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 seeks comment on remanding the proposed interpretation of Reliability Standard BAL-002-1, Disturbance Control Performance, Requirements R4 and R5, back to NERC because it changes a requirement of the Reliability Standard, thereby exceeding the permissible scope for interpretations. May 16, 2013 NOPR 
FERC seeks comment on this draft supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that proposes to approve Transmission Planning Reliability Standard TPL-001-4, which includes a provision that would allow a transmission planner to plan for non-consequential load loss, i.e., load-shedding following a single contingency. May 16, 2013 NOPR
FERC directs NERC, pursuant to the Commission’s authority under section 215(d)(5) of the Federal Power Act, to develop Reliability Standards, in two stages, that address the risks posed by geomagnetic disturbances to the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power System. This final rule largely adopts the NOPR, with the principal exception that the deadline for NERC to submit the First Stage GMD Reliability Standards is extended from 90 days to six months and the deadline for submitting the Second Stage GMD Reliability Standards is extended from six months to one year.
May 16, 2013 Order No. 779
April
FERC denies rehearing in part, grants rehearing in part and otherwise reaffirms its determinations in the Final Rule approving NERC’s modifications to the currently-effective definition of “bulk electric system.” The order denies rehearing on the decision in the final rule to include generator interconnection facilities connected to bulk electric system generators in the bulk electric system but grants rehearing on the process to effectuate that change by directing NERC to modify the definition pursuant to FPA section 215(d)(5). In addition, the order denies rehearing on whether the Commission provided adequate rationale in directing NERC to not allow looped configurations of radial systems to be eligible for exclusion from the bulk electric system. The order also clarifies the functions of the NERC exception process and the Commission’s decision to exclusively adjudicate local distribution determinations. April 18, 2013 Order No. 773-A
FERC seeks comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) addressing Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface. This NOPR proposes to approve revisions to four Reliability Standards designed to address the perceived reliability gap associated with entities that own or operate generator interconnection facilities. April 18, 2013 NOPR
FERC seeks comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) addressing NERC’s proposed Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) version 5 Reliability Standards. The NOPR proposes to approve the CIP version 5 Standards based on the improvement over the current Commission-approved CIP Reliability Standards in that they adopt new cyber security controls and extend the scope of the systems that are protected by the CIP Reliability Standards, among other things. April 18, 2013 NOPR
FERC approves with modifications the NERC’s proposed written criteria for determining what NERC activities are eligible for funding under section 215 of the Federal Power Act. April 19, 2013
Decision
March
FERC remands NERC’s proposed interpretation of Reliability Standard CIP-002, Cyber Security – Critical Cyber Asset Identification. March 21, 2013
Decision
FERC remands NERC’s proposed interpretation of Reliability Standard CIP-006-4, Requirement R1.1. March 21, 2013
Decision
FERC seeks comment on Revisions to Modeling, Data, and Analysis Reliability Standard. March 21, 2013 NOPR
FERC approves Reliability Standard FAC-003-2, a modified standard on vegetation management practices. The final rule finds that the modified standard includes improvements including application to certain sub-200 kV transmission lines and a requirement that transmission owners perform vegetation management inspections at least annually. March 21, 2013 Order No.777
February
FERC approves regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-NPCC-1 — Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding. The regional Reliability Standard applies to generator owners, planning coordinators, distribution providers, and transmission owners in the Northeast Power Coordinating Council Region and is designed to ensure the development of an effective automatic underfrequency load shedding (UFLS) program to preserve the security and integrity of the Bulk-Power System during declining system frequency events, in coordination with the NERC continent-wide UFLS Reliability Standard PRC-006-1. February 21, 2013 Order No. 775
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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
Paper
December 1, 2003 - FERC held a public conference
on electric reliability Event Details |
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July 17, 2012 -
Joseph McClelland testimony before the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on Cyber Security and the Grid Testimony | Event Details
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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