Spotlight Articles
Spotlight on a NERC/FERC Joint White Paper on CIP Notices of Penalty
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at a white paper jointly authored by NERC and FERC staff proposing modifications to the public disclosure rules related to Notices of Penalty for violations of…
Spotlight on NERC’s Section 1600 Supply Chain Assessment Data Request
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines a mandatory data request authorized by NERC’s Board of Trustees (BOT) after reviewing a staff report addressing the effectiveness of the three supply chain standards. It consists…
Spotlight on the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Task Force Work Plan Review
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the near term (Phase 1) objectives of NERC’s Task Force assigned to assess BPS vulnerabilities to EMP and identify areas for improvement. The EMP Task…
Spotlight on a NERC Reliability Assessment – Interconnection Oscillation Analysis
Today's LiveWire Spotlight addresses a recently released NERC Reliability Assessment that examines past oscillation events from the Eastern, Western, and Texas Interconnections to better understand the causes and forcing mechanisms. The…
Spotlight on the Initial Draft of CIP-005-7 with Virtualization Updates
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the initial draft of CIP-005-7 which incorporates an innovative strategy for developing new cyber security requirements related to virtualization technologies. The drafting team proposes modifications that will…
Spotlight on a NERC Modeling Notification – Power Plant Model Usability and Accuracy Testing
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates a NERC Modeling Notification which provides recommendations and guidance concerning the testing of MOD-026-1 and MOD-027-1 dynamic models. The document is intended to assist Transmission Planners confirm…
Spotlight on the Latest Updates to NERC’s GMD Research Work Plan
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the progress made on the Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Research Work Plan as directed by FERC in Order 830. A report issued by NERC late last month…
Spotlight on TPL-007-4 – Geomagnetic Disturbance Planning Initial Draft
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the initial draft of the geomagnetic disturbance standard (TPL-007) which addresses the handling of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) that may result from GMD “hot spot”…
Spotlight on NERC/FERC Joint Report on the January 2018 Cold Weather Event
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines a joint report issued by NERC and FERC concerning the causes of 183 generator outages, derates, or start-up failures in the south-central U.S. during unusually cold…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2019 Technical Conference Panel IV
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the last of four articles on the testimony provided at FERC’s June 27 Technical Conference. Panel IV’s topic was “Managing Changes in Communications Technologies on the…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2019 Technical Conference Panel III
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the third of four articles on FERC’s June 27 Technical Conference. Panel III’s topic was “Reliability Issues Associated with Reliability Coordinator Seams”. Representatives from several Reliability Coordinators…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2019 Technical Conference Panel II
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the second of four articles on FERC’s June 27 Technical Conference. Panel II’s topic was “The Impact of Cloud-Based Services and Virtualization on BES Operations, Planning and…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2019 Technical Conference Panel I
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the first of four articles on the testimony from FERC’s June 27 Technical Conference. Panel I’s topic was “Status of the Electric Reliability Organization and Reliability”. Representatives from…
Spotlight on FERC Docket RD19-3-000 Approving CIP-008-6
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FERC Docket RD19-3-000 approving without comment CIP-008-6, which expands the type, content, timelines, and recipients of cyber security incident reports.; including... …the reporting of cyber-attacks even…
Spotlight on FERC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Approve TPL-001-5 – Single Points of Failure
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to approve TPL-001-5 addressing directives issued in Orders 754 and 786. The Commission agrees that the proposed updates mostly satisfy their…
Spotlight on a NERC Reliability Guideline – Parameterization of the DER_A Model
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines a new draft NERC Reliability Guideline on DER_A, the latest generic model representing small distributed energy resources in dynamic stability studies. The subject matter is aimed…
Spotlight on NERC’s 2019 Report on the State of Reliability
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at of NERC’s 2019 Reliability Report, which evaluates the North American Bulk Power System’s resilience, security, frequency response, and exposure to reliability threats in Calendar Year…
Spotlight on NERC Lessons Learned – Enhanced Alarming Helps Operations Analysis
Today's LiveWire Spotlight assesses NERC’s Lessons Learned addressing five cases where a state estimator (SE) or real-time contingency analysis (RTCA) failure could have been detected and dealt with more quickly…
Spotlight on the Event Analysis Process Version 4 Document Review
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines Version 4 of the Event Analysis Process. The ERO is requesting industry feedback to the modifications made after a subject matter expert periodic review of the…
Spotlight on a NERC Reliability Guideline – Inverter-Based Resource Interconnection Criteria
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the initial draft of a NERC Reliability Guideline offering criteria for interconnection agreements and modeling that ensures the adequate performance of BPS-connected inverter-based resources. The…
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