| Order Denying Rehearing Regarding SLECA FERC issues an order denying rehearing of its July 18, 2013 order granting the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative's (SLECA) appeal of a registry decision by NERC. | 12/19/2013 |
| Order No. 793 Final Rule Approving Protection System Maintenance Reliability Standard FERC issues a final rule approving NERC’s revised Reliability Standard, PRC-005-2 (Protection System Maintenance), which will supersede four existing Reliability Standards, PRC-005-1.1b (Transmission and Generation Protection System Maintenance and Testing), PRC-008-0 (Underfrequency Load Shedding Equipment Maintenance), PRC-011-0 (Undervoltage Load Shedding Equipment Maintenance), and PRC-017-0 (Special Protection System Maintenance and Testing). | 12/19/2013 |
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EL13-52-001, RR13-10-000, RR13-12-000 | Order Addressing WECC’s Proposal to Establish an Independent RC for the Western Interconnection FERC issues an order addressing three filings concerning the Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC's) proposal to establish an independent Reliability Coordinator (RC) for the Western Interconnection, known as Peak Reliability, that would be funded under section 215 of the Federal Power Act. (1) FERC denies EEI's request for rehearing of the Declaratory Order. (2) FERC conditionally accepts NERC's proposed amendments to the NERC-WECC Delegation Agreement and directs a compliance filing. (3) FERC conditionally accepts WECC's petition for approval of Peak Reliability governance documents and directs a compliance filing. | 12/6/2013 |
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FERC issues a final rule approving the Version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, CIP-002-5 through CIP-011-1. The final rule also approves 19 new or revised definitions associated with the CIP Version 5 Reliability Standards for inclusion in the NERC Glossary of Terms. The final rule further directs NERC to develop modifications to the CIP Version 5 Reliability Standards, and submit informational filings.
| 11/22/2013 |
RM13-12-000, RM13-14-000, RM13-15-000 |
FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to remand NERC’s proposed revisions to the Transmission Operations (TOP) and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination (IRO) Reliability Standards. The NOPR indicates that, because NERC’s proposed revisions would no longer require entities to plan to operate within all system operating limits, a remand is appropriate. The NOPR raises other questions regarding NERC’s proposed revisions and indicates that, depending on the explanations provided in NOPR commenters, further modifications on remand may be directed. The NOPR also proposes to approve NERC’s proposed revision to Reliability Standard TOP-006-3.
| 11/21/2013 |
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| Order No. 789 Final Rule Approving Regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-2 (Contingency Reserve)
FERC approves regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-2 (Contingency Reserve), the associated VRFs, VSLs, implementation plan, effective date proposed by NERC and WECC, the retirement of BAL-STD-002-0 (Operating Reserves), and the removal of "Non-Spinning Reserve" and "Spinning Reserve" from the NERC Glossary of Terms. The WECC regional Reliability Standard applies to balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups in the WECC Region and is meant to specify the quantity and types of contingency reserve required to ensure reliability under normal and abnormal conditions. | 11/21/2013 |
| Order No. 787 Communication of Operational Information between Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators FERC issues a final rule modifying Parts 38 and 284 of its regulations to provide explicit authority to interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities that own, moperate, or control facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce to share non-public, operational information with each other for the purpose of promoting reliable service or operational planning on either the pipeline’s or public utility’s system. The Commission also is adopting a No-Conduit Rule to provide additional protections against undue discrimination and ensure that the non-public, operational information shared under the rule remains confidential.
| 11/15/2013 |
RM08-13-000, RM08-13-001, RM11-16-000
| Order on Compliance Order No. 733
FERC issues an order accepting NERC's February 19, 2013 compliance filing pursuant to Order Nos. 733 and 759, related to Reliability Standard PRC-023-2 (Transmission Relay Loadability). | 11/13/2013 |
| Order on 2014 Business Plan and Budget Filing and Ordering Compliance Filing FERC issues an order accepting in part and rejecting in part the 2014 Business Plan and Budget of NERC; accepting the 2014 Business Plan and Budgets of each Regional Entity; accepting the 2014 Business Plan and Budget of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Board (WIRAB); and conditionally accepting the 2014 Business Plan and Budget of the Reliability Coordination Company (RC Company). (1) With respect to the RC Company, FERC accepts the Business Plan and Budget subject to the outcome of Docket Nos. EL13-52-001, RR13-10-000, and RR13-12-000. FERC does not authorize the issuance of billing invoices to fund the fiscal 2014 operation of RC Company until the Commission issues an order in the referenced Dockets. (2) FERC directs NERC to submit a compliance filing, within 30 days of the date of this order, indicating how NERC will allocate certain monies. | 11/1/2013 |
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RM12-1-000 and RM13-9-000
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| Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Approve Regional Reliability Standards MOD-025-2, MOD-026-1, MOD-027-1, PRC-019-1, and PRC-024-1 FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to approve five proposed Generator Verification Reliability Standards. The Commission notes in the NOPR that, collectively, the proposed Reliability Standards improve the accuracy of model verifications needed to support reliability and enhance the coordination of generator protection systems and voltage regulating system controls. The Commission goes on to state that such improvements should help reduce the risk of generator trips and provide more accurate models for Transmission Planners and Planning Coordinators to develop system models and simulations. | 9/19/2013 |
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FERC issues an order granting, in part and denying in part requests for clarification and denies requests for rehearing of Order No. 764-A, the order on rehearing/clarification of Order No. 764, the Integration of Variable Energy Resources final rule.
| 9/19/2013 |
| Order No. 785 Final Rule Approving Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface
FERC issues a final rule approving revisions to four Reliability Standards that extend or clarify that applicability of those standards to Generator Owners and Generator Operators and/or to their generator interconnection Facilities. In the final rule, the Commission also states that, while additional Reliability Standards or individual requirements may need to be applied on a case-by-case basis to generator interconnection Facilities in certain circumstances, for the majority of Generator Owners and Operators, NERC will not pursue registration of Generator Owners and Operators as Transmission Owners or Transmission Operators due solely to their ownership or operation of generator interconnection Facilities.
| 9/19/2013 |
| Notice of Extension of Time FERC issues a notice granting an extension of time to all entities to file comments to and including September 20, 2013 on the 2014 Business Plans and Budgets of NERC and the Regional Entities filing submitted to FERC on August 23, 2013. | 9/10/2013 |
| Letter Order accepting NERC Compliance Filing in Response to Order No. 777 FERC issues a letter order accepting NERC’s compliance filing without modification submitted in response to Order No. 777, which approved NERC’s proposed Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management). In that order, the Commission directed NERC to (1) provide a description of NERC’s plan to conduct testing to develop empirical data regarding the flashover distances between conductors and vegetation; (2) modify the Violation Risk Factor for Requirement R2 from Medium to High; and (3) confirm that NERC has posted guidance materials for NERC Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 to its website. | 9/4/2013 |
| Order Approving Revisions to the NERC ROP Appendix 4D and Appendix 2, and Directing Compliance Filing FERC issues an order approving NERC's April 8, 2013 revisions to two sections of its Rules of Procedure: Appendix 4D (Procedure for Requesting and Receiving Technical Feasibility Exceptions (TFEs) to NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards) and Appendix 2 (Definitions Used in the Rules of Procedure). In addition NERC is directed to submit a compliance filing, within 90 days, revising Appendix 4D to specify a time frame for reporting material changes to TFEs and include additional information in its TFE annual report. | 9/3/2013 |
RM12-6-002 and RM12-7-002 | Order Denying Request for Clarification and Rehearing FERC issues an order denying the requested clarification or in the alternative rehearing, by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the American Public Power Association, of the Commission's Order No. 773-A. | 8/30/2013 |
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FERC issues a letter order accepting the July 17, 2013 Petition seeking approval of amendments to NERC’s Delegation Agreement with Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (Texas RE). These amendments consist of changes to Exhibit D to the Delegation Agreement, Texas RE's Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP).
| 8/19/2013 |
RM11-11-000 and RM13-5-000 | Order Granting Extension of Time CIP Versions 4 and 5 FERC issues an order granting extension of time on Version 4 of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards. The Commission approved the Version 4 CIP Reliability Standards in Order No. 761. This order extends the effective date from April 1, 2014 to October 1, 2014. | 8/12/2013 |
| Letter Order Approving NERC 2012 Budget True-Up Filing FERC approves NERC's 2012 Budget True-Up Filing showing comparisons between budgeted and actual expenditures, audited financial statements, and administrative cost metrics for itself and the eight Regional Entities for the 2012 fiscal year in compliance with previous Commission orders. | 8/9/2013 |
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FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to revise Parts 38 and 284 of its regulations to provide explicit authority to interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities that own, operate, or control facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce to share non-public operational information with each other for the purpose of promoting reliable service or operational planning on either the public utility's or pipeline's system.
| 7/18/2013 |
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| Order Approving SPP Stipulation and Consent Agreement FERC issues an order approving the Stipulation and Consent Agreement between the Office of Enforcement (Enforcement), NERC, and Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP). This order resolves an investigation of SPP, conducted by Enforcement in coordination with the Commission’s Office of Electric Reliability (OER) and NERC, into possible violations of Reliability Standards associated with SPP’s reliability coordination of a portion of the Bulk Power System. | 7/10/2013 |
| | 7/9/2013 |
NP13-34-00, NP13-35-00, NP13-36-00, NP13-37-00, NP13-38-00, NP13-39-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - May 30, 2013 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-34-00 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-35-00 American Electric Power Service Corporation; NP13-36-00 Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District; NP13-37-00 American Electric Power Service Corporation; NP13-38-00 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP13-39-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 6/28/2013 |
| Order Approving Revisions to Electric Reliability Organization's Standard Processes Manual FERC issues an order approving the proposed Standard Processes Manual (SPM) modifications as reasonable, allowing for greater flexibility and efficiency in the Reliability Standards development process. The SPM is set forth as Appendix 3A to the NERC Rules of Procedure. FERC notes that the revised provisions recognize the need for highly qualified standards drafting teams that include technical writers, legal compliance, and rigorous and highly trained project management. | 6/26/2013 |
| Letter Order on Compliance Filing related to NERC Rules of Procedure FERC issues a letter order in response to a February 19, 2013 compliance filing that addressed Paragraphs 37, 54, 67, 87, and 107 of its December 20, 2012 order. This order conditionally approved NERC's May 7, 2012 Rules of Procedure revisions and directed NERC to reinstate, remove, and clarify certain provisions within 60-days. | 6/25/2013 |
| Order on Clarification on Proposed Interpretation of CIP-002 FERC issues an order for clarification of the March 21, 2013 Order on Interpretation of Reliability Standards, in which the Commission remanded NERC's proposed interpretation of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standard CIP-002. | 6/25/2013 |
RD13-5-000, RR08-4-000, RR08-4-001, RR08-4-002, RM08-19-004, RM09-9-000, RM09-19-000, RM09-25-000, RM10-15-000, RM10-16-000, RD11-4-000 | | 6/24/2013 |
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| Letter Order Granting Petition for Approval of the Interpretation to TPL-003-0a and TPL-004-0
FERC issues a letter order granting approval of the proposed interpretation to certain requirements for two Reliability Standards: TPL-003-0a (System Performance Following Loss of Two or More Bulk Electric System Elements (Category C)) and TPL-004-0 (System Performance Following Extreme Events Resulting in the Loss of Two or More Bulk Electric System Elements (Category D)). | 6/20/2013 |
| NOPR on Electric Reliability Organization Proposal to Retire Requirements in Reliability Standards FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to retire 34 requirements within 19 Reliability Standards that are redundant or otherwise unnecessary, and where violations of these requirements pose a lesser risk to the reliability of the Bulk-Power System. In addition, the NOPR proposes to withdraw 41 outstanding Commission directives that NERC make modifications to Reliability Standards that have been addressed in some other manner, are redundant with another directive, or provide general guidance as opposed to a specific directive. | 6/20/2013 |
| Order Granting Approval for EOP-004-2 FERC issues an order approving Reliability Standard EOP-004-2, which would replace two existing Reliability Standards, EOP-004-1 (Disturbance Reporting) and CIP-001-2a (Sabotage Reporting). | 6/20/2013 |
| Order Granting Petition for Declaratory Order for WECC FERC issues an order granting the Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC's) petition for declaratory order regarding its plan to establish a separate, independent company, RC Company, to perform the reliability coordinator function in the WECC region. | 6/20/2013 |
| Order on Compliance Filing and Proposed Enhancements to the FFT Program FERC accept NERC’s twelve-month report regarding the matters pertaining to the Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) implementation experience. Further, the Commission approves proposed enhancements including NERC’s proposal to (1) expand the FFT program by allowing FFT treatment for some moderate risk possible violations; (2) remove the requirement that possible violations must be completely mitigated prior to submitting or posting possible violations as FFTs by the Regional Entities; (3) allow Regional Entities to publicly post FFTs on a common website on the last day of each month instead of NERC submitting a monthly informational filing to the Commission; and (4) review a representative sample of FFTs during the 60-day window following Regional Entities’ monthly posting of FFTs on NERC’s website. | 6/20/2013 |
RM12-6-000 and RM12-7-000 |
FERC issues an order granting an extension of time on the Bulk Electric System definition effective date and the Rules of Procedure exception process. This order extends the effective date from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014.
| 6/13/2013 |
| Letter Order Accepting Amendments to the MRO Delegation Agreement FERC issues a letter order accepting the April 26, 2013 petition seeking approval of the amendments to Delegation Agreement with Midwest Reliability Organization, Inc. (MRO). These amendments consist of edits to the MRO Regional Reliability Standards Process Manual. | 6/12/2013 |
| Letter Order Accepting Amendments to the Texas RE Delegation Agreement FERC issues a letter order accepting the April 9, 2013 Petition seeking approval of amendments to NERC’s Delegation Agreement with Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (Texas RE). These amendments consist of minor corrections and non-substantive changes to Articles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, IX, and XI of the Texas RE Bylaws. | 6/12/2013 |
NP13-31-000, NP13-32-000, NP13-33-000 |
The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-31-000 Brownsville Public Utilities Board; NP13-32-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP13-33-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty.
| 5/30/2013 |
RM12-6-000 and RM12-7-000 | | 5/24/2013 |
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RM12-1-000 and RM13-9-000 | | 5/16/2013 |
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RM12-6-001 and RM12-7-001 | | 5/6/2013 |
| | 5/3/2013 |
| Letter Order Approving Compliance Filing for PRC-006-SERC-01 FERC issues a letter order approving a compliance filing submitted in response to the December 20, 2013 order approving regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-SERC-01. The compliance filing corrected the Rationale statement for Requirement R6 and modified the Violation Risk Factor from "Medium" to "High." | 4/29/2013 |
NP13-28-000, NP13-29-000, NP13-30-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 27, 2013 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-28-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-29-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty; and NP13-30-000 Unidentified Registered Entity. | 4/26/2013 |
| Order on Compliance Approving NERC's Section 215 Criteria FERC issues an order approving, with modifications, NERC’s written criteria for determining whether a NERC activity can be funded under Section 215 of the Federal Power Act. NERC developed the proposed criteria in response to Recommendation No. 37 in the Office of Enforcement’s May 4, 2012 Audit Report. | 4/19/2013 |
| NOPR on Version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to approve the Version 5 CIP Standards. The proposed Reliability Standards, which pertain to the cyber security of the bulk electric system, represent an improvement over the current Commission-approved CIP Reliability Standards as they adopt new cyber security controls and extend the scope of the systems that are protected by the CIP Reliability Standards. | 4/18/2013 |
| NOPR Proposed to Approve Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface (GOTO) FERC issues a NOPR in which it proposes to approve Reliability Standards FAC-001-1 (Facility Connection Requirements), FAC-003-3 (Transmission Vegetation Management), PRC-004-2.1 (Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations), and PRC-005-1.1b (Transmission and Generation Protection System Maintenance and Testing). The proposed modifications improve reliability either by extending their applicability to certain generator interconnection facilities, or by clarifying that the existing Reliability Standard is and remains applicable to generator interconnection facilities. | 4/18/2013 |
RM12-6-001 and RM12-7-001 | | 4/18/2013 |
| Order Approving Reliability Standard VAR-002-2b FERC issues an order in which it approves Reliability Standard VAR-002-2b (Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules), the associated VSLs and VRFs, and an implementation plan for VAR-002-2b. The revised Reliability Standard VAR-002-2b ensures that generators provide reactive and voltage control necessary to ensure voltage levels, reactive flows, and reactive resources are maintained within applicable facility ratings to protect equipment and the reliable operation of the interconnection. | 4/16/2013 |
| Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Proposing to Approve MOD-028-2 (Area Interchange Methodology) FERC issues a NOPR in which it proposes to approve Reliability Standard MOD-028-1 (Area Interchange Methodology) pertaining to the information a transmission service provider must include when calculating Total Transfer Capability using the area interchange methodology for the on-peak and off-peak intra-day and next day time periods. The Commission also proposes to approve NERC’s proposed implementation plan and retirement of the currently-effective standard. | 3/21/2013 |
| Order No. 777 Approving FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management) FERC issues a final rule approving Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management), and three new definitions in the NERC Glossary of Terms – “Right-of-Way,” “Vegetation Inspection,” and “Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distance.” FAC-003-2 also incorporates a new minimum annual inspection requirement, and incorporates new minimum vegetation clearance distances into the text of the standard. | 3/21/2013 |
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| Letter Order Accepting Amendments to RFC Bylaws FERC issues a letter order accepting the December 28, 2012 petition seeking approval of amendments to NERC’s Delegation Agreement with ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC), specifically amendments to the RFC Bylaws. | 3/8/2013 |
| Notice of Technical Conference - Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets FERC issues a notice of a technical conference focused on natural gas and electric scheduling, and issues related to whether and how natural gas and electric industry schedules could be harmonized in order to achieve the most efficient scheduling systems for both industries. The technical conference will take place on April 25, 2013 beginning at 9:00am and ending at approximately 5:00pm. | 3/5/2013 |
NP13-21-000, NP13-22-000, NP13-23-000
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The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-21-000 Silicon Valley Power; NP13-22-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP13-23-000 Spreadsheet NOP. | 3/1/2013 |
| Order Accepting the Compliance Filing in response to the CEI Order FERC issues a letter order accepting the October 12, 2012 compliance filing which was submitted in response to the September 20, 2012 Order. NERC submitted training materials that were developed to facilitate the implementation of Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) determinations. Docket No. RC11-6-003 | 2/25/2013 |
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NP13-9-000, NP13-10-000, NP13-11-000, NP13-12-000, NP13-13-000, NP13-14-000, NP13-15-000, NP13-16-000, NP13-17-000, NP13-18-000, NP13-19-000, NP13-20-000 |
The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-9-000 Arlington Valley, LLC - AVBA; NP13-10-000 Entergy; NP13-11-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-12-000 Spreadsheet NOP; NP13-13-000 Sunflower Electric Power Cooperative, Mid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC; NP13-14-000 Southwest Power Pool, Inc. – ICTE; NP13-15-000 Arizona Public Service Company; NP13-16-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-17-000 Unidentified Registered Entities; NP13-18-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-19-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP13-20-000 Duke Energy Carolinas.
| 1/30/2013 |
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NP13-6-000, NP13-7-000, NP13-8-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - November 30, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-6-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-7-000 Willmar Municipal Utilities; and NP13-8-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 12/28/2012 |
| Order Conditionally Approving Revisions to the NERC Rules of ProcedureFERC issues an order that conditionally approves, with limited exceptions, numerous revisions to the NERC Rules of Procedure and its appendices, including revisions to Sections 300 (Reliability Standards Development), 400 (Compliance Enforcement), 600 (Personnel Certification), 800(Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis), 1000 (Situation Awareness and Infrastructure Security), 1400 (Amendments to the Rules of Procedure), and 1700 (Challenges to Determinations), and Appendices 2 (Definitions), 3C (Procedure for Coordinating Reliability Standards Approvals, Remands, and Directives), 4B (Sanction Guidelines), 4C(Uniform Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program), 5B (Statement of Compliance Registry Criteria), and 6 (System Operator Certification Program Manual). The order directs NERC to make compliance and informational filings within 60 days. | 12/20/2012 |
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FERC issues an order denying rehearing of the Commission’s July 2012 order, which approved a $19,500 penalty against the Southwestern Power Administration for violation of certain mandatory Reliability Standards. The order reaffirms the legal finding in the July 2012 order that federal entities that act as users, owners, or operators of the bulk power system are subject to monetary penalties for violation of an approved Reliability Standard, in accordance with the enforcement authorities granted under Federal Power Act section 215.
| 12/20/2012 |
| Order No. 764-A on Rehearing and Clarification and Granting Motion for Extension of Time on Variable Energy Resources FERC issues an order that addresses requests for rehearing on (1) the intra-hour scheduling and forecasting reforms adopted in Order No. 764; (2) statements addressing public utility transmission provider’s obligation to offer generator regulation service; and (3) the estimated burden on small entities to comply with the Final Rule. In this order, the Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 764, provides clarification, and grants EEI’s request to extend the period for compliance filings to November 12, 2012. | 12/20/2012 |
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RM12-6-000 and RM12-7-000 | | 12/20/2012 |
| Letter Order Approving Interpretation CIP-004-4aFERC issues a letter order approving NERC's interpretation to CIP-004-4. The proposed interpretation clarifies that all cyber access must be authorized, and all authorized cyber access requires compliance with Requirements R2, R3, and R4 of CIP-004-4. The interpretation will be identified at CIP-004-4a. | 12/12/2012 |
| Notice of Request for Comments and Technical Conference on Gas-Electric Interdependence FERC issues a Notice of Request for Comments and Technical Conference issued to gather input on information sharing and communications between the natural gas and electric power industries. The technical conference will be held on February 13, 2012 at the FERC offices. In advance of the conference, interested parties are asked to submit comments identifying areas in which additional Commission guidance or regulatory changes should be considered. Question prompts for the comments are included in this notice, and comments are due on January 7, 2013. | 12/7/2012 |
NP13-1-000, NP13-2-000, NP13-3-000, NP13-4-000, NP13-5-000 |
The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP13-1-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP13-2-000 TransAlta Centralia Generation, LLC; NP13-3-000 Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC; NP13-4-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP13-5-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 11/29/2012 |
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| Order Approving Renewals of CEA Agreements betwen SERC and FRCC and SPP FERC issues an order in which FERC grants approval for the renewal of the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Agreements (CEA) between SERC Reliability Corporation and Florida Reliability Coordinating Council Inc. (FRCC) and Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity (SPP). In addition, FERC approves changes to the FRCC and SPP delegation agreements relating to the revised CEA agreements. | 11/8/2012 |
RR12-13-000, FA11-21-000 | Order Accepting 2013 Business Plan and Budget Filing The Commission issues an order accepting the 2013 Business Plan and Budget of NERC, the 2013 Business Plan and Budgets of each Regional Entity, and the 2013 Business Plan and Budget of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Board. | 11/2/2012 |
NP12-45-000, NP12-46-000, NP12-47-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - September 28, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-45-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP12-46-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP12-47-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 10/26/2012 |
| Letter Order Approving NERC 2011 Budget True-Up FilingFERC approves NERC's 2011 Budget True-Up Filing showing comparisons between budgeted and actual expenditures, audited financial statements, and administrative cost metrics for itself and the eight Regional Entities for the 2011 fiscal year in compliance with previous Commission orders. | 10/24/2012 |
| Order Approving Amendments to the NERC/RFC Delegation AgreementFERC approves the amendments to the NERC-ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) Delegation Agreement, consisting of amendments to RFC's Bylaws (Exhibit B) and Reliability Standards Development Procedure (Exhibit C), that were filed with the Commission for approval on July 30, 2012. | 10/24/2012 |
| NOPR on Revisions to Reliability Standards for Transmission Vegetation Management FERC issues a NOPR in which it proposes to approve Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management), the three definitions in the petition, the implementation plan and the Violation Severity Levels associated with the proposed Reliability Standard. The Commission proposes to direct that NERC revise the Violation Risk Factor for Requirement R2, and approve the remainder of the Violation Risk Factors. | 10/18/2012 |
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NP12-41-000, NP12-42-000, NP12-43-000, NP12-44-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - August 31, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-41-000 Entergy; NP12-42-000 Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC; NP12-43-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP12-44-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 9/28/2012 |
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| Order No. 766 - Final Rule on Delegation of Authority Regarding Electric Reliability Organization's Budget, Delegation Agreement, and Policy and Procedure Filings FERC issues its final rule on the Delegation of Authority of the ERO’s Budget, Delegation Agreement, and Policy and Procedure filings. This final rule delegates to the Director of the Office of Energy Market Regulation (OEMR) the ability to act on certain NERC filings – involving budgets, business plans, delegation agreements, and organization rules. Due to a recent internal reorganization, OEMR (rather than the Office of Electric Reliability) is now responsible for acting on these particular, aforementioned filings. However, OEMR currently does not have delegated authority to act under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, which covers NERC activities and filings. The final rule grants OEMR the necessary delegated authority to act on such filings. Docket No. RM12-20-000 | 9/20/2012 |
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The Commission issues an order accepting the May 14, 2012 Compliance Filing in response to the March 15, 2012 CEI Order. Docket No. RC11-6-002
| 9/20/2012 |
| Letter Order Approving Errata Changes to NERC Glossary of Terms FERC approves NERC's filing that requested that the NERC Glossary of Terms be amended to modify the definition of “Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL)” by replacing the reference to “Cascading Outages” with “Cascading outages.” Docket No. RM06-16-000 | 9/13/2012 |
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| Order Granting Clarification on Order No. 763 FERC issues an order granting rehearing on Wisconsin Electric's request for clarification regarding the Commission’s discussion of coordination between automatic load shedding programs in PRC-006-1 and manual load shedding programs in EOP-003-2 in Order No. 763. Docket No. RM11-20-001
| 8/30/2012 |
NP12-37-000, NP12-38-000, NP12-39-000, NP12-40-000 |
The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-37-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP12-38-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP12-39-000 TransAlta Centralia Generation, LLC; and NP12-40-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty.
| 8/30/2012 |
| Notice of Technical Conference on February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event - Albuquerque, New Mexico FERC issues a notice of a Technical Conference that Staff will be holding on the February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event. The first technical conference will be held on September 25, 2012 from 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. in Austin, Texas. The second technical conference will be held on September 27, 2012 from 10:00 – 4:00p.m in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the technical conferences is to discuss actions taken in response to the August 16, 2011 Report on Outages and Curtailments during the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011. The conference will explore the progress made on the Report’s recommendations and whether sufficient safeguards have been implemented to avert a repeat of the loss of generation due to severe cold weather. Docket No. AD11-9-000 | 8/27/2012 |
| Notice of Technical Conference on February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event - Austin, Texas FERC issues a notice of a Technical Conference that Staff will be holding on the February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event. The first technical conference will be held on September 25, 2012 from 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. in Austin, Texas. The second technical conference will be held on September 27, 2012 from 10:00 – 4:00p.m in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the technical conferences is to discuss actions taken in response to the August 16, 2011 Report on Outages and Curtailments during the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011. The conference will explore the progress made on the Report’s recommendations and whether sufficient safeguards have been implemented to avert a repeat of the loss of generation due to severe cold weather. Docket No. AD11-9-000
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NP12-32-000, NP12-33-000, NP12-33-000, NP12-35-000, NP12-36-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - June 29, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-32-000 Calpine Corporation and Calpine Power Management, LP; NP12-33-000 Louisville Gas & Electric and KU Services Company; NP12-34-000 Tennessee Valley Authority; NP12-35-000 Mesquite Power LLC; and NP12-36-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 7/27/2012 |
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| Order No. 765 - Continuity of Operations Plan FERC issues an order on the Continuity of Operations Plan which allows the Commission the discretion to better address not only long-term and catastrophic events but also short-term events including loss of power or water. The rule allows for greater discretion regarding: the activation and deactivation of the Continuity of Operations Plan and any suspension of Commission operations; the length of time that the Continuity of Operations Plan is in effect and the length of time that Commission operations are suspended; the deactivation schedule and the resumption of full Commission operations; and the rescheduling of hearings, conferences and meetings. The rule also adds items to the list of requirements which are suspended when Commission operations are suspended. Docket No. RM12-13-000 | 7/19/2012 |
| Order on Review of Notice of Penalty - NP11-238 FERC issues an order on review of a Notice of Penalty that was filed with the Commission on July 28, 2011 regarding Southwestern Power Administration. The Commission finds that Section 215 of the FPA authorizes the imposition of a monetary penalty against a federal agency for violation of a mandatory Reliability Standard. Docket No. NP11-238-000 | 7/19/2012 |
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NP12-27-000, NP12-29-000, NP12-30-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - May 30, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-27-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty; NP12-29-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP12-30-000 American Electric Power Service Corporation.
| 6/29/2012 |
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| Order Terminating Proceeding - NOI on Transmission Loading Relief and the OATT On January 21, 2010, the Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comments regarding whether there are conflicts between NERC Reliability Standard IRO-006-4 (Reliability Coordination - Transmission Loading Relief (TLR)) and the curtailment priorities set forth in the Commission’s pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). The Commission terminates the NOI. Docket No. RM10-9-000 | 6/14/2012 |
| Order Accepting December 2, 2011 Compliance Filing The Commission issues an order accepting NERC's December 2, 2011 compliance filing in response to the June 16, 2011 Order denying the registration appeals of Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC and Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC. Docket Nos. RC11-1-002 and RC11-2-002 | 6/13/2012 |
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| Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Clarification of the March 15, 2012 FFT Order FERC issues an order granting in part and denying in part, NERC’s request for Clarification of the March 15, 2012 Order, and denying the alternative request for rehearing. The March 15, 2012 Order approved the FFT Compliance Enforcement Mechanism and on April 16, 2012, NERC asked for clarification on the certification statement of mitigation activities associated with remediated issues. Docket No. RC11-6-001 | 5/31/2012 |
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NP12-23-000, NP12-24-000, NP12-25-000, NP12-26-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - April 30, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in NP12-23-000 Southern California Edison – Generation – Power Production Business Unit; NP12-24-000 East Kentucky Power Cooperative; NP12-25-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP12-26-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 5/30/2012 |
| Letter Order Accepting Compliance Filing on FAC-013-2 FERC issues a letter order in which it accepts the January 17, 2011 compliance filing in which NERC submitted a response to the November 17 Order. NERC clarified the Violation Severity Level language in Requirement R1, as set out in the November 17 Order, and proposed that Requirements R1 and R4 be assigned a "Medium" Violation Risk Factor. Docket No. RD11-3-000 | 5/17/2012 |
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NP12-19-000, NP12-20-000, NP12-21-000, NP12-22-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 30, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in NP12-19-000 American Electric Power Service Corporation as agent for Public Service Company of Oklahoma & SW Electric Power Company; NP12-20-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP12-21-000 Sunflower Electric Power Corporation; and NP12-22-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 4/27/2012 |
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| NOPR on Standards For Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference the business practice standards adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) that pertain to the measurement and verification of demand response and energy efficiency resources participating in organized wholesale electricity markets. Docket No. RM05-5-020 | 4/19/2012 |
| NOPR Proposing to Remand TPL-001-2 FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in which it proposes to remand proposed Reliability Standard, TPL-001-2. Docket No. RM12-1-000
| 4/19/2012 |
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| Order No. 761 - Final Rule Approving Version 4 CIP Standards FERC issues an order approving the eight modified Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards (CIP-002-4 through CIP-009-4), the related Violation Risk Factors, Violation Severity Levels with modifications, implementation plan and effective date. Docket No. RM11-11-000 (Order No. 761) | 4/19/2012 |
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NP12-14-000, NP12-15-000, NP12-16-000, NP12-17-000, NP12-18-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - February 29, 2012 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-14-000 Commonwealth Chesapeake Company, LLC; NP12-15-000 KCPL – Greater Missouri Operations; NP12-16-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP12-17-000 Unidentified Registered Entity and NP12-18-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 3/30/2012 |
RC11-6-000, RC12-1-000, RC12-2-000, RC12-6-000, RC12-7-000, RC12-8-000 | | 3/15/2012 |
| Order No. 759 - Approving Transmission Relay Loadability Reliability Standard PRC-023-2 FERC issues an order in which it approves Reliability Standard PRC-023-2 (Transmission Relay Loadability) and also approves NERC Rules of Procedure Section 1700 – Challenges to Determinations, which provides registered entities a means to challenge determinations made by planning coordinators under Reliability Standard PRC-023. Docket No. RM11-16-000; Order No. 759 | 3/15/2012 |
| Amendments to WECC Delegation Agreement FERC issues a letter order approving NERC's November 22, 2011 filing to amend Western Electricity Coordinating Council's Delegation Agreement, including the Bylaws and Regional Reliability Standards Development Procedures. Docket No. RR12-2-000 | 3/1/2012 |
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NP12-11-000, NP12-12-000, NP12-13-000 | | 3/1/2012 |
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| Notice Assigning Docket No. and Requesting Comments on Gas-Electric Interdependence On February 3, 2012, FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller requested comments on a set of questions and other text concerning gas-electric interdependence. For purposes of administrative convenience and facilitating public access to any submissions filed in response, FERC issues a notice assigning Docket No. AD12-12-000 to this request and revises the process for filing submissions in response to this request. Docket No. AD12-12-000
[Original Request] | 2/15/2012 |
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| Order No. 758 - Order Approving Interpretation of Protection System Reliability Standard PRC-005-1 FERC issues a Final Rule in which it approves an interpretation to Requirement R1 of Commission-approved Reliability Standard PRC-005-1. FERC also directs NERC to develop modifications to the PRC-005-1 Reliability Standard through its Reliability Standards development process to address gaps in the Protection System maintenance and testing standard that were highlighted by the proposed interpretation. Docket No. RM10-5-000 | 2/3/2012 |
| Order Approving Amendments to Rules of Procedure FERC issues an order approving amendments to the Rules of Procedure. On November 29, 2011, NERC proposed revisions to Sections 100 through 1600 of the Rules of Procedure and Appendices 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5A, 5B, 6 and 8 and a new Appendix 2. The proposed revisions included: (1) placing all definitions of defined terms used anywhere in the Rules of Procedure in a single, readily-accessible location within Appendix 2; (2) capitalizing defined terms throughout the Rules of Procedure where such terms are used within their defined meanings; and (3) lowercasing currently undefined capitalized terms in the Rules of Procedure. Docket No. RR12-3-000 | 1/31/2012 |
NP12-6-000, NP12-7-000, NP12-8-000, NP12-9-000, NP12-10-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - December 30, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issues an order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP12-6-000 Jersey Central Power & Light Company; NP12-7-000 West Penn Power Company, Monongahela Power Company, and The Potomac Edison Company, formerly d/b/a Allegheny Power; NP12-8-000 Sacramento Municipal Utility District; NP12-9-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP12-10-000 Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty. | 1/27/2012 |
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NP12-3-000, NP12-4-000, NP12-5-000 | | 12/30/2011 |
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| Order Approving Amendments to NERC RoP Appendices 3B and 3D FERC issues an Order Approving Amendments to Appendices 3B and 3D to the Rules of Procedure regarding the election procedures for member of the NERC Standards Committee and for changes to the Registered Ballot Body criteria. Docket No. RR11-5-000
| 11/17/2011 |
| Order Approving Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 FERC issues an order approving Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 (Facility Ratings), the associated Violation Risk Factors (VRF) and Violation Severity Levels (VSL), and retirement of Reliability Standards FAC-008-1 (Facility Ratings Methodology) and FAC-009-1 (Establish and Communicate Facility Ratings). Docket No. RD11-10-000
| 11/17/2011 |
| Order Approving Reliability Standard FAC-013-2 FERC issues an Order Approving Reliability Standard FAC-013-2—Assessment of Transfer Capability for the Near-term Transmission Planning Horizon that NERC filed for approval on January 28, 2011. RD11-3-000
| 11/17/2011 |
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AD12-1-000, RC11-6-000, EL11-62-000 | | 11/14/2011 |
AD12-1-000, RC11-6-000, EL11-62-000 | Second Notice of Technical Conference on Policy Issues Relating to the Reliability of the Bulk Power System - Agenda and Panelists FERC issued a second notice of staff meeting for a technical conference on policy issues related to the reliability of the bulk power system. This notice includes the agenda and list of panelists. The technical conference will also discuss emerging issues, including processes used by planning authorities and other entities to identify reliability concerns that may arise in the course of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the tools and processes available to address any identified reliability concerns. The notice sets the date of the Technical Discussion as Tuesday, November 29, 2011 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 9:00am to 4:00 pm. | 11/10/2011 |
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NP11-267-000, NP11-268-000, NP11-269-000, NP11-270-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - September 30, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-267-000 Metropolitan Edison Company; NP11-268-000 Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.; NP11-269-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP11-270-000 Spreadsheet NOP
| 10/28/2011 |
| Second Notice of Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines The Commission issued a Second Notice of Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines. The technical conference will be held on November 17, 2011 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. This notice also includes the schedule and the lists of the panelists. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 10/27/2011 |
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| Order Accepting 2012 Business Plan and Budget of NERC FERC issues an order in which it accepts the business plan and budget of NERC and the business plans and budgets of the Regional Entities and WIRAB, as well as the associated attachments and updates. Docket No. RR11-7-000
| 10/20/2011 |
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FERC issues a Order in which it approves the interpretation to Requirement R10 to Reliability Standard TOP-002-2a. The standard will now be referred to as TOP-002-2b and is effective as of the date of the order. Docket No. RD11-9-000
| 10/20/2011 |
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| Order Denying Rehearing - US Army Corps - Tulsa District NOP The Commission issued an order denying rehearing of the January 14, 2011 rehearing request submitted by the US Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District. The Commission reaffirms its previous findings that federal entities are obligated to adhere to the requirements of duly adopted and approved Reliability Standards under FPA section 215. Docket No. NP10-160-001 | 10/20/2011 |
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| Notice of Technical Conference on policy issues relating to the reliability of the bulk power system FERC issued a notice of a technical conference on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 9:00am to 4:00 pm. The Technical Conference will also discuss emerging issues, including processes used by planning authorities and other entities to identify reliability concerns that may arise in the course of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the tools and processes available to address any identified reliability concerns. Docket No. AD12-1-000
| 10/7/2011 |
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RR10-11-003, RR07-8-005, RR07-8-004, RR07-7-008, RR07-3-005, RR07-3-004, RR06-1-026, RR06-1-025, RR06-1-024 | Order on Compliance Filing Regarding NERC's ROP, Pro Forma Delegation Agreements, and Delegation Agreements between FRCC and MRO FERC issues and Order concerning NERC’s Rules of Procedure, NERC’s Pro Forma Delegation Agreement, Delegation Agreements between NERC and the eight Regional Entities, and Bylaws of the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) and Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO). Docket Nos. RR10-11-003, RR07-8-005, RR07-8-004, RR07-7-008, RR07-3-005, RR07-3-004, RR06-1-026, RR06-1-025, RR06-1-024
| 10/7/2011 |
NP11-260-000, NP11-261-000, NP11-262-000, NP11-263-000, NP11-264-000, NP11-265-000, NP11-266-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - August 31, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-260-000 Louisiana Energy and Power Authority; NP11-261-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-262-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-263-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-264-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-265-000 Cleco Corporation; and NP11-266-000 Administrative Citation Notice of Penalty.
| 9/30/2011 |
| Notice of Technical Conference Regarding CIP-006-2 FERC issues a Notice of Technical Conference on CIP-006-2 to explore the risks of leaving dial-up intelligent electronic devices that are part of the Bulk-Power System and that use non-routable protocols physically unprotected. The date of the conference is set as October 25, 2011. Docket No. RD10-8-000
| 9/26/2011 |
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| Notice of Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines FERC issued a Notice of Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines to discuss the impact of the guidelines on compliance and enforcement matters. The notice sets the date of November 17, 2011 for the technical conference. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 9/21/2011 |
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| Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Version 4 CIP Reliability Standards FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which it proposes to approve eight modified Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, CIP-002-4 through CIP-009-4. The Commission also proposes to approve the related Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels with modifications, the implementation plan, and effective date proposed by NERC. Docket RM11-11-000
| 9/15/2011 |
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NP11-233-000, NP11-234-000, NP11-235-000, NP11-236-000, NP11-237-000, NP11-238-000, NP11-239-000, NP11-240-000, NP11-241-000, NP11-242-000, NP11-243-000, NP11-244-000, NP-254-000, NP11-255-000, NP11-256-000, NP11-257-000, NP11-258-000, NP11-259-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - August 11, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-254-000 Rochester Public Utilities; NP11-255-000 AES Deepwater, Inc.; NP11-256-000 Progress Energy Florida; NP11-257-000 Optim Energy Marketing, LLC; NP11-258-000 Iberdrola Renewables and NP11-259-000 Western Electricity Coordinating Council. | 9/9/2011 |
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| Order Initiating Review of Notice of Penalty - Docket No. NP11-238 The Commission issued an order initiating a review of the July 28, 2011 Notice of Penalty for Southwestern Power Administration. The Commission established a filing deadline for any answers, interventions or comments of twenty days from the date of this order. Docket No. NP11-238-000
| 8/29/2011 |
NP11-229-000, NP11-230-000, NP11-231-000, NP11-232-000, NP11-233-000, NP11-234-000, NP11-235-000, NP11-236-000, NP11-237-000, NP11-238-000, NP11-239-000, NP11-240-000, NP11-241-000, NP11-242-000, NP11-243-000, NP11-244-000, NP11-245-000, NP11-246-000, NP11-247-000, NP11-248-000, NP11-249-000, NP11-250-000, NP11-251-000, NP11-252-000, NP11-253-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - July 28 and July 29, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-229-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-230-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-231-000 Ripon Cogeneration LLC; NP11-232-000 The Detroit Edison Company; NP11-233-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-234-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-235-000 New Covert Generating Company, LLC; NP11-236-000 Scurry County Wind LP; NP11-237-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-239-000 Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; NP11-240-000 Public Service Company of New Mexico; NP11-241-000 Dynegy Inc.; NP11-242-000 Panoche Energy Center LLC; NP11-243-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-244-000 NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; NP11-245-000 Exelon Generation Co., LLC; NP11-246-000 Scrubgrass Generating Company, LP; NP11-247-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-248-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-249-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-250-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-251-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-252-000 Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; NP11-253-000 Administrative Citation Notice of Penalty.
| 8/29/2011 |
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| Notice of FERC Audit of NERC The Division of Audits in the Office of Enforcement of FERC is commencing an audit of NERC. This is a financial performance audit that will evaluate NERC's budget formulation, administration and execution. This economy and efficiency audit will focus on the costs and resources used to achieve program objectives and will cover the period from August 23, 2006 to the present. Docket No. FA11-21-000
| 8/22/2011 |
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NP11-201-000, NP11-202-000, NP11-203-000, NP11-204-000, NP11-205-000, NP11-206-000, NP11-207-000, NP11-208-000, NP11-209-000, NP11-210-000, NP11-211-000, NP11-212-000, NP11-213-000, NP11-214-000, NP11-215-000, NP11-216-000, NP11-217-000, NP11-218-000, NP11-219-000, NP11-220-000, NP11-221-000, NP11-222-000, NP11-223-000, NP11-224-000, NP11-225-000, NP11-226-000, NP11-227-000, NP11-228-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - June 29, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-201-000 Lane Electric Cooperative Inc.; NP11-202-000 High Desert Power Project, LLC; NP11-203-000 City of Loveland, Colorado; NP11-204-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-205-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-206-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-207-000 Troy Energy, LLC; NP11-208-000 Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility Co.; NP11-209-000 Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative; NP11-210-000 Indianapolis Power & Light Co.; NP11-211-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-212-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-213-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-214-000 T.E.S. Filer City Station, LP; NP11-215-000 Boise-Kuna Irrigation District; NP11-216-000 Merced Irrigation District; NP11-217-000 High Trail Wind Farm, LLC; NP11-218-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-219-000 City of Batavia Municipal Electric ; NP11-220-000 Elwood Energy, LLC; NP11-221-000 Columbia Rural Electric Assoc.; NP11-222-000 Luminant Energy Co.; NP11-223-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-224-000 Alcoa Power Generating Inc.; NP11-225-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-226-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-227-000 Springfield Utility Board and NP11-228-000 Administrative Citation NOP.
| 7/29/2011 |
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| Order on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards FERC issued an order in which it finds that there is insufficient consensus for the five families of smart grid interoperability standards under consideration. For this reason, the Commission will not institute a rulemaking proceeding at this time with respect to these standards and terminates this docket. Docket No. RM11-2-000 | 7/20/2011 |
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Order on Clarification Regarding Reliability Standards for Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits; System Restoration Reliability Standards
FERC issues an Order on Clarification in which it grants the North NERC's request for clarification of certain aspects of Order No. 748 including: (1) the proper effective date language for Reliability Standard IRO-004-2; (2) the correct version identification for the approval of EOP-001 intended by the Commission; and (3) the proper effective date for Reliability Standard EOP-001-2. The Commission also grants NERC’s request for clarification of Order No. 749 with respect to the version EOP-001 the Commission intended to approve and its effective date. Docket Nos. RM10-15-001 and RM10-16-001
| 7/13/2011 |
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| Data Request - NP11-184 FERC issued a data request regarding the Notice of Penalty filed on May 26, 2011 regarding an Unidentified Registered Entity. Docket No. NP11-184-000
| 6/24/2011 |
NP11-182-000, NP11-183-000, NP11-185-000, NP11-186-000, NP11-187-000, NP11-188-000, NP11-189-000, NP11-190-000, NP11-191-000, NP11-192-000, NP11-193-000, NP11-194-000, NP11-195-000, NP11-196-000, NP11-197-000, NP11-198-000, NP11-199-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - May 26, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-182-000Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-183-000 CPI (CP) LLC; NP11-185-000 Brazos Wind, LP; NP11-186-000 Allegheny Energy Supply Company; NP11-187-000 Edison Mission Marketing & Trading; NP11-188-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-189-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-190-000 Hoosier Energy REC, Inc.; NP11-191-000 UGI Utilities, Inc.; NP11-192-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-193-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-194-000 Edison Mission Marketing & Trading; NP11-195-000 Provo City Corporation; NP11-196-000 Cordova Energy Company, LLC; NP11-197-000 Gila River Power, LP; NP11-198-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-199-000 Administrative Citation NOP.
| 6/24/2011 |
| Order Denying Compliance Registry Appeals The Commission issued an Order denying the Compliance Registry appeals of Cedar Creek Wind Energy and Milford Wind Corridor Phase I. The Commission also directed NERC to work with the entities to create a list Transmission Owner and Transmission Operator Reliability Standards and Requirements that apply to the entities. Docket Nos. RC11-1-000 and RC11-2-000
| 6/16/2011 |
| | 6/10/2011 |
NP11-163-000, NP11-164-000, NP11-165-000, NP11-166-000, NP11-167-000, NP11-168-000, NP11-169-000, NP11-170-000, NP11-171-000, NP11-172-000, NP11-173-000, NP11-174-000, NP11-175-000, NP11-176-000, NP11-177-000, NP11-178-000, NP11-179-000, NP11-180-000, NP11-181-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - April 29, 2011 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-163-000 PacifiCorp, NP11-164-000 American Electric Power Service Corporation; NP11-165-000 Indianapolis Power & Light Company; NP11-166-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-167-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-168-000 American Municipal Power Inc.; NP11-169-000 Alabama Power Company; NP11-170-000 Grays Harbor Energy LLC; NP11-171-000 Duke Energy Corporation; NP11-172-000 Braintree Electric Light Department; NP11-173-000 Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation; NP11-174-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-175-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-176-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-177-000 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; NP11-178-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-179-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-180-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-181-000 Administration Citation Notice of Penalty
| 5/27/2011 |
| | 5/19/2011 |
| Order on Compliance Filing and Rehearing - VRF/VSL The Commission issued an Order accepting NERC’s revised, comprehensive approach to the assignment of VRFs and VSLs ("roll-up approach"). The order also accepts NERC’s Guideline 1 Report, which evaluates VSL assignments to ensure that they do not have the effect of lowering the current expectation of compliance. In addition, the order approves NERC’s revised VSL assignments for the 83 Commission approved Reliability Standards and Reliability Standard NUC-001-2, with the exception of those that are addressed in Docket No. RR08-4-006. Finally, the order grants rehearing of the Order No. 722 directive to change VSL assignments for three Reliability Standards requirements, in order to take into account NERC’s revised comprehensive approach. Docket Nos. RR08-4-005 and RM08-11-0001 | 5/19/2011 |
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| | 5/17/2011 |
| | 5/16/2011 |
| Order Accepting Compliance Filing Responsible Entities under BAL-006-2 FERC issues an order accepting the NERC Compliance filing on the entities responsible under Reliability Standard BAL-006-2. A January 6 FERC Order required NERC to submit a compliance filing to identify the entity or entities that are responsible under Reliability Standard BAL-006-2 for calculating Inadvertent Interchange among the Local Balancing Authority Areas within the Midwest ISO Balancing Authority Area. Docket No. RD10-4-000
| 5/16/2011 |
| Order Granting Midwest ISO's Recovery of Penalty Cost The Commission issued an order granting Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.’s request to recover the $7,000 penalty costs assessed in the December 22, 2009 Settlement Agreement (NP11-59) from Tariff customers under Schedule 34. Docket No. ER11-2798.
| 5/6/2011 |
| | 4/29/2011 |
NP11-134-000, NP11-135-000, NP11-136-000, NP11-137-000, NP11-138-000, NP11-139-000, NP11-140-000, NP11-141-000, NP11-142-000, NP11-143-000, NP11-144-000, NP11-145-000, NP11-146-000, NP11-147-000, NP11-148-000, NP11-149-000, NP11-150-000, NP11-151-000, NP11-152-000, NP11-153-000, NP11-154-000, NP11-155-000, NP11-156-000, NP11-157-000, NP11-158-000, NP11-159-000, NP11-160-000, NP11-161-000, NP11-162-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 31 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-134-000 Ft. Pierce Utilities Authority; NP11-135-000 Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; NP11-136-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-137-000 Unidentified Registered Entity;NP11-138-000 El Paso Electric Company; NP11-139-000 Dynegy Arlington Valley, LLC; NP11-140-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-141-000 City of Anaheim; NP11-142-000 People’s Utility District; NP11-143-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-144-000 City of McMinnville; NP11-145-000 Unidentified Registered Entity;NP11-146-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-147-000 Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; NP11-148-000 Imperial Irrigation District; NP11-149-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-150-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-151-000 Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington; NP11-152-000 Calpine Energy Services; NP11-153-000 Exelon Generation Company, LLC - Exelon Nuclear; NP11-154-000 California Department of Water Resources; NP11-155-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-156-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-157-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-158-000 PSEG Fossil, LLC; NP11-159-000 NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; NP11-160-000 Dartmouth Power Associates, LP; NP11-161-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP11-162-000 Administrative Citation Notice of Penalty.
| 4/29/2011 |
| | 4/25/2011 |
| NOPR on Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act FERC issue a NOPR concerning a proposed amendment its regulations pursuant to section 220 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as enacted by section 1281 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), to facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale and transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. In doing so, the Commission proposes to require market participants that are excluded from the Commission’s jurisdiction under FPA section 205 and have more than a de minimis market presence to file Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR) with the Commission. Docket No. RM10-12-000
| 4/21/2011 |
| | 4/21/2011 |
| NOPR on the Availability of E-Tag Inforamtion to Commission Staff FERC issue a NOPR concerning a proposal to revise its regulations to require the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization to make available to Commission staff, on an ongoing basis, access to complete electronic tagging data used to schedule the transmission of electric power in wholesale markets. Docket No. RM11-12-000
| 4/21/2011 |
| Order Approving IRO-006-5 and IRO-006-EAST-1 FERC issues an order in which it approves Reliability Standards IRO-006-5 (Transmission Loading Relief (TLR)) and IRO-006-EAST-1 (TLR Procedure for the Eastern Interconnection), Violation Risk Factors (VRF) and Violation Severity Levels (VSL) for those Reliability Standards, and inclusion of the term “Market Flow” in the NERC Glossary of Terms. Docket No. RD11-2-000
| 4/21/2011 |
| Order Approving Reliability Standard EOP-008-1 FERC issues an order in which it approves Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standard EOP-008-1 (Loss of Control Center Functionality). The Reliability Standard requires reliability coordinators, transmission operators, and balancing authorities to have an operating plan and facilities for backup functionality to ensure Bulk-Power System reliability in the event that a control center becomes inoperable. Docket No. RD11-4-000
| 4/21/2011 |
| | 4/21/2011 |
| Order No. 751 - Final Rule on Version One Regional Reliability Standards FERC issues a Final Rule in which it approves four revised regional Reliability Standards developed by the WECC and approved by NERC. These regional Reliability Standards have been designated by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council as FAC-501-WECC-1 – Transmission Maintenance, PRC-004-WECC-1 – Protection System and Remedial Action Scheme Misoperation, VAR-002-WECC-1 – Automatic Voltage Regulators, and VAR-501-WECC-1 – Power System Stabilizer. Docket No. RM09-9-000; Order No. 751
| 4/21/2011 |
| Order No. 752 - Final Rule on TOP-007-WECC-1 FERC issues a Final Rule in which it approves regional Reliability Standard TOP-007-WECC-1 (System Operating Limits) developed by WECC and submitted to the Commission for approval by NERC. The Commission also approves the retirement of WECC regional Reliability Standard TOP-STD-007-0, which is replaced by the regional Reliability Standard approved in this Final Rule. Docket No. RM09-14-000; Order No. 752.
| 4/21/2011 |
| | 4/14/2011 |
| | 4/13/2011 |
| | 4/12/2011 |
| Order on Compliance Filing Regarding Appendix 4D to the NERC Rules of Procedure FERC issues an order on a compliance filing pertaining to Appendix 4D of the NERC Rules of Procedure, “Procedure for Requesting and Receiving Technical Feasibility Exceptions to NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards,” (TFE Procedure). The Commission accepts NERC’s filing as in satisfactory compliance. Docket No. RR10-1-004
| 4/12/2011 |
NP11-105-000, NP11-106-000, NP11-107-000, NP11-108-000, NP11-109-000, NP11-110-000, NP11-111-000, NP11-112-000, NP11-113-000, NP11-114-000, NP11-115-000, NP11-116-000, NP11-117-000, NP11-118-000, NP11-119-000, NP11-120-000, NP11-121-000, NP11-122-000, NP11-123-000, NP11-124-000, NP11-125-000, NP11-126-000, NP11-127-000, NP11-128-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - February 23 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-105-000 Gainesville Regional Utilities; NP11-106-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-107-000 Burney Forest Products; NP11-108-000 Avista Corporation; NP11-109-000 Cedar Falls Utilities; NP11-110-000 Allegheny Power; NP11-111-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-112-000 Consumers Energy Company; NP11-113-000 Montana-Dakota Utilities Company; NP11-114-000 Texas Municipal Power Agency; NP11-115-000 BASF Corp.; NP11-116-000 Unidentified Registered Entity;
NP11-117-000 Nevada Sun-Peak, LP; NP11-118-000 Terra-Gen Dixie Valley, LLC; NP11-119-000 Coso Finance Partners; NP11-120-000 Coso Energy Developers; NP11-121-000 Coso Power Developers; NP11-122-000 PPG Industries, Inc.; NP11-123-000 Covanta Fairfax, Inc.; NP11-124-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-125-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-126-000 Dogwood Energy, LLC; NP11-127-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP11-128-000 Unidentified Registered Entity.
| 3/25/2011 |
NP11-129-000, NP11-130-000, NP11-131-000, NP11-132-000, NP11-133-000, NP11-109-000, NP11-110-000, NP11-111-000, NP11-112-000, NP11-113-000, NP11-114-000, NP11-115-000, NP11-116-000, NP11-117-000, NP11-118-000, NP11-119-000, NP11-120-000, NP11-121-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 25 The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-129-000 Vandolah Power Company, LLC; NP11-130-000 City of Santa Clara; NP11-131-000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co.; NP11-132-000 Tampa Electric Company; and NP11-133-000 Administrative Citation NOP.
| 3/25/2011 |
| Order 743-A - Order on Rehearing Concerning Revision of the Definition of Bulk Electric System FERC issued an order denying rehearing and otherwise reaffirming its determinations in Order No. 743. In addition, the Commission clarifies certain provisions of the Final Rule. Order No. 743 directed the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to revise the definition of the term “bulk electric system” through the ERO’s Reliability Standards Development Process to address the Commission’s policy and technical concerns and ensure that the definition encompasses all facilities necessary for operating an interconnected electric transmission network pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act. Docket No RM09-18-001; Order No. 743-A
| 3/17/2011 |
| | 3/17/2011 |
| Order No. 747 - Final Rule Approving Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment Standard BAL-502-RFC-02 FERC approves regional Reliability Standard, BAL-502-RFC-02 (Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment and Documentation), developed by RFC. The Commission also approves four regional reliability definitions related to the approved regional Reliability Standard and the violation risk factors and violation severity levels assigned to the BAL-502-RFC-02 Requirements. Docket No. RM10-10-000; Order No. 747
| 3/17/2011 |
| Order No. 748 - Final Rule Approving Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits Standards The Commission issues a final rule approving NERC’s proposed IRO-008-1, IRO-009-1, and IRO-010-1a and proposed revisions to Reliability Standards EOP-001-1, IRO-002-2, IRO-004-2, IRO-005-3, TOP- 003-1, TOP-005-2, and TOP-006-2, which remove requirements for the reliability coordinator to monitor and analyze system operating limits (SOL)4 other than IROLs. Docket No. RM10-15-000; Order No. 748
| 3/17/2011 |
| | 3/17/2011 |
| Order on Compliance Filing Regarding Section 300 to NERC's Rules of Procedure The Commission issues an Order approving proposed revisions to NERC's Section 300 of its Rules of Procedure, specifically a revision that provides an alternative means for developing or modifying a Reliability Standard in response to a Commission directive, including the Board’s development of a draft Reliability Standard, in the event that the regular development process fails to produce a responsive Reliability Standard. Docket No. RR09-6-003
| 3/17/2011 |
| Order on Review of Notice of Penalty Regarding Turlock Irrigation District FERC issues an order on review of the notice of penalty concerning Turlock Irrigation District. In the order, the Commission affirms the penalty in the Notice on its particular facts as an exercise of WECC’s discretion to assess a penalty relating in part to an alleged violation of FAC-003-1 R2 that took place during the “initial period” after that requirement became effective on June 18, 2007, through December 31, 2007. Docket No. NP10-18-000
| 3/17/2011 |
| | 3/10/2011 |
| Order Dismissing Compliance Filing Regarding Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection FERC issued an Order dismissing NERC’s September 9, 2010 proposed CIP Implementation Plan applicable to nuclear power plants as moot given the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s November 26, 2010 letter regarding the regulation of cyber security at commercial nuclear power plants. Based on the NRC’s November 26, 2010 letter, FERC finds that the NRC’s cyber security rule appears to cover all balance of plant, and no balance of plant at a U.S. nuclear power plant has been found to be subject to NERC’s CIP Standards. Accordingly, FERC dismisses the compliance filing containing the Version 2 and 3 Implementation Plans as moot. Docket No. RM06-22-014
| 3/10/2011 |
| Notice of No Further Review of Initial Administrative Citation NOP FERC issues a Notice of No Further Review of Initial Administrative Citation NOP that NERC fuiled on February 1, 2011 The Notice of Penalty pertained to 41 violations by 19 registered entities. The Notice of Penalty was submitted in an abbreviated format, which NERC refers to as an “Administrative Citation.” Docket No. NP11-104-000
| 3/3/2011 |
| | 3/2/2011 |
NP11-82-000, NP11-83-000, NP11-84-000, NP11-85-000, NP11-86-000, NP11-87-000, NP11-88-000, NP11-89-000, NP11-90-000, NP11-91-000, NP11-92-000, NP11-93-000, NP11-94-000, NP11-95-000, NP11-96-000, NP11-97-000, NP11-98-000, NP11-99-000, NP11-100-000, NP11-101-000, NP11-102-000, NP11-103-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 2, 2011 The Commission issued an Order stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP11-82-000 Castleton Power, LLC; NP11-83-000 Granite Ridge Energy, LLC; NP11-84-000 Sharyland Utilities, LP; NP11-85-000 Scurry County Wind LP; NP11-86-000 Western Area Power Administration – Sierra Nevada Region; NP11-87-000 Sierra Pacific Power Company; NP11-88-000 Mirant Potrero, LLC; NP11-89-000 Arizona Public Service Company; NP11-90-000 Gila River Power, LP; NP11-91-000 Emerald People's Utility District; NP11-92-000 Mason County PUD No. 3; NP11-93-000 Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; NP11-94-000 Stanton Wind Energy, LLC; NP11-95-000 City of Austin dba Austin Energy; NP11-96-000 City of Lake Worth; NP11-97-000 E.ON U.S. Services Inc. for the LG&E and KU Companies; NP11-98-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-99-000 Borger Energy Associates, LP; NP11-100-000 South Carolina Public Service Authority; NP11-101-000 Southern Illinois Power Cooperative; NP11-102-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP11-103-000 Sam Rayburn G&T Electric Cooperative Inc.
| 3/2/2011 |
| | 3/1/2011 |
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| NOP Order - NP10-140 FERC issued a Letter Order stating it would not further review the July 6, 2010 Notice of Penalty regarding an Unidentified Registered Entity. Docket No. NP10-140-000
| 2/28/2011 |
| Notice of Extension of Time to Submit Comments on the LBL Report FERC issues a notice of extension of time to submit comments on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) report regarding Frequency Response Metrics to Assess Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation. Comments are now due on or before May 6, 2011. Docket No. AD11-8-000
| 2/18/2011 |
| Order No. 733-A - Order on Rehearing, Clarification, and Request for an Extension of Time FERC issues Order No. 733-A - Order on Rehearing, Clarification, and Request for an Extension of Time in which FERC issues grants several requests for clarification and grants rehearing, in part, and denies rehearing, in part, of the Final Rule in Order No. 733 which approved and directed modifications to the Transmission Relay Loadability Reliability Standard PRC-023-1. Docket No. RM08-13-001
| 2/18/2011 |
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| | 1/28/2011 |
| | 1/26/2011 |
| | 1/26/2011 |
| | 1/24/2011 |
| Notice of Extended Review FERC issues a notice stating it is extending the time period for review of the Notice of Penalty for an Unidentified Registered Entity until February 18, 2011. Docket No. NP11-59-000
| 1/21/2011 |
NP11-60-000, NP11-61-000, NP11-62-000, NP11-63-000, NP11-64-000, NP11-65-000, NP11-66-000, NP11-67-000, NP11-68-000, NP11-69-000, NP11-70-000, NP11-71-000, NP11-72-000, NP11-73-000, NP11-74-000, NP11-75-000, NP11-76-000, NP11-77-000, NP11-78-000, NP11-79-000, NP11-80-000, NP11-81-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - January 21, 2011 The Commission issused an order on notices of penalty that it will review no fruther. NP11-60-000, New Hope Power Partnership; NP11-61-000, Lee County Resource Recovery Facility; NP11-62-000, City of Clarksdale, Mississippi; NP11-63-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-64-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-65-000, Mississippi Delta Energy Agency; NP11-66-000, Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc.; NP11-67-000, Umatilla Electric Cooperative Assoc.; NP11-68-000, Lane Electric Cooperative, Inc./PNGC; NP11-69-000, Consumer's Power, Inc.; NP11-70-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-71-000, City Of Minden; NP11-72-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-73-000, Montana-Dakota Utilities Company; NP11-74-000, PPL Generation LLC; NP11-75-000, Edison Mission Marketing & Trading, Inc.; NP11-76-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-77-000, Great River Energy; NP11-78-000, The Dayton Power and Light Company; NP11-79-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-80-000, Morris Cogeneration, LLC; NP11-81-000, Unidentified Registered Entity
| 1/21/2011 |
| Notice Inviting Comments FERC issues a notice inviting comments on the report prepared by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation” and its five supporting papers (collectively, “the Report”). Docket No. AD11-8-000
Supporting Papers:
| 1/20/2011 |
| Order on VRFs and VLS for CIP Standards FERC issues an order in which it approves the proposed Version 2 and Version 3 VRFs and VSLs, subject to modifications discussed in the order. Docket Nos. RD10-6-000 and RD09-7-002
| 1/20/2011 |
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| | 1/18/2011 |
| Errata Notice on January 7, 2011 Notice FERC issues an errata concerning the January 7, 2011, notice. The notice was inadvertently assigned the incorrect citation number at the top of the issued notice. That citation number is corrected to read as follows: “134 FERC ¶ 61,017.” Docket No. NP11-3-000, NP11-5-000
| 1/11/2011 |
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| | 1/7/2011 |
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NP11-23-000, NP11-24-000, NP11-25-000, NP11-26-000, NP11-27-000, NP11-28-000, NP11-29-000, NP11-30-000, NP11-31-000, NP11-32-000, NP11-33-000, NP11-34-000, NP11-35-000, NP11-36-000, NP11-37-000, NP11-38-000, NP11-39-000, NP11-40-000, NP11-41-000, NP11-42-000, NP11-43-000, NP11-44-000, NP11-45-000, NP11-46-000, NP11-47-000, NP11-48-000, NP11-49-000, NP11-50-000, NP11-51-000, NP11-52-000, NP11-53-000, NP11-54-000, NP11-55-000, NP11-56-000, NP11-57-000, NP11-58-000 | Notice of Penalty Order - November 30, 2010 Notices of Penalty The Commission issued an Order stating it would not further review the following Notices of Penalty that were filed on November 30, 2010: Docket No. NP11-23-000 Hardee Power Partners, Ltd; NP11-24-000 Florida Municipal Power Agency, Inc.; NP11-25-000 Miami Dade – Resource Recovery; NP11-26-000 Wheelabrator – South Broward; NP11-27-000 Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc.; NP11-28-000 Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County; NP11-29-000 Wellhead Power Panoche, LLC; NP11-30-000 Callam County PUD No. 1; NP11-31-000 Wellhead Services, Inc.; NP11-32-000 Rosebud Operating Services, Inc.; NP11-33-000 Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; NP11-34-000 Southern California Edison – Power Procurement Business Unit; NP11-35-000 PSEG Fossil LLC; NP11-36-000 Indiana Municipal Power Agency; NP11-37-000 Wheelabrator – North Broward; NP11-38-000 Cuyahoga Falls Electric System; NP11-39-000 Sunbury Generation, L.P.; NP11-40-000 Barney M. Davis Unit 1; NP11-41-000 Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities; NP11-42-000 Ameren Energy Resources; NP11-43-000 Eugene Water & Electric Board; NP11-44-000 Ameren Union Electric; NP11-45-000 Forward Energy, LLC; NP11-46-000 Claiborne Electric Cooperative; NP11-47-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-48-000 Montana-Dakota Utilities Company; NP11-49-000 RRI Energy Etiwanda, Inc.; NP11-50-000 Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.; NP11-51-000 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; NP11-52-000 Jersey Central Power & Light Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company; NP11-53-000 El Paso Electric Company; NP11-54-000 Public Service Commission of Yazoo City; NP11-55-000 TransAlta Centralia Generation, LLC; NP11-56-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-57-000 Naniwa Energy LLC; and NP11-58-000 Fayetteville Public Works. | 12/30/2010 |
| | 12/29/2010 |
| Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration FERC issues an order granting further rehearing concerning the October 21, 2010 Order that conditionally approves the agreements, amendments, and bylaws in NERC’s June 9, 2010 petition, to become effective on January 1, 2011. In this order, the Commission directed NERC to modify the Pro Forma Delegation Agreement, and revise Delegation Agreements, amendments to the NERC ROP, and certain amendments to the FRCC and MRO Bylaws. Docket No. RR10-11-001
| 12/22/2010 |
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| Notice Extending Comment Period FERC issues a notice extending the comment period for submitting comments in response to the Commission November 18, 2010 NOPR. Comment are not due on or before March 2, 2011. Docket No. RM10-11-000 | 12/16/2010 |
| | 12/16/2010 |
| Notice of Proposed Rulemkaing on the Interpretation of Protection System Reliability Standard FERC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Interpretation of Protection System Reliability Standard that proposes to accept the NERC proposed interpretation of Requirement R1 of Reliability Standard PRC-005-1, and proposes to direct NERC to develop modifications to the PRC-005-1 Reliability Standard, as discussed below, through its Reliability Standards development process to address gaps in the Protection System maintenance and testing standard, highlighted by the proposed interpretation. Docket No. RM10-5-000
| 12/16/2010 |
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| Order Accepting Compliance Filing The Commission issues an Order Accepting Compliance Filing for NERC's October 25, 2010 filing on frequency response. Docket Nos. RM06-16-010 and RM06-16-011 | 12/16/2010 |
| Order on Rehearing Concerning VSLs for CIP Standards In this Order, the Commission denies a request for rehearing of the Commission’s order addressing violation severity level assignments for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards, issued March 18, 2010. Docket No. RM06-22-012
| 12/16/2010 |
| Order on Review of Notice of Penalty The Commission issues an Order on Review of Notice of Penalty for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District in which the Commission (1) permits the zero dollar penalties for which the Corps-Tulsa District sought review to take effect on the date of issuance of this order, (2) affirms its prior decision in the 2009 Jurisdictional Order that federal agencies are required to adhere to mandatory Reliability Standards adopted under FPA section 215, and (3) finds that the question of whether federal entities are subject to monetary penalties for violations of a mandatory Reliability Standard need not be addressed in this proceeding. Docket No. NP10-160-000
| 12/16/2010 |
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| | 12/7/2010 |
NP10-149-000, NP11-6-000, NP11-7-000, NP11-8-000, NP11-9-000, NP11-10-000, NP11-11-000, NP11-12-000, NP11-13-000, NP11-14-000, NP11-15-000, NP11-16-000, NP11-17-000, NP11-18-000, NP11-19-000, NP11-20-000, NP11-21-000, NP11-22-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - December 3, 2010 FERC issues an order stating it will not further review the following Notices of Penalty: Docket Nos. NP10-149-000, Kiowa Power Partners, LLC; NP11-6-000 Southern Power Company; NP11-7-000, Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; NP11-8-000, Minnesota Power [Allete, Inc.]; NP11-9-000, Las Vegas Cogeneration LP; NP11-10-000, Merced Irrigation District; NP11-11-000, Pend Oreille County Public Utility District No. 1; NP11-12-000, Salem Electric; NP11-13-000, Black Hills Power, Inc.; NP11-14-000, Black Hills Power, Inc.; NP11-15-000, PSEG Power Connecticut, LLC; NP11-16-000, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; NP11-17-000, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; NP11-18-000, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; NP11-19-000, USACE – Little Rock District; NP11-20-000, Georgia Power Company; NP11-21-000, Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-22-000, Unidentified Registered Entity | 12/3/2010 |
| Order Granting Rehearing of the July 12 Order and Accepting Filing The Commission issued an Order granting rehearing of the July 12, 2010 Order which conditionally accepted two Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program Agreements and associated revised Delegation Agreements from SPP RE and FRCC. Additionally, the Commission accepts the proposed changes to Section 9(j) and Section 5 of Exhibit E of the pro forma Delegation Agreement, which pertain to the treatment of penalty monies. Docket Nos. RR10-7-001 and RR10-11-000 | 12/1/2010 |
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| Notice of Penalty Data Request The Commission issued a data request on two Notices of Penalty that were filed on October 7, 2010 in Docket Nos. NP11-3-000 and NP11-5-000. | 11/5/2010 |
NP11-1-000, NP11-2-000, NP11-4-000 | Notice of Penalty Order - October 7 NOPs The Commission issued an Order stating it would not further review the following Notices of Penalty: NP11-1-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP11-2-000 Unidentified Registered Entity and NP11-4-000 Unidentified Registered Entity. | 11/5/2010 |
| Agenda for November 18 Technical Conference on Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement, and Compliance The Commission issues an agenda for the Commissioner-led technical conference on November 18, 2010 to explore issues associated with reliability monitoring, enforcement and compliance. The Commission announced the conference in its September 16, 2010 order that accepted NERC’s initial assessment in Docket No. RR09-7-000 of its performance as the nation’s Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), and performance by the Regional Entities, under their delegation agreements with the ERO. Docket No. AD11-1-000 | 11/2/2010 |
NP10-161-000, NP10-162-000, NP10-163-000, NP10-164-000, NP10-165-000, NP10-166-000, NP10-167-000, NP10-168-000, NP10-169-000, NP10-170-000, NP10-171-000, NP10-172-000, NP10-173-000, NP10-174-000, NP10-175-000, NP10-176-000, NP10-177-000, NP10-178-000, NP10-179-000, NP10-180-000, NP10-181-000, NP10-182-000, NP10-183-000, NP10-184-000, NP10-185-000, NP10-186-000, NP10-187-000, NP10-188-000, NP10-189-000, NP10-190-000 | Notice of Penalty Order - September 30 NOPs The Commission issued an Order stating it would not further review the following NOPs that were submitted on September 30, 2010: NP10-161-000 Orlando Utilities Commission; NP10-162-000 East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; NP10-163-000 SWG Colorado, LLC; NP10-164-000 Shady Hills Power Company, LLC; NP10-165-000 Kern River Cogeneration Company; NP10-166-000 Edison Mission Marketing & Trading, Inc.; NP10-167-000 PUD No. 1 of Douglas County; NP10-168-000 NorthWestern Energy; NP10-169-000 Citizens Electric Corporation; NP10-170-000 Seneca Light & Water; NP10-171-000 Post Oak Wind, LLC; NP10-172-000 Klickitat County PUD; NP10-173-000 Vermont Marble Power Div. of Omya, Inc.; NP10-174-000 Carr Street Generating Station, LP; NP10-175-000 Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP; NP10-176-000 Great Lakes Hydro America, ME; NP10-177-000 Monongahela Power Company; NP10-178-000 Dynegy Inc.; NP10-179-000 Minnesota Municipal Power Agency; NP10-180-000 Tennessee Valley Authority; NP10-181-000 UGI Utilities, Inc.; NP10-182-000 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.; NP10-183-000 Dynegy Inc.; NP10-184-000 Klickitat County PUD; NP10-185-000 South Louisiana Electric Coop. Assoc.; NP10-186-000 Fox Energy Company, LLC; NP10-187-000 City of Ruston, LA; NP10-188-000 City of Tacoma, Dept. of Public Utilities, Light Div.; NP10-189-000 Hetch Hetchy Water and Power and NP10-190-000 Colorado Springs Utilities. | 10/29/2010 |
| Notice of Technical Conference on Smart Response The Commission will convene a conference on November 14, 2010, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern time in conjunction with the NARUC/FERC Collaborative on Smart Response. Docket No. RM11-2-000
| 10/22/2010 |
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| Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Approve IRO-006-WECC-1 The Commission proposes to approve regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1 (Qualified Transfer Path Unscheduled Flow Relief) submitted to the Commission for approval by NERC. The Commission notes that IRO-006-WECC-1 raises some concerns about which the
Commission requests additional information. Depending upon the responses received, in the Final Rule the Commission may, as a separate action under section 215(d)(5) of the FPA, direct the Western Electricity Coordinating Council to develop modifications to the regional Reliability Standard to address the issues identified. Docket No. RM09-19-000
| 10/21/2010 |
| | 10/21/2010 |
| Order Conditionally Approving Revised Pro Forma Delegation Agreement, Revised Delegation Agreements with Regional Entities, Amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Certain Regional Entity Bylaws
The Commission issues an order that conditionally approves the agreements, amendments, and bylaws in NERC’s June 9, 2010 petition, to become effective on January 1, 2011. The Commission directs NERC to modify the Pro Forma Delegation Agreement, revised Delegation Agreements, amendments to the NERC ROP, and certain amendments to the FRCC and MRO Bylaws. Docket No. RR10-11-000
| 10/21/2010 |
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| Notice Rescinding Prior Notice On October 18, 2010, the Commission issued a notice in the above-captioned proceeding. Notice of Filing, October 18, 2010. This notice was issued in error and is hereby rescinded. Docket Nos. RM06-22-015
| 10/19/2010 |
| Notice on Notice of Penalty- October 13, 2010 The Commission issues a Notice that it will not further review the Notice of Penalty in Docket No. NP10-160-000 with regard to the following entities: Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility Company, LP; California Department of Water Resources; City of Forest Grove Light and Power; City of Ukiah; Imperial Irrigation District; National Nuclear Security Administration -Los Alamos National Laboratory; Navopache Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Public Service Company of New Mexico; Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Southern Nevada Water Authority; TransAlta Centralia Generation, LLC; Tri-Dam Project of the Oakdale and South Joaquin Irrigation Districts; United State Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District; United States Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Unidentified Registered Entity; WECC RC [California/Mexico Reliability Coordinator]; WECC RC [Pacific Northwest Security Coordinator]; WECC RC [Rocky Mountain Desert Southwest Reliability Coordinator]
| 10/13/2010 |
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| Notice of Technical Conference on Reliability Monitoring Enforcement and Compliance Issues The Commission has issued notice of its Reliability Monitoring Enforcement and Compliance Issues Technical Conference. This Technical Conference will be held on November 18, 2010, in the Commission Meeting Room (2C) at Commission Headquarters, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, from 1 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. EST. The conference will be transcribed and Webcast. The agenda will be issued in advance of the Technical Conference. Docket No. AD11-1-000
| 10/1/2010 |
| Order on NERC's April 21, 2010 Compliance Filing Regarding TFEs from CIP Standards FERC issues an order on NERC's April 21, 2010, compliance filing in response to the Commission’s January 21, 2010 order approving NERC’s TFE procedure from strict compliance with certain CIP Standards. FERC also directs NERC to submit an additional compliance filing within 90 days of the date of this order. Docket No. RR10-1-001
| 10/1/2010 |
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| Revised Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines The Commission issued its Revised Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines. The modified Penalty Guidelines will apply to penalties FERC assesses for violations of its requirements, though FERC retains discretion to depart from them when it deems appropriate, and Enforcement staff continues to have discretion to close investigations and self-reports for violations that do not warrant sanctions. The modified Penalty Guidelines will apply to violations of the Reliability Standards, but not to the Commission’s review of notices of penalty submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. The modified penalty guidelines will base penalties on the same factors as those in existing enforcement policy statements, but will be applied with more focus by assigning specific and transparent weight to each factor. Organizations will now know with more certainty how each factor will be applied. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 9/17/2010 |
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| Order on NERC Three-Year Performance Assessment FERC accepts the performance assessment of NERC as the ERO, and the Regional Entities, and finds that they continue to satisfy the statutory and regulatory criteria for certification. In addition, FERC directs NERC to submit an informational filing addressing specific matters/concerns and take additional action as discussed in this order. Docket Nos. RR09-7-000, AD10-14-000
| 9/16/2010 |
| Order on Reliability Standard Interpretation of VAR-002-1.1b The Commission approves NERC's interpretation of certain requirements of the Commission-approved Voltage and Reactive (VAR) Reliability Standard, designated VAR-002-1.1b – Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules. Docket No. RD09-5-000
| 9/16/2010 |
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| Letter Order Approving Version 1 CIP VSLs The Commission issued a Letter Order approving NERC’s May 17, 2010 compliance filing which provided modifications to 57 Version 1 CIP Violation Severity Levels. Docket No. RM06-22-013
| 9/8/2010 |
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| Notice of Technical Conference on Demand Response FERC announces a technical conference will address the use of a net benefits test for determining when to compensate demand response providers and the allocation of costs
associated with demand response following the August 2, 2010 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) and Notice of Technical Conference. Docket No. RM10-17-000 | 8/27/2010 |
NP10-143-000, NP10-144-000, NP10-145-000, NP10-146-000, NP10-147-000, NP10-148-000, NP10-150-000, NP10-151-000, NP10-152-000, NP10-153-000, NP10-154-000, NP10-155-000, NP10-156-000, NP10-157-000, NP10-158-000, NP10-159-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty and Providing Guidance FERC issues an order stating that it will not further review Notices of Penalty in the following dockets. FERC also provides guidance on second occurences of violations as an aggravating factor. Docket Nos. NP10-143-000 City of Tallahassee; NP10-144-000 Dyengy, Inc.; NP10-145-000 Pacific Gas and Electric Company; NP10-146-000 San Diego Gas and Electric Company; NP10-147-000 Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works; NP10-148-000 City of Vineland New Jersey; NP10-150-000 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; NP10-151-000 Peco Energy Company; NP10-152-000 Dynegy, Inc.; NP10-153-000 DTE Energy Trading; NP10-154-000 Ocala Utility Services; NP10-155-000 EPCOR USA North Carolina LLC (Roxboro); NP10-156-000 EPCOR USA North Carolina LLC (Southport), NP10-157-000 Commonwealth Edison Company; NP10-158-000 Public Service Company of New Mexico; NP10-159-000 Unidentified Entity. | 8/27/2010 |
| | 8/20/2010 |
NP10-140-000, NP10-141-000 | | 8/19/2010 |
| Notice of Extension of Time to Revise RSDP On June 15, 2010, the Commission issued an order granting NERC an extension of time to comply with the Commission March 18, 2010 directive that NERC revise its Rules of Procedure that pertain to the development of Reliability Standards. A further 90 day extension of time to comply with the March 18, 2010 directive is granted to and including December 13, 2010. Docket No. RR09-6-000 | 8/19/2010 |
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NP10-119-000, NP10-120-000, NP10-121-000, NP10-122-000, NP10-123-000, NP10-124-000, NP10-125-000, NP10-126-000, NP10-127-000, NP10-128-000, NP10-129-000, NP10-130-000, NP10-131-000, NP10-132-000, NP10-133-000, NP10-134-000, NP10-135-000, NP10-136-000, NP10-137-000, NP10-138-000, NP10-139-000, NP10-142-000 | Notice of Penalty Order - July 6 NOPs The Commission issued an order stating that it would not review the following NOPs: Docket Nos. NP10-119-000 Citizens Electric Corporation; NP10-120-000 E.ON U.S. Services Inc.; NP10-121-000 Reedy Creek Improvement District; NP10-122-000 The Empire District Electric Company; NP10-123-000 Board of Public Utilities, City of McPherson, Kansas; NP10-124-000 Elk Hills Power, LLC; NP10-125-000 Covanta York Renewable Energy, LLC; NP10-126-000 Lincoln Generating Facility, LLC; NP10-127-000 SRW Cogeneration Limited Partnership; NP10-128-000 National Grid Generation, LLC; NP10-129-000 Benton County Wind Farm, LLC; NP10-130-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-131-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-132-000 Camp Grove Wind Farm, LLC; NP10-133-000 Hermiston Generating Co., L.P.; NP10-134-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-135-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-136-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-137-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-138-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; NP10-139-000 Unidentified Registered Entity; and NP10-142-000 NAES Corporation – Lincoln Generating Facility.
| 8/5/2010 |
| Order No. 738 The Commission supplements the procedures previously established with regard to filing and other requirements if the Commission is required to implement its Continuity of Operations Plan in response to an emergency situation that disrupts communications to or from the Commission’s headquarters or which otherwise impairs headquarters operations. The rule temporarily tolls for purposes of further consideration the time period for Commission action required for relief from, or reinstatement of, an electric utility’s mandatory purchase obligation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. Docket No. RM10-28-000
| 8/5/2010 |
| Supplemental NOPR - Demand Response The Supplemental NOPR seeks comment on whether the Commission should adopt requirements related to two issues addressed in comments: (1) if the Commission were to adopt a net benefits test for determining when to compensate demand response providers, what, if any, requirements should apply to the methods for determining net benefits; and (2) what, if any, requirements should apply to how the costs of demand response are allocated. Docket No. RM10-17-000
| 8/2/2010 |
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| Notice Soliciting Comments FERC issues a notice soliciting comments regarding Reliability Standards Development and NERC and Regional Entity Enforcement. Docket No. AD10-14-000
| 7/7/2010 |
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| Notice of Extension of Time to File VSLs FERC issues an extension of time for NERC to file a compliance filing in response to FERC's June 19th, 2008 Order on Violation Severity Levels Proposed by the Electric Reliability Organization. Docket No. RR08-4-005
| 7/6/2010 |
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NP10-107-000, NP10-108-000, NP10-109-000, NP10-110-000, NP10-111-000, NP10-112-000, NP10-113-000, NP10-114-000, NP10-115-000, NP10-116-000, NP10-117-000, NP10-118-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - July 2, 2010 FERC issues a notice stating it will not further review Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP10-107-000, NP10-108-000, NP10-109-000, NP10-110-000, NP10-111-000, NP10-112-000, NP10-113-000, NP10-114-000, NP10-115-000, NP10-116-000, NP10-117-000, NP10-118-000 | 7/2/2010 |
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| Notice of Display of Time on FERC's e-Filing System Notice that the Commission will now display on its electronic filing system the time used by the Commission to mark officially the time that eFilings and eTariff submissions are made with the Commission. Docket Nos. RM07-16-000 and RM01-5-000
| 6/28/2010 |
| Order on FRCC Audit Report FERC issues an order on the audit report of Florida Reliability Council, Inc. which contains staff’s findings and recommendations with respect to Florida FRCC's Regional Entity function. Docket No. PA09-7-000
| 6/23/2010 |
| NOPR on System Personnel Training Reliability Standards FERC issues a NOPR that proposes to approve Reliability Standards PER-005-1 (System Personnel Training) and PER-004-2 (Reliability Coordination – Staffing) submitted to the Commission for approval by NERC. Docket No. RM09-25-000
| 6/17/2010 |
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| Notice of Technical Conference FERC is holding a conference that will focus on the ERO's standards development process; communication and interactions between the Commission, the ERO and Regional Entities; and ERO and Regional Entity monitoring and enforcement. This Technical Conference will be held on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Commission’s Washington, DC headquarters, from approximately 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Docket No. AD10-14-000
| 6/15/2010 |
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NP10-94-000, NP10-95-000, NP10-96-000, NP10-97-000, NP10-98-000, NP10-99-000, NP10-100-000, NP10-101-000, NP10-102-000, NP10-103-000, NP10-104-000, NP10-105-000, NP10-106-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - May 28, 2010 The Commission issued an Order stating it will not further review Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP10-94-000, NP10-95-000, NP10-96-000, NP10-97-000, NP10-98-000, NP10-99-000, NP10-100-000, NP10-101-000, NP10-102-000, NP10-103-000, NP10-104-000, NP10-105-000, NP10-106-000 | 5/28/2010 |
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| Letter Order Accepting New Texas RE as Regional Entity for ERCOT Region and RDA FERC accepts NERCs petition seeking approval to delegate authority to the newly-formed, independent Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (New Texas RE) as the Regional Entity for the ERCOT region, as successor to Texas Regional Entity (Original Texas RE), a division of Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. and for approval of an Amended and Restated Delegation Agreement (RDA) between NERC and New Texas RE and a 2010 Business Plan and Budget for New Texas RE. Last, NERC requests approval to terminate the existing delegation agreement between NERC and the Original Texas RE. Docket No. RR10-6-000
| 5/6/2010 |
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| | 4/30/2010 |
NP10-71-000, NP10-72-000, NP10-73-000, NP10-74-000, NP10-75-000, NP10-76-000, NP10-77-000, NP10-78-000, NP10-79-000, NP10-80-000, NP10-81-000, NP10-82-000, NP10-83-000, NP10-84-000, NP10-85-000, NP10-86-000, NP10-87-000, NP10-88-000, NP10-89-000, NP10-90-000, NP10-91-000, NP10-92-000, NP10-93-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - April 30, 2010 FERC issues an Order stating that it will not further review, on its own motion, Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP10-71-000, NP10-72-000, NP10-73-000, NP10-74-000, NP10-75-000, NP10-76-000, NP10-77-000, NP10-78-000, NP10-79-000, NP10-80-000, NP10-81-000, NP10-82-000, NP10-83-000, NP10-84-000, NP10-85-000, NP10-86-000, NP10-87-000, NP10-88-000, NP10-89-000, NP10-90-000, NP10-91-000, NP10-92-000, and NP10-93-000.
| 4/30/2010 |
| Order on Reliability Standards Interpretations for TPL-002-0 and TPL-003-0 FERC issues an Order approving interpretation of certain requirements of two Commission-approved Transmission Planning (TPL) Reliability Standards, TPL-002-0, System Performance Following Loss of a Single Bulk Electric System Element, and TPL-003-0, System Performance Following Loss of Two or More Bulk Electric System Elements. Docket No. RD09-4-000
| 4/23/2010 |
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| Order Suspending Policy on Penalty Guidelines FERC issues an order to suspend the Policy Statement and the application of the Penalty Guidelines issued on March 18, 2010. Interested entities are invited to submit comments within 60 days of the date of this order. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 4/15/2010 |
| Order on Compliance Regarding CIP Version 3 Reliability Standards The Commission issues an order approving the modified CIP Version 3 Reliability Standards, with an effective date of October 1, 2010. The Commission also approves the revised Implementation Plan for Newly Identified Critical Cyber Assets and Newly Registered Entities, and rejects the Version 3 CIP Implementation Plan. Docket No. RD09-7-002
| 3/31/2010 |
NP10-52-000, NP10-53-000, NP10-54-000, NP10-55-000, NP10-56-000, NP10-57-000, NP10-58-000, NP10-59-000, NP10-60-000, NP10-61-000, NP10-62-000, NP10-63-000, NP10-64-000, NP10-65-000, NP10-66-000, NP10-67-000, NP10-68-000, NP10-69-000, NP10-70-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - March 31, 2010 The Commission issued an Order stating it will not further review NOPs in Docket Nos. NP10-52-000, NP10-53-000, NP10-54-000, NP10-55-000, NP10-56-000, NP10-57-000, NP10-58-000, NP10-59-000, NP10-60-000, NP10-61-000, NP10-62-000, NP10-63-000, NP10-64-000, NP10-65-000, NP10-66-000, NP10-67-000, NP10-68-000, NP10-69-000, and NP10-70-000.
| 3/31/2010 |
| Notice of Workshop on Penalty Guidelines The Commission will hold three workshops to provide a forum for interested participants to ask questions on the interpretation and application of the Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines, which the Commission recently issued on March 18, 2010. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 3/24/2010 |
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| NOPR - Demand Response The Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing an approach for compensating demand response resources in order to improve the competitiveness of organized wholesale energy markets and thus ensure just and reasonable wholesale rates. Docket Nos. RM10-17-000 and EL09-68-000
| 3/18/2010 |
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| Order No. 733 - PRC-023-1 The Commission issues a final rule approving Reliability Standard PRC-023-1 (Transmission Relay Loadability) and directing modifications. Docket No. RM08-13-000
| 3/18/2010 |
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| Order Addressing VSL Assignments to CIP Standards The Commission approves the proposed Violation Severity Levels (VSL) assignments and establishes additional guidance for determining appropriate VSLs in the specific context of cyber security Requirements. Docket No. RM06-22-008
| 3/18/2010 |
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| Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines
The Commission issues this Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines for the purpose of adding greater fairness, consistency, and transparency to civil penalty determinations. Docket No. PL10-4-000
| 3/18/2010 |
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NP10-25-000, NP10-32-000, NP10-33-000, NP10-34-000, NP10-35-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty- March 15, 2010 The Commission gives notice that it will not further review, on its own motion, the Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP10-25-000, NP10-32-000, NP10-33-000, NP10-34-000 and NP10-35-000.
| 3/15/2010 |
NP10-49-000, NP10-50-000, NP10-51-000 | | 3/12/2010 |
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RR09-9-002, RR08-6-004, RR07-16-004 | Letter Order Approving NERC's January 11, 2010 filing Regarding TFEs NERC submits a compliance filing in accordance with the Commission’s October 15th directive providing an evaluation of the adequacy of NERC and Regional Entity resources to implement the Technical Feasibility Exceptions (TFEs) activity. Docket Nos. RR09-9-002, RR08-6-004, RR07-16-004
| 3/8/2010 |
| Order Surrounding 2008 Florida Blackout The commission issued an Order surrounding the 2008 Florida Blackout. The office of enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, staff of NERC and Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc. entered into a Stipulation and Consent Agreement to resolve a non-public investigation conducted by Enforcement, staff of the Office of Electric Reliability of the Commission and NERC, pursuant to Part 1b of the Commission’s regulations and NERC’s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program into alleged violations of the Reliability Standards by FRCC in its role as a Reliability Coordinator surrounding the loss of load event in Florida on February 26, 2008. Docket No. IN08-5-000
FERC Press Release
| 3/5/2010 |
RR09-9-001, RR08-6-005, RR07-14-005 | | 3/3/2010 |
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NP10-36-000, NP10-37-000, NP10-38-000, NP10-39-000, NP10-40-000, NP10-41-000, NP10-42-000, NP10-43-000, NP10-44-000, NP10-45-000, NP10-46-000, NP10-47-000, NP10-48-000 | Order on Review of NOPs FERC issues an Order stating it will not further review, on its own motion, NOPs in Docket Nos. NP10-36-000,NP10-37-000 NP10-38-000 NP10-39-000, NP10-40-000, NP10-41-000 NP10-42-000 NP10-43-000 NP10-44-000 NP10-45-000 NP10-46-000 NP10-47-000, NP10-48-000 | 3/3/2010 |
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| Order Initiating Review of TID NOP FERC issues an Order initiating a review of the Notice of Penalty submitted by NERC and WECC regarding Turlock Irrigation Distruct (TID) and the settlement agreement involving an $80,000 penalty covering eight violations, as well as loss of load. FERC has requested answers, interventions and comments to be submitted on March 18, 2010. Docket No. NP10-18-000
| 2/26/2010 |
| Letter Order Approving Appendix 3A of the NERC ROP FERC issues a letter order approving a NERC filing that requested approval of amendments to
Appendix 3A, Reliability Standards Development Procedure (RSDP) to NERC’s Rules of Procedure (ROP). Docket No. RR10-4-000
| 2/5/2010 |
NP10-20-000, NP10-25-000, NP10-32-000, NP10-33-000, NP10-34-000, NP10-35-000 | | 2/2/2010 |
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NP10-32-000, NP10-33-000, NP10-34-000, NP10-35-000. | | 1/29/2010 |
NP10-21-000, NP10-22-000, NP10-23-000, NP10-24-000, NP10-26-000, NP10-27-000, NP10-28-000, NP10-29-000, NP10-30-000, and NP10-31-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - January 29, 2010 FERC issues a notice stating it will not further review NOPs in Docket Nos. NP10-21-000, NP10-22-000, NP10-23-000, NP10-24-000, NP10-26-000, NP10-27-000, NP10-28-000, NP10-29-000, NP10-30-000, and NP10-31-000.
