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During Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) engagements, MRO audit staff will inquire as to the extent that registered entities contemplate compliance and organizational risks and how they are effectively…

Energy Reliability Planning was identified as a high risk in MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment released earlier this year. This is due to the changing resource mix, challenges associated…

Insights from the FERC/NERC Physical Security Technical Conference Electrical substation with blue and clear sky The reliability and security of the bulk power system (BPS) is of paramount importance toensure…

In 2021, staff in the compliance section at Manitoba Hydro began to look at ways to identify the NERC reliability standards that were at the highest risk and most frequently…

Electric sector supply chains experience a whole host of threat vectors and need to be protected by a multitude of controls and processes to achieve defense-in-depth. This article’s security…

The new Align system enables NERC registered entities to create and submit mitigation milestones as part of mitigating activities or a mitigation plan linked to a Potential Noncompliance (PNC). Mitigation milestones provide entities with the method to document relevant, measurable, and realistic tasks to mitigate a noncompliance.

MRO released its 2023 Regional Summer Assessment (2023 RSA) in early June, which will be followed by a webinar on the topic on June…

Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Distributed Energy Resources with Associated Electric Power Systems Interfaces The energy transition across North America continues as the industry looks to integrate more zero-carbon…