Orders, Reports, Conferences and Testimony
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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May
FERC Approves Policy Outlining its Role in EPA’s New Mercury Rule, May 17, 2012, Policy Statement 
April
FERC issues order on NERC’s compliance registry, April 19, 2012, Decision
FERC remands proposed Transmission Planning (TPL) Reliability Standard TPL-002-0b, which includes a provision that allows for planned load shed in a single contingency provided that the plan is documented and alternatives are considered and vetted in an open and transparent process. FERC finds that this provision is vague, unenforceable and not responsive to the previous Commission directives on this matter, April 19, 2012, Order No. 762
FERC seeks comment on approval of modified Transmission Planning Reliability Standard, TPL-001-2 which combines four currently effective TPL Reliability Standards, TPL-001-1, TPL-002-1b, TPL-003-1a, and TPL-004-1, into this single standard. and the retirement of the 4. Further, comments our sought on the remand proposed Reliability Standard, TPL-001-2, April 19, 2012, NOPR
FERC approves eight modified Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, CIP-002-4 through CIP-009-4. These standards provide a cybersecurity framework for the identification and protection of “Critical Cyber Assets” to support the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power System, April 19,2012 Order No. 761
March
FERC approves revised Reliability Standard PRC-023-2 – Transmission Relay Loadability. This Standard requires transmission owners, generation owners, and distribution providers to set load-responsive phase protection relays according to specific criteria in order to ensure that the relays reliably detect and protect the electric network from fault conditions, but do not limit transmission loadability or interfere with a system operator’s ability to protect system reliability, March 15, 2012, Order No.759
FERC Accepts New Enforcement Mechanism for Reliability Standards, March 15, 2012, Decision
January
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November 29–30, 2011 -
FERC convened a technical conference to discuss policy issues related to reliability of the Bulk-Power system Notice | Event Details | Comments Filed
October 12, 2011 - FERC staff to convene a meeting on Single Point of Failure on Protection Systems (RM10-6) on October 24–25, 2011 Notice | Event Details
October 7, 2011 - FERC to convene a technical conference to discuss policy issues related to reliability of the Bulk-Power system on November 29–30, 2011 Notice | Event Details
September 26, 2011 - FERC staff to convene technical conference on issues related to reliability standard CIP-006-2 on Oct. 25, 2011 Notice | Event Details
December 16, 2010: FERC announces technical conference on Priorities for Addressing Risks to the Reliability of the Bulk-Power System for February 8, 2011 Event Details | Notice | Commissioner Norris’s Statement
October 5, 2010 - FERC announces technical conference on Transmission Vegetation Management Programs Event Details | Notice
October 1, 2010 - FERC to hold Technical Conference on November 18, 2010 on Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues Event Details | Notice
June 15, 2010 - FERC to hold technical conference on development and enforcement of mandatory reliability standards Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System on July 6, 2010 Event Details | Notice
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
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December 1, 2003 - FERC held a public conference
on electric reliability Event Details |
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May 31, 2011 -
Joseph McClelland testifies before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on Protecting the Electric Grid: the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act Testimony | Event Details
May 5, 2011 -
Joseph McClelland testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Cyber Security Testimony | Event Details
February 21, 2011 - Joseph McClelland testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Testimony | Event Details
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 |
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