NERC CIP V4 Compliance Date Extended Six Months
Posted on Aug 29, 2013 in Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on NERC CIP V4 Compliance Date Extended Six Months
Electric coops subject to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection Version 4 (CIP V4) standards now have an extra six months after the original April 1, 2014, deadline to comply, thanks to a deadline extension granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. To read more about this extension, including whether it affects...
FERC Sides With Louisiana Coop in NERC Challenge
Posted on Aug 5, 2013 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on FERC Sides With Louisiana Coop in NERC Challenge
As the Sutherland Coop team reported on July 25, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sided with South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association (SLECA) and ordered the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to remove the coop from its compliance registry for distribution providers and load-serving entities. SLECA originally came under the compliance...
FERC Grants Coop’s Appeal of NERC Registry Decision
Posted on Jul 25, 2013 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on FERC Grants Coop’s Appeal of NERC Registry Decision
On July 18, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order granting the appeal of the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association (SLECA) of a registry decision by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). This dispute stemmed from NERC’s registration of SLECA as a distribution provider and load-serving entity. SLECA claimed it was...
FERC Rolls Back Electric Reliability Obligations for Small Coops
Posted on Jul 23, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on FERC Rolls Back Electric Reliability Obligations for Small Coops
In what is being heralded as a large first step in the small coop community, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) finding that a small, rural electric cooperative should be subject to mandatory electric reliability regulations. The order, involving the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association...
NRECA Supports FERC Proposal
Posted on Jul 10, 2013 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Supports FERC Proposal
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) filed a formal comment in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) regarding the requirements of the Reliability Standard. The NOPR proposes to reject and remand a proposed interpretation of BAL-002-1 Disturbance Control Performance, Requirements R4 and R5 filed by the...
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