by John Schmoker, CTS Project Manager NERC’s 2025 Summer Reliability Assessment (SRA) finds and elevated risk of supply shortfalls during wide-area heat waves and abnormal weather conditions like those that have occurred in recent summers. As a result, system...
By Carl Curry, NERC Reliability Specialist All NAES client sites are very familiar with the NERC Reliability Compliance Program (RCP) procedures and their corresponding attachments. These documents are the basis of the NAES compliance program; however, some sites may...
by Chuck Holm, NERC Reliability Specialist Forces in power plant world will work against CIP-003 compliance if left unchecked. The article presented here focuses specifically on physical access to cyber assets to comply with CIP-003-8 R1 1.2.2. CIP-003-8 Attachment 1...
by Leland McMillan, Supervisor, NERC Services Good news is nice to hear, especially when it comes to cold weather and performance of the Bulk Electric System. January 2025 saw another round of winter events, including winter Storms Blair, Cora, Demi, and Enzo. FERC...
By Leonard Wills, NERC Reliability Specialist Your entity should require anyone who works from home – or any authorized remote location – to remotely connect to the corporate or operational technology (OT) network through a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN...
By Leland McMillan, NERC Supervisor NERC provides an annual report to summarize Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) activities as well as key statistics in the prior calendar year. The report for 2024 was published on February 12,...
