Notice2022-14331
North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Staff Review of Enforcement Programs
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July 6, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40231-40232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14331]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RC11-6-013]
North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Staff
Review of Enforcement Programs
Commission staff coordinated with the staff of the North American
Electric
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Reliability Corporation (NERC) to conduct the annual oversight of the
Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) program, as outlined in the March 15,
2012 Order,\1\ and the Compliance Exception (CE) Program, as proposed
by NERC's September 18, 2015 annual Compliance Filing and accepted by
delegated letter order.\2\
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\1\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 138 FERC ]
61,193, at P 73 (2012) (discussing Commission plans to survey a
random sample of FFTs submitted each year to gather information on
how the FFT program is working).
\2\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., Docket No. RC11-
6-004, at 1 (Nov. 13, 2015) (delegated letter order) (accepting
NERC's proposal to combine the evaluation of CEs with the annual
sampling of FFTs).
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Commission staff reviewed a sample of 29 FFT noncompliances out of
191 FFT noncompliances posted by NERC between October 2020 and
September 2021 and a sample of 32 CE noncompliances out of 1,050 CE
noncompliances posted by NERC between October 2020 and September 2021.
Commission staff found that the FFT and CE programs are meeting
expectations, with limited exceptions. Specifically, Commission staff
identified one instance where the CE would be more appropriate as an
FFT with a moderate risk. Staff also noted in two instances of FFT that
the originally posted description of the noncompliances were
incomplete. The Regional Entities appropriately included 60 of the 61
samples in the FFT and CE programs, and all 61 FFTs and CEs have been
adequately remediated and the root cause of each noncompliance was
clearly identified. Commission staff also reviewed the supporting
information for these FFTs or CEs and agreed with the final risk
determinations for 60 of the 61 noncompliances, which clearly
identified the factors affecting the risk prior to mitigation (such as
potential and actual risk) and actual harm.
Finally, Commission staff noted that the FFTs and CEs sampled did
not contain any material misrepresentations by the registered entities.
Dated: June 29, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14331 Filed 7-5-22; 8:45 am]
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