NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week Ending 10/17/2025

NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 10/17/2025

 

Upcoming NAGF Conference Calls/Webinars

• NAGF Markets & Policy Working Group Monthly Webinar October 22^th @1:00 – 2:00 pm EST

• NAGF Variable Resources Working Group Monthly Webinar October 30^th @11:00 – 12:00 pm EST

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

 

ERO Enterprise Endorsed Implementation Guidance – There is a newly ERO Enterprise endorsed Implementation Guidance document posted on the Compliance Guidance web page. The Implementation Guidance is titled:

• EOP-012-3 Requirement R1 – Extreme Cold Weather Temperature (NAGF)
• This Implementation Guidance is focused on the Extreme Cold Weather Temperature (ECWT) value determination.  It is intended to provide guidance, through examples, to demonstrate how a Generator Owner could use available temperature data in a reasonable and logical manner to determine a generating unit’s ECWT. Thanks to all of the NAGF members that helped to make this resource for the industry to use. Click here for:  Compliance Guidance web page

 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene its annual Commissioner-led Reliability Technical Conference on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from approximately 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern time.

• More information can be found by clicking here.

NERC Posts Agenda for FERC Order No. 909 Virtual Workshop

• November 5, 2025 | 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern Click here for: Registration | Agenda
• NERC’s Compliance, Engineering, and Standards Development groups will host a virtual workshop. The focus of this workshop will be FERC Order No. 909, issued in July 2025, which approved proposed Reliability Standards PRC-024-4 and PRC-029-1, as well as the definition of the term “ride-through.”
• This workshop will offer only a virtual option. It will be recorded and transcribed for those who cