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RM24-4 – Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards

December 3, 2024

The ISO/RTO Council submitted comments on FERC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop and submit for Commission approval new or modified Reliability Standards that address the sufficiency of responsible entities’ supply chain risk management plans related to the identification of, assessment of, and response to supply chain risks, and the applicability of Reliability Standards’ supply chain protections to protected cyber assets. As part of any directives to NERC to develop reliability standard revisions, the IRC supports providing responsible entities with appropriate flexibility to identify, assess, and respond to supply chain risks.

RM24-4

Comments on NERC’s Supplemental Filing to the Five-Year Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessment Report

November 26, 2024

The IRC submitted comments supporting NERC’s Supplemental Filing to the Five-Year Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessment Report. The IRC supports NERC’s proposed initiatives to make the Electric Reliability Organization Enterprise more efficient by (1) employing a potential noncompliance abeyance period where appropriate for new or revised Reliability Standards; (2) streamlining the processing of issues deemed to be Compliance Exceptions; and (3) focusing on timely data analysis to report on trends, themes, and recommendations.

RM24-4

Comments on FERC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in RM24-7 relating to proposed Reliability Standard CIP-015-1 (Cyber Security – Internal Network Security Monitoring)

November 26, 2024

The IRC submitted comments in response to FERC’s notice of proposed rulemaking to approve proposed Reliability Standard CIP-015-1 (Cyber Security – Internal Network Security Monitoring). The IRC recommends FERC clarify its directives in the NOPR by requiring NERC to develop modifications to proposed Reliability Standard CIP-015-1 that extend Internal Network Security Monitoring to networks on which Electronic Access Control or Monitoring Systems and Physical Access Control Systems reside outside of a responsible entity’s Electronic Security Perimeter. The IRC asks FERC to clarify that any such directive requires no changes to the CIP-015-1 approach of directing responsible entities to use a risk-based rationale to implement network activity monitoring inside or outside an Electronic Security Perimeter.

RM24-7

IRC motion to intervene and comments on ACP’s request for accreditation technical conference.

October 4, 2023
The IRC has filed a motion to intervene and comments on the American Clean Power Association’s request that FERC hold a technical conference to discuss the accreditation of resources’ capacity value in ISO/RTO regions with and without capacity markets, as well as in non-ISO/RTO regions.

Docket No. AD23-10-000

IRC Comments to Invenergy Request

March 9, 2023
The IRC submitted its response to Invenergy Transmission’s that FERC holds a technical conference to address issues related to interregional merchant high voltage direct current (MHVDC) transmission facilities.

Docket No. AD22-13-000.

AD22-13-000

IRC comments on FERC NOPR – Reliability Standards to Address Inverter-Based Resources

February 7, 2023
The IRC has filed comments in the FERC Inverter-Based Resources Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR).

RM22-12 IRC NOPR Comments

Motion for Leave to Answer and Limited Answer of the ISO/RTO Council – Docket No. RD23-1-000

December 27, 2022
The IRC filed a limited answer to comments reiterating its request that the Commission approve proposed NERC Reliability Standards EOP-011-3 and EOP-012-1, direct NERC to revise EOP-012-1 to address issues identified in the IRC’s December 8, 2022 comments, and submit a revised version of EOP-012-1 no later than November 2023.

Motion for Leave to Answer and Limited Answer of the ISO/RTO Council Docket No. RD-310-00

IRC Comments on NERC Cold Weather Standards

December 20, 2022
The IRC submitted comments in response to NERC’s petition for approval of proposed Reliability Standards EOP-011-3 and EOP-012-1 (Cold Weather Standards).

IRC Comments on NERC Cold Weather Standards Docket No. EOP-121-RD-23-1

IRC Comments on Interconnection NOPR (Imposition of Penalties for Delayed Studies)

The IRC submitted reply comments in connection with FERC’s proposal to impose automatic penalties on transmission providers for study delays.

IRC Comments on Interconnection NOPR Imposition of Penalties for Delays Studies

IRC files reply comments on FERC’s credit information sharing NOPR

November 7, 2022
The ISO/RTO Council filed reply comments on FERC’s credit information sharing NOPR. The IRC urges FERC to grant each RTO/ISO the flexibility to share information with other RTOs/ISOs as and when necessary to accurately assess market participants’ credit exposure and common risks that could have an impact across the organized wholesale electric markets.

IRC Files Reply Comments on FERCs Credit Information Sharing NOPR

IRC submits comments in FERC Docket RM22-14

October 13, 2022
The ISO/RTO Council submits comments in FERC Docket RM22-14 – Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements. The ISO/RTO Council opposes the adoption of a proposal to impose automatic penalties on RTOs/ISOs should interconnection deadlines be missed and urges the Commission to engage in further consultation with the RTOs/ISOs, Transmission Owners, and Interconnection Customers to develop alternatives.

IRC Submits Comments in FERC Docket No. RM22-14

IRC comments on FERC’s notice of proposed rulemaking in RM22-13

October 10, 2022
The ISO/RTO Council submits comments on FERC’s notice of proposed rulemaking in RM22-13. The IRC supports a rule which would permit the RTOs/ISOs to allow the voluntary sharing of credit-related information among themselves.

IRC Comments on FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in RM22-13

IRC Comments on on FERC’s transmission and cost allocation notice of proposed rulemaking

August 23, 2022
The ISO/RTO Council comments on FERC’s transmission and cost allocation notice of proposed rulemaking support the adoption of a long-term scenario-based transmission planning process that anticipates the transmission needs of the changing resource mix and demand. The IRC requests FERC provide each region flexibility to tailor a long-term planning construct that accommodates regional differences, while addressing any long-term planning principles, objectives, and parameters that FERC adopts.

IRC Comments FERCs Transmission and Cost Allocation Docket No. RM21-17-000

News Releases

Report from North America’s electricity system operators examines impact of emerging technologies

November 30, 2017

ISO/RTO Council (IRC) report examines how the future of the North American power grid depends on effectively adding renewables to the grid, the accuracy and availability of data from “behind-the-meter” resources, and coordinating these distributed energy resources at the grid operator level to preserve reliability.

IRC Emerging Technologies Report Press Release

2010 IRC Metrics Report – Presentation to FERC – Press Release

January 20, 2011
The CEOs of the six independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today appeared before the Commission to discuss the 2010 ISO/RTO Metrics Report filed in December. The metrics report provided FERC with extensive data on grid operations and power markets in their regions.

IRC Metrics Report Presentation to FERC Press Release

2010 IRC Performance Metrics Report Press Release

December 10, 2010
The independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today submitted to FERC a metrics report providing extensive data on grid operations and power markets in their regions.

IRC Performance Metrics Report Press Release