FERC Issues Order Approving NERC TFE Procedures for CIP Standards

On January 21, 2010, FERC issued an order approving two amendments to the NERC Rules of Procedure as submitted by NERC in response to FERC Order No. 706 to establish procedures that a Responsible Entity must follow to obtain a Technical Feasibility Exception for certain requirements in the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards.  The revised NERC Rules of Procedure contain a new section 412, “Requests for Technical Feasibility Exceptions to NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards” and a new Appendix 4D, “Procedure for Requesting and Receiving Technical Feasibility Exceptions to NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards.”  To view the order, click here.