Spotlight Articles
Spotlight on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference Panel IV
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the last of four articles on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the energy industry. Panel IV’s topic was “Access to Capital –…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference Panel III
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the third of four articles on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the energy industry. Panel III’s topic was “Natural Gas and Oil…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference Panel II
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the second of four articles on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the energy industry. Panel II’s topic was “Electricity Demand and Transmission…
Spotlight on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference Panel I
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the first of four articles on FERC’s 2020 Technical Conference regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the energy industry. Panel I’s topic was “System Operations and Planning…
Spotlight on FERC’s Approval of BAL-003-2
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at FERC’s Approval of BAL-003-2, which establishes semi-static Interconnection Frequency Response Obligations (IFROs) for the East, West, Quebec, and ERCOT – replacing the dynamic method requiring annual…
Spotlight on FERC’s Notice of Inquiry Regarding Cybersecurity
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates FERC’s Notice of Inquiry regarding the adequacy of certain aspects of the current and soon-to-be-effective Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. The Commission sees gaps when compared…
Spotlight on FERC’s Approval of PRC-024-3
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FERC’s approval of PRC-024-3, which modifies NERC's generator frequency and voltage ride through trip setting criteria. The standard acts on the findings from the Los Angeles Blue Cut…
Spotlight on the DOE’s Supply Chain Data Request
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the Supply Chain Data Request recently issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) as directed by a Presidential Executive Order released in May. The request consists of…
Spotlight on the Proposed Compliance Guidance for Configuration Change Management
Today's LiveWire Spotlight addresses the MRO's proposed Implementation Guidance on the first two requirements of CIP-010-2, which deal with BES Cyber System configuration change management and configuration monitoring. The document…
Spotlight on the Responses to FERC’s NOI Regarding Virtualization and Cloud Computing Services
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the stakeholder responses to FERC’s Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to questions posed in four topical areas regarding the use of virtualization and cloud computing services in BES…
Spotlight on Two NERC Lessons Learned – Emergency Balancing Operations
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at two "teachable moments” where an Emergency Energy Alert (EEA) was improperly requested due to a lack of situational awareness on the part of operating entities involved…
Spotlight on the Latest Drafts of the System Operating Limit (SOL) Standards – Part II
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the second of two articles exploring the definitions and NERC standards governing the derivation and communication of System Operating Limits (SOLs). The topics of last Thursday’s email were the…
Spotlight on the Latest Drafts of the System Operating Limit (SOL) Standards – Part I
Today's LiveWire Spotlight is the first of two articles exploring the definitions and NERC standards governing the derivation and communication of System Operating Limits (SOLs). The topics of today’s issue are…
Spotlight on NERC’s Proposed Rules Updates to Registration-Related Procedures Draft 2
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at NERC’s amendments to the draft revisions of the Rules of Procedure (ROP) regarding organization registration, organization certification, and BES Exceptions. Some of the updates address…
Spotlight on NERC’s 2020 Summer Reliability Assessment
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the latest seasonal assessment issued by NERC’s Reliability Assessment Subcommittee (RAS) addressing BES reliability and adequacy. RAS has confirmed that twenty of the twenty-one North American assessment…
Spotlight on the Rules of Procedure Updates Sparked by NERC’s 5-Year Performance Assessment
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the recently posted revisions to the Rules of Procedure (ROP) arising from FERC’s most recent five-year analysis of NERC’s performance as the Electric Reliability Organization. FERC…
Spotlight on Project 2019-04 SAR Draft 2 – Modifications to PRC-005-6
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the latest Standards Authorization Request (SAR) for Project 2019-04: Modifications to PRC-005-6. The Draft 2 version expands the SAR's scope beyond Automatic Voltage Regulator protective…
Spotlight on Three Regional Standards’ Updates
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates three Regional Standards which are unique to TexasRE and WECC, but which all Clients may find helpful: 1) BAL-001-TRE-2 has achieved FERC’s approval, closing out the updates to…
Spotlight on NERC’s 2021 Draft Business Plan and Budget
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines NERC's 2021 Draft Business Plan and Budget outlining the strategic initiatives they expect take on in the next fiscal year requiring funding. The ERO has proposed a very small…
Spotlight on the Final Disposition of the EPRI’s GMD Studies
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at a presentation given to the Planning Committee regarding the final disposition of EPRI’s Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Research Work Plan. The Plan consisted of nine tasks conducted at…
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