North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Staff Review of Enforcement Programs

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 67559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21873]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RC11-6-022]


North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Staff 
Review of Enforcement Programs

    Commission staff coordinated with the staff of the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to conduct the annual oversight 
of NERC's Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) program, as outlined in the 
Commission's 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 order.\2\
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    \1\ N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., 138 FERC ] 61,193, at P 73 
(2012) (FFT Order) (discussing the Commission's plans to survey a 
random sample of FFTs submitted each year to gather information on 
how the FFT program is working).
    \2\ N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., Docket No. RC11-6-004, at 1 
(Nov. 13, 2015) (delegated 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 of 206 FFTs and 34 of 
1,619 CEs submitted by NERC between October 2024 and September 2025.
    Commission staff found that the FFT and CE programs are meeting the 
Commission's expectations in accordance with FFT Order, with limited 
exceptions. Specifically, Commission staff identified one instance of 
an FFT in which the original description was incomplete. Staff also 
noted in two instances of CEs that the originally posted description 
had an inaccurate noncompliance start or end date. All 63 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 and CEs and agreed with the 
final risk determinations for all 63 noncompliances, which clearly 
identified the factors affecting the risk prior to mitigation (such as 
potential and actual risk) and actual harm. Further, no FFTs or CEs 
sampled contained any material misrepresentations by the registered 
entities. Commission staff found that the Regional Entities 
appropriately identified all 63 of the sampled noncompliances as 
appropriate to be processed as FFTs and CEs.

    Dated: October 22, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-21873 Filed 10-26-26; 8:45 am]
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