NERC Recommends Commissioning Testing Improvements
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering A recently released NERC research request is emphasizing the need for improved protective systems commissioning testing...
View ArticleNERC Electric Reliability Compliance Extension Approved
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering On June 13, 2013 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order approving a request from NERC to extend the...
View ArticleNERC Initiates Standards Development for Geomagnetic Disturbances
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering Last month, NERC authorized the development of standards to address the reliability risks posed by geomagnetic disturbances...
View ArticleSpare Transformers Help Manage Reliability Risk
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering An aging energy infrastructure, the threat of physical and cyber terrorism, and the potential impacts of geomagnetic...
View ArticleNERC Standard Has Significant Impact for Transmission Planners
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved NERC’s Reliability Standard for transmission planning,...
View ArticleNERC Standard Extends Maintenance Program Obligations to Generators
By: Bryan Griffin, Manager, Generation Engineering Services The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order approving NERC Standard PRC-005-2 which extends the obligations for...
View ArticleRevisions to NERC’s Definition of “Bulk Electric System” Under Consideration
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering The applicability of NERC standards, from a utility asset owners perspective, is largely (but not exclusively) based on the...
View ArticleNERC Directed to Create Physical Security Standard
By: Steve Persutti, VP of Operations Development, Power Delivery Engineering On March 7, FERC issued an order directing NERC to deliver mandatory standard(s) for electric system physical security to...
View ArticleUtilities Face New Obligations under NERC’s Phase 2 Bulk Electric System...
By: Steve Persutti, Vice President of Utility Development The implementation program for NERC’s Phase 2 definition of the Bulk Electric System (BES) has begun. The new definition and its application...
View ArticleNew Requirements Proposed under Updated NERC Misoperations Standard
By: Steve Persutti, Vice President of Utility Development NERC has issued a significant revision to its Misoperations standard, expanding reporting requirements for Transmission Owners, Generation...
View ArticleTransition Guidance Available to Support Compliance with NERC CIP 5 Standard
By: Steve Persutti, Vice President of Utility Development The NERC Board of Directors has approved revisions to the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards to include new cyber...
View ArticleFERC Approves NERC Physical Security Standard
By: Steve Persutti, Vice President of Utility Development The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved NERC’s CIP-014-1 standard which addresses physical security improvements for critical...
View ArticleNERC Implements Formal Risk Based Compliance Program
By: Steve Persutti, Vice President of Utility Development In two separate Orders, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved NERC’s plans to implement the Reliability Assurance Initiative...
View ArticleNERC Releases Phase 1 Analysis of the EPA Clean Power Plan
By: Ed Malley, Vice President of Power and Utility Development On April 21, 2015 NERC released its Phase 1 Assessment of the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). NERC expects the CPP to accelerate a...
View ArticleVegetation Management: Two Emerging Issues Impact Utility Rights-of-Way
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have each made recent announcements that may impact how electric utilities manage vegetation on...
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