NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week Ending 4/17/2026

NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 4/17/2026

 

Upcoming NAGF Conference Calls/Webinars

 

• NAGF Cold Weather Preparedness Working Group Monthly Webinar Apr 22nd @2:00 – 3:00 EST
• NAGF Markets & Policy Working Group Monthly Webinar Apr 28th @1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
• NAGF Variable Resources Working Grp Monthly Webinar Apr 30th @11:00 –12:00 pm EST

(Cancelled due to NAGF annual conference)

 

(Webinar information can be found on the NAGF website Event Calendar).

 

• Save the date – NAGF Annual Conference 28 – 30 April 2026
  • Located in Atlanta, Georgia and hosted at the Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters
  • 241 Ralph McGill Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
  • Registration is still open on the website. We are filling up quickly.
  • Great speakers and breakout sessions. Speakers include FERC OER Director, NERC Director of Standards, Director E-ISAC, Vice President – Security, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., and many more.
  • All NAGF members will receive information for annual virtual voting and meeting updates this week.

 

• Standards, Compliance, and Enforcement Bulletin:  April 20^th  –  April 26^th, 2026
  • Please click here for this week’s bulletin.

 

• The Standards Drafting Team that is working on CIP-013 v4 Supply Chain Risk Management and gave an update to the NAGF on Wednesday April 15th at 2:00 – 2:30 PM EST. The final versions of the documents for the Standards Committee Balloting Approval package will go out to NAGF Standards Review Team Members and Cyber Security Practices/CIP Working Group. Please reach out to jmerlo@generatorforum.net if you want to potentially comment but did not receive the documents.

 

• SITES Draft Security Guidelines Posted for Industry Comment – SITES is requesting industry comment and feedback on two draft security guidelines. Comment period is March 17, 2026, through May 1, 2026.
  • Security Guideline for Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators Click here.
  • Security Guideline for Inverter-Based Resources Click here.
  • Comment Matrix Click here

 

• NERC Currently Compliant Podcast : Episode Eight | CIP-003 Vendor Remote Access
  • Currently Compliant Podcast | Episode 8 | CIP-003 Vendor Remote Access. Click here.

 

• Regional Activities

 

• NPCC

• • NPCC has posted the Criteria Compliance and Enforcement Program (CCEP)  2029 Implementation Plan. Click here to view.

 

• RF
  • Technical Talk with RF April 20, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm   Technical Talk with RF is a monthly webinar to discuss key reliability, resilience and security topics with our stakeholders.  Click here to learn more.

 

• MRO
  • First Quarter Letter to Members – Click here to view.
  • Generator Owner and Generator Operator IBR Primer Document Available. In support of NERC’s Invert-Based Resource Registration Initiative and the four IBR Risk Mitigation Strategy tenets below, MRO produced a Generator Owner (GO) and Generator Operator (GOP) Primer document. Click here for more.

 

• SERC
  • 2026 SERC Reliability March Members and Board of Directors Meetings. Click here for more information.

 

• Texas RE
  • Spring Standards, Security, & Reliability Workshop – Click here for more information.

 

• WECC
  • Click here for WECC’s entire upcoming meeting list.

 

Please reach out if you have any questions or comments.

 

James