| 1/29/2010 |
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| Order No. 713B - Order Denying Request for Rehearing and Clarification FERC denies a request for rehearing and clarification of Order No. 713-A regarding TLR requirements as set forth in as set forth in Reliability Standard IRO-006-4, submitted by NRG Companies, Electric Power Supply Association, and Constellation Energy Commodities Group. Docket No. RM08-7-002
| 1/21/2010 |
RM08-19-002, RM09-5-002, RM06-16-008 | | 1/20/2010 |
| Letter Order Approving Amendments to the NERC ROP FERC issues a letter order approving NERC's petition for approval of amendments to the Rules of Procedure to Reflect Elimination of the Reliability Readiness Evaluation and Improvement Program. Docket No. RR10-3-000
| 1/14/2010 |
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| | 1/11/2010 |
| | 1/8/2010 |
| Order Rejecting Army COE Request for Rehearing FERC issued an order today rejecting the Corps’ request for rehearing of FERC’s October 15, 2009 Order as untimely. The Corps’ request for rehearing was filed in response to FERC’s October 15 Order which stated that, pursuant to Section 215 of the FPA, federal entities that use, own, or operate the bulk power system must comply with NERC mandatory Reliability Standards. Docket No. NP09-26-001 | 1/5/2010 |
| | 12/17/2009 |
| | 12/17/2009 |
| Order Authorizing Secretary to Issue Staff's Preliminary Notice of Violations FERC issues an order authoring the Secretary of the Commission to issue staff's preliminary notice of violations. This order extends the Commission’s efforts to provide the public with notice of and information about enforcement activities. The Notice is designed to increase the transparency of staff’s nonpublic investigations conducted under Part 1b of our regulations. Docket No. PL10-2-000 | 12/17/2009 |
| | 12/17/2009 |
| Order No. 730- Approval of Three INT Standards FERC approves the NERC's revision of three Commission-approved Reliability Standards, designated INT-005-3, Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange; INT-006-3, Response to Interchange Authority; and INT-008-3, Interchange Authority Distributes Status. Docket No. RM09-8-000 | 12/17/2009 |
| | 12/11/2009 |
NP10-3-000, NP10-4-000, NP10-5-000, NP10-6-000, NP10-7-000, NP10-8-000, NP10-9-000, NP10-10-000, NP10-11-000, NP10-12-000, NP10-13-000, NP10-14-000, NP10-15-000, NP10-16-000, NP10-17-000, NP10-18-000, NP10-19-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - Dec 11, 2009 FERC issues a Notice of Penalty Order stating it would not futher review the following Notices of Penalty: NP10-3-000 AES Beaver Valley, LLC; NP10-4-000 AES Ironwood, LLC; NP10-5-000 AES Red Oak, LLC; NP10-6-000 AES Warrior Run; NP10-7-000 East Kentucky Power Cooperative; NP10-8-000 Union Power Partners, L.P.; NP10-9-000 Westmoreland Partners; NP10-10-000 AES Cayuga, LLC; NP10-11-000 AES Greenidge, LLC; NP10-12-000 AES Somerset, LLC; NP10-13-000 AES Westover, LLC; NP10-14-000 Cedar Bay Generating Company, L; NP10-15-000 Mirant Potrero, LLC; NP10-16-000 Mirant Delta, LLC; NP10-17-000 Lincoln County Power District No. 1; NP10-19-000 Poudre Valley Rural Electric Ass’n, Inc. | 12/11/2009 |
| Letter Order Accepting Errata Changes to Three Reliability Standards FERC approves errata changes to Reliability Standards IRO-006-4.1 — Reliability Coordination — Transmission Loading Relief (TLR), MOD-021-0.1 — Documentation of the Accounting Methodology for the Effects of Controllable Demand-Side Management in Demand and Energy Forecasts, and PER-001-0.1 — Operating Personnel Responsibility and Authority. Docket No. RD09-9-000 | 12/10/2009 |
| | 12/10/2009 |
RM08-19-000, RM08-19-001, RM09-5-000 | Errata Notice for Order 729 On November 24, 2009, the Commission issued a Final Rule (Order No. 729) in the above-referenced proceeding. 1 This errata corrects sites in the rule where the word “proposed” is used instead of applicable final rule language. Docket Nos. RM08-19-000, RM08-19-001, RM09-5-000 | 12/4/2009 |
| | 12/2/2009 |
RM08-19-000, RM08-19-001, RM09-5-000, RM06-16-005 | | 11/24/2009 |
| Order No. 890D - Preventing Undue Discrimination and Prefernce in Transmission Service FERC affirms its basic determinations in Order Nos. 890, 890-A, 890-B, and 890-C, granting clarification regarding certain revisions to its regulations and the pro forma open-access transmission tariff, or OATT, adopted in Order Nos. 888 and 889 to ensure that transmission services are provided on a basis that is just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory. Docket Nos. RM05-17-005 and RM05-25-005; Order No. 890-D | 11/19/2009 |
| Notice on Omnibus NOP Filing FERC issues a notice that it will not further review, on its own motion, any zero dollar penalty submitted in the Omnibus Notice of Penalty filing. Docket No. NP10-2-000 | 11/13/2009 |
| Order on Omnibus NOP Filing FERC issues an order concluding that it will not further review any of the 23 “non-zero dollar” monetary penalties submitted in the Omnibus Filing. Docket No. NP10-2-000 | 11/13/2009 |
| Order Approving Petition for Texas RE FERC approved NERC's petition requesting approval of the following Texas Regional Entity (Texas RE) rules: (1) proposed revisions to the Standards Development Process of Texas RE, (2) Texas RE Reliability Standards Committee Procedure and (3) Registered Ballot Body Procedure. Docket No. RR09-5-000 | 11/2/2009 |
| | 10/30/2009 |
| Further Guidance Order on Filing Reliability Notices of Penalty FERC issues an Order providing further guidance on Notice of Penalties and inviting NERC, Regional Entities and stakeholders, along with Commission staff, to develop an abbreviated format for a pro forma Notice of Penalty that conforms to the significance of particular types of violations or alleged violations. Docket Nos. AD10-1-000, RR09-7-000 | 10/26/2009 |
NP09-36-000, NP09-37-000, NP09-38-000, NP09-39-000, NP09-40-000, NP09-41-000, NP09-42-000, NP09-43-000, NP09-44-000, NP09-45-000, NP09-46-000, NP10-1-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - October 23, 2009 FERC issues a Notice of Penalty Order in which it states it would not further review Notices of Penalty. Docket Nos. NP09-36-000, NP09-37-000, NP09-38-000, NP09-39-000, NP09-40-000, NP09-41-000, NP09-42-000, NP09-43-000, NP09-44-000, NP09-45-000, NP09-46-000, NP10-1-000 | 10/23/2009 |
| | 10/15/2009 |
RR09-9-000, RR08-6-004, RR07-14-004 | | 10/15/2009 |
| | 10/14/2009 |
| Order on 2008 Florida Blackout The Commission issued an Order surrounding the 2008 Florida Blackout. The Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, staff of NERC and Florida Power and Light Company enter into a Stipulation and Consent Agreement to resolve a non-public investigation conducted by Enforcement, staff of the Office of Electric Reliability of the Commission and NERC, pursuant to Part 1b of the Commission’s regulations and NERC’s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program into alleged violations of the Reliability Standards by FPL surrounding a loss of load event in Florida on February 26, 2008. Docket No. IN08-5-000
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| 10/8/2009 |
| | 10/2/2009 |
| | 10/2/2009 |
| | 9/30/2009 |
| | 9/17/2009 |
| Notice of Extension to Withdraw Registration Appeal The Commission issued a notice of extension for Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.
to withdraw its Request for Appeal regarding its NERC Compliance Registration. Docket Nos. RC08-7-000 and RC08-7-001 | 9/15/2009 |
NP09-33-000, NP09-34-000, NP09-35-000 | Letter Order on Three Notices of Penalty FERC issues a letter order stating that it will not further review Notices of Penalty for the MidAmerican Energy Company, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Docket Nos. NP09-33-000, NP09-34-000, NP09-35-000 | 8/26/2009 |
| | 8/26/2009 |
| Order Approving VRFs for CIP Reliability Standards FERC submits an order approving the revised VRFs for four CIP Reliability Standards (CIP-003-1, R4.1; CIP-005-1, R1.5; CIP-007-1, R5.1; and CIP-007-1, R5.3.3). The Commission has approved the modification of all of these VRFs from “Lower” to “Medium.” Docket No. RM06-22-009 | 8/20/2009 |
| | 8/17/2009 |
NP09-28-000, NP09-29-000, NP09-30-000, NP09-31-000, NP09-32-000 | Order on Notices of Penalty - August 7, 2009 The Commission gives notice that it will not further review, on its own motion, the Notices of Penalty in Docket Nos. NP09-28-000, NP09-29-000, NP09-30-000, NP09-31-000, NP09-32-000. | 8/7/2009 |
| Notice Regarding NP09-26-000 and NP09-27-000 The Commission issues a notice stating that it would not further review NP09-26-000 and NP09-27-000 which have been allowed to become effective by operation of law on July 24, 2009. Docket Nos. NP09-26-000, NP09-27-000 | 7/27/2009 |
| Order on Compliance Filing On December 15, 2008, as supplemented on March 16, 2009, NERC submitted a filing in compliance with the Commission’s October 16, 2008 order on NERC’s proposed 2009 Budget Order. In this order, the Commission accepts the compliance filing in part and rejects it in part. Docket Nos. RR08-6-002 and RR07-14-003 | 7/16/2009 |
| | 7/16/2009 |
| | 7/15/2009 |
| Letter Order Accepting NERC Compliance Filing Re: SPP The Commission Letter order accepting North American Electric Reliability Corporation's compliance filing certifying that Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) has performed a reconciliation of its system of accounts in accordance with Section 8(e) etc under RR07-16. Docket No. RR07-16-006 | 6/30/2009 |
| Order Conditionally Accepting Compliance Filing On April 1, 2009, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted a filing in compliance with the Commission’s October 18, 2007 order on NERC’s 2008 business plan and budget. NERC’s filing includes a true-up of actual 2008 costs incurred by NERC and each Regional Entity to their respective 2008 budgets. Docket No. RR07-16-005 | 6/29/2009 |
| | 6/26/2009 |
| Order on Compliance Filing- VSLs The Commission issued an Order accepting NERC’s two December 19, 2008 compliance filings pertaining to violation severity level assignments, one in response to the June 19, 2008 Order and the second in response to the November 20, 2008 Order. Docket Nos. RR08-4-003 and RR08-4-004 | 6/24/2009 |
| | 6/18/2009 |
| Order Denying Request for Clarification- Order 706C The Commission denies the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI’s) request for clarification of Order No. 706-B (Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection). Docket No. RM06-22-006 | 6/18/2009 |
| Notice of Penalty Order - June 12, 2009 The Commission issued a notice stating that it would not further review, on its own motion, the following Notice of Penalty. Docket No. NP09-25-000 (Mirant Mid-Atlantic LLC) | 6/12/2009 |
| | 6/9/2009 |
| Order on Compliance Filing The Commission accepts NERC's February 17, 2009 Compliance filing regarding CMEP and CMEP Attachment 2 Hearing Procedures as well as the NERC Rules of Procedure. Docket No. RR06-1-021, et al. | 6/1/2009 |
NP09-18-000, NP09-19-000, NP09-20-000, NP09-22-000, NP09-23-000, NP09-24-000 | Notice of Penalty Order - May 29, 2009 The Commission issued a notice stating it would not review, on its own motion, the following Notices of Penalty. Docket Nos. NP09-18-000 (Northern States Power Company), NP09-19-000 (Northern States Power Company), NP09-20-000 (Kissimmee Utility Authority), NP09-22-000 (Escanaba Municipal Electric Utility), NP09-23-000 (NorthWestern Energy), NP09-24-000 (Upper Peninsula Power Company) | 5/29/2009 |
| | 5/29/2009 |
