Future Outlook

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The state of Texas, and its isolated power grid, buckled under the weight of persistent cold in February 2021, leading to a historic and widespread blackout. In the immediate aftermath, the human cost of decisions made in the...more

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Texas Blackouts Show Vulnerabilities of Electric Grid; Federal and State Investigations Announced

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After severe winter weather forced Texas into experiencing power outages and rolling blackouts, there will likely be resulting federal and state investigations into the outages, federal investigations into commodity and...more

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FERC Proposes Incentives for Adding Cyber Protections to Electric Grid

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At its December open meeting, FERC proposed to establish rules for incentive-based rate treatments for voluntary cybersecurity investments by a public utility. If approved, the regulations would provide incentives for...more

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Cybersecurity 2021 – The Year in Preview: Ransomware, the Latest Threat to the Nation’s Energy Supply

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Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. The Growing Threat of Ransomware - According to media reports,...more

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FERC and NERC Provide Industry Guidance to Ensure Grid Reliability Amid Potential Coronavirus Impacts

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On March 18, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced steps to ensure that operators of the bulk electric system can focus resources on...more

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DHS Hosts Cybersecurity Summit; Announces New Cross-Sector Risk Management Center - Kicks Off Renewed Focus on Cyber Risks to the...

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On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted a National Cybersecurity Summit, featuring the nation's top homeland, national security and law enforcement officials. The event featured Vice...more

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NERC and power company reach settlement on violations of cybersecurity standards

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With increased awareness of the urgent threat that cybersecurity failures pose to critical infrastructure, regulators have been stepping up their enforcement efforts, particularly against those entities that fail to establish...more

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