by NAES Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | News
By Michiko Sell, Supervisor NERC CIP Services Often times we are fully dependent upon ‘implementation plans’ or ‘proposed builds’ that are provided by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of Industrial Control Systems (ICS). If asked “do things ever go as...
by NAES Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | News
By Will White, Senior NERC Reliability Compliance Specialist Who would believe leading up to April of 2015 that over 6 years later we would still be closely monitoring the implementation plan of a NERC Standard and its Requirements? PRC-005 is just that Standard. As...
by NAES Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | News
By Michael Tate, NERC Reliability Compliance Specialist In 2014, the ALIGN tool was an inkling of an Idea by NERC that has blossomed into a well-run joint venture between all the Reliability Entities and NERC. Now with ALIGN as the primary area of focus for the...
by NAES Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | News
By John Schmoker, Compliance Testing Services Project Manager I was recently speaking with a fellow NERC enthusiast and it was mentioned that the NERC world appears to be slowing down. “From a Generator Owner/Operator standpoint it doesn’t appear there’s much in the...
by NAES Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | News
By Daniel Jenkins, NERC Reliability Compliance SpecialistHave you been requested to perform an Internal Risk Assessment (IRA) from your Regional Entity? Did you know that some facilities have been extended to a nine-year interval while others have been moved to a...
