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FERC, NERC Want to Disclose Names, Penalties for Cybersecurity Reliability Violations

August 28, 2019 admin appa, Business, ceii, connected plant, critical energy/electric infrastructure information, Cybersecurity, DOE, EEI, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news, nop, nreca, penalties, privacy, private sector, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:52:16 +0000

The names of bulk power system entities that violate federal critical infrastructure cybersecurity reliability standards—along with identification of standards violated and penalties assessed—may soon be routinely disclosed under changes proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Reliability Corp. (NERC). The proposed changes, which FERC and NERC outlined in an Aug. […]

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FERC’s LaFleur Decries Partisanship and Politicization

August 25, 2019 admin cheryl lafleur, Coal, commissioner, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, obama administration, partisanship, Renewables, trump administration

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:30:29 +0000

“I hate to see things going out along party lines,” Cheryl LaFleur, outgoing commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), told POWER during an exclusive interview. “During my 35 years of watching FERC, that has not been the pattern.” During the early years of the Obama administration, “we didn’t think of ourselves as [partisan],” […]

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DOE’s Perry: Coal, Nuclear Must Be Saved

June 12, 2019 admin Coal, DOE, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Renewables, rick perry

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:23:27 +0000

Energy Secretary Rick Perry said coal and nuclear power must be part of the nation’s “all of the above” energy strategy, but the Department of Energy (DOE) does not have the “regulatory or statutory ability” to establish economic incentives for struggling U.S. coal and nuclear plants. Perry, who addressed the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI’s) annual […]

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EMP Threat Real but Limited, EPRI Says in Much-Anticipated Report

May 2, 2019 admin Business, Cybersecurity, DHS, DOE, emps, EPRI, ferc, gmd, grid resiliency, hemp, Legal & Regulatory, news, nuclear detonation, Physical security, Plant Design, power sector, Research and Development, Smart Grid, solar storms, T&D, Technology, Trump

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 13:35:50 +0000

Depending on the hazard field, electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) resulting from detonation of a nuclear weapon at high altitude or in space could cause significant damage to electronics on the bulk power system and even prompt a regional voltage collapse, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says in much-anticipated findings from its three-year study on high-altitude […]

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EMP Threat Real but Limited, EPRI Says in Anticipated Report

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 13:35:50 +0000

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Nuclear Subsidy Dispute Now Rests with FERC, Competitive Generators Say

April 16, 2019 admin Business, calpine, climate change, courts, epsa, Exelon, Federal Court, ferc, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, New Jersey, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Ohio, Pennsylvania, pjm, pseg, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, vistra, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]

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PJM Will Hold Capacity Auction Under Current Rules in August

April 10, 2019 admin bra, Business, capacity auction, carbon pricing, Coal, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, market reforms, Markets, mopr, news, Nuclear, pjm, Renewables, reserve pricing, rps, states, subsidies

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:52:23 +0000

PJM Interconnection said it will hold its 2022–2023 capacity auction under current market rules on Aug. 14, 2019, though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has yet to issue a decision on the grid operator’s plan to revamp its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR). In an April 10 filing, however, PJM asked FERC to clarify that […]

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FERC and Cybersecurity: It’s Complicated [PODCAST]

February 28, 2019 admin bulk electric system, Coal, Cybersecurity, DOE, Energy Storage, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas pipeline, nerc, news, Nuclear, podcast, power podcasts, Renewables, Solar, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:26:43 +0000

Carol Holahan, counsel in Foley Hoag’s Energy & Cleantech practice, was a guest on The POWER Podcast. Holahan advises large regional generators and other participants in the wholesale and retail competitive electricity markets on policy initiatives, changing environmental regulations, decommissioning and sale of plants, and matters pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). During […]

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DOE and FERC Mull Incentivizing Cybersecurity, Physical Security of Power and Gas Infrastructure

February 4, 2019 admin Business, Congress, connected plant, Cybersecurity, DOE, ferc, grid security, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, nerc, news, Physical security, reliability, technical conference

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:22:17 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) want to explore how federal and state authorities could incentivize cybersecurity and physical security in the power and natural gas sectors. The agencies issued a notice on Feb. 4announcing they would jointly hold a technical conference on Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 10 […]

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After 18 Months of Dramatic Turns, Hydro One-Avista Merger Deal Officially Dead

January 23, 2019 admin avista, Business, deal, ferc, hydro one, idaho, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, merger, Montana, news, Ontario, T&D, terminate, Washington

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:33:47 +0000

Hydro One, Ontario’s largest transmission and distribution provider, and Spokane, Washington–based U.S. utility Avista Corp., have dropped their merger, citing separate denials of the $5.3 billion deal by regulators in Washington and Idaho. The companies said on Jan. 23 they “mutually agreed” to terminate a merger agreement they announced in July 2017. As required by […]

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