FERC issues NOPR to approve NERC’s proposed CIP Version 5 Reliability Standards *

USA - April 26 2013
On April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”), in Docket No…

Co-authors: Carlos E. Gutierrez, Elizabeth A. Stern.

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FERC approves revised vegetation management standard - FAC-003-2 *

USA - April 4 2013
On March 21, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued its Final Rule, Order No. 777, approving an updated North American…

Co-authors: Carlos E. Gutierrez, Elizabeth A. Stern.

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President Obama signs Executive Order enhancing Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity *

USA - March 6 2013
On February 12, 2013, just before his State of the Union address, President Obama issued an Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure…

Co-authors: Carlos E. Gutierrez, Elizabeth A. Stern.

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FERC approves revised bulk electric system definition and reserves authority to determine “local distribution” facilities *

USA - January 7 2013
On December 20, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued its Final Rule, Order No. 733…

Co-authors: Carlos E. Gutierrez, Elizabeth A. Stern.

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FERC issues two NOPRs addressing revised vegetation management standards and the development of new reliability standards for geomagnetic disturbances *

USA - October 25 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking on October 18, 2012 seeking to improve the reliability of the Bulk-Power System.

Co-authors: Carlos E. Gutierrez, Elizabeth A. Stern.

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