March 18, 2010 - Item E-7: FERC seeks comment on version one regional reliability standard for resource and demand balancing NOPR efile your comments   March 18, 2010 - Item E-6: FERC seeks comments time error correction reliability standard NOPR efile your comments   March 18, 2010 - Items E-2, E-3 & E-10: FERC directs NERC to modify standards development procedures News Release | Chairman's Statement | Decisions: E-2 | E-3 | E-10 efile your comments   March 18, 2010 - Item E-8: FERC proposes to define transmission facilities subject to reliability standards News Release | NOPR   efile your comments   March 5, 2010 - FERC approves settlement on FRCC’s role in Florida Blackout News Release | Order   January 21, 2010 - Item E-9: FERC seeks comments on the interplay between Reliability Standard IRO-006-4 and the curtailment priorities set forth in the Commission's pro forma open access transmission tariff NOI   efile your comments by March 29, 2010

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)	Electric Reliability Standards
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FERC, pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, finalized on February 2, 2006, landmark new rules on the certification of an Electric Reliability Organization and the procedures for the establishment, approval and enforcement of mandatory electric reliability standards.

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Orders Reports Conferences Testimony   Item E-7: FERC seeks comment on version one regional reliability standard for resource and demand balancing, March 18, 2010, NOPR Item E-9: FERC issues notice of proposed rulemaking regarding proposing an alternative interpretation of Reliability Standard TPL-002-0, March 18, 2010, NOPR Item E-8: FERC proposes to define transmission facilities subject to reliability standards, March 18, 2010, NOPR Item E-6: FERC seeks comments time error correction reliability standard, March 18, 2010, NOPR Item E-5: FERC issues final rule on Transmission Relay Loadability Reliability Standard Advisory, March 18, 2010, Order No. 733 Item E-4: FERC addresses violation severity level assignments for critical infrastructure protection reliability standards Decision Items E-2, E-3 & E-10: FERC directs NERC to modify standards development procedures, March 18, 2010, E-2 | E-3 | E-10 FERC addresses NERC’S compliance filing and approves implementation plan for nuclear power plant generator owners’ and operators’ compliance with CIP Standards, March 18, 2010, RM06-22-011 FERC issues Order Approving the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) modified Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination (NUC) Reliability Standard, NUC-001-2, January 21, 2010, RD09-10-000 FERC issues Order Approving Technical Feasibility Exception Procedures and Ordering Compliance Filing, January 21, 2010, RR10-1-000 FERC issues Order on Rehearing and Clarification of Modification of Interchange and Transmission Loading Relief Reliability Standards; and Electric Reliability Organization Interpretation of Specific Requirements of Four Reliability Standards, January 21, 2010 Order No. 713-B » 2003–2009   December 11, 2006 - FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment July 20, 2006 - Staff presents overview of Demand Response report to Commission February 6, 2006 - DOE and FERC submit Transmission Monitoring Report to Congress April 13, 2005 - Information Technology Guidelines For Power System Organizations September 30, 2004 - Report on Use of Grid Reliability Funds sent to Congress (Staff Report sent to Congress) | Transmittal Letter September 8, 2004 - Utility Vegetation Management & Reliability Final Report (Staff report sent to Congress) April 5, 2004 - The US-Canada Task Force released its Final Report on causes and recommendations from the August 14, 2003 Blackout Statement by Chairman Wood | Chapters 1-3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapters 7-10 | Appendices March 2, 2004 - The Commission released its Utility Vegetation Management Report Final Report » 2003-2009   September 10, 2009- Public Meeting announced on mandatory reliability standards for the Bulk-Power System to present research conducted by the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison sponsored by the Commission, on Topological and Impedance Element Ranking (TIER) of the Bulk-Power System for September 22, 2009 (RM06-16-000) Event Details June 15, 2007- Technical conference announced on Reliability Standard Compliance and Enforcement in Regions with Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations for September 18, 2007 (AD07-12-000) Event Details March 2, 2007 - Technical Conference to discuss a rehearing request addressing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) business plan and budget as the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) (RR06-3-001) Event Details | Comments received [eLibrary] July 6, 2006 - Technical Conference on NERC's April 4, 2006 petition and to address issues raised in the Staff Assessment Event Details April 18, 2006 – FERC and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to meet jointly on grid reliability News Release | Event Details February 2, 2006 - Special public meeting scheduled to address Energy Policy Act items News Release | Event Details November 18, 2005 - Technical conference on Electric Reliability Organization certification and procedures (Docket No. RM05-30-000) Event Details June 22, 2005 - US-Canada workshop in Toronto on Draft Principles for an International Electric Reliability Organization Event Details November 3, 2004 - Staff to attend December 8, 2004 workshop on establishing Electricity Reliability Organization Event Details | Registration September 29, 2004 - Technical conference on Reliability Readiness Reviews Event Details | View Conference (You must have Windows Media Player 9 to view this file, download .) July 15, 2004 - The Commission is planning a summer 2004 Reliability workshop in Cleveland, Ohio Event Details May 14, 2004 - US-Canada power system outage Task Force and FERC co-hosted a technical workshop that discussed improvement of NA electric reliability standards and April 2004 report recommendations Event Details | Staff Paper December 1, 2003 - FERC held a public conference on electric reliability Event Details » 2003-2009   October 27, 2009 - Joseph McClelland to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Testimony | Event Details July 21, 2009 - Joseph McClelland testified before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology on Securing the Modern Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber Attacks Testimony | Event Details May 7, 2009 - Joseph McClelland testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on cybersecurity and critical electricity infrastructure Testimony | Event Details September 11, 2008 - Chairman Kelliher testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality on Protecting the Electric Grid from Cyber-Security Threats Testimony | Event Details October 17, 2007 - Office of Reliability Director Joseph McClelland's testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, & Science & Technology on cyber security Testimony | Event Details July 12, 2006 - Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources regarding the "Can the U.S. Electric Grid Take Another Hot Summer?" Testimony | Event Details May 15, 2006 - General Counsel John S. Moot’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and electric reliability Testimony | Event Details June 8, 2005 - FERC Chairman urges Congress to fix transmission grid News Release | Testimony Summary | Full Testimony | Grid 2030 Report » 2003-2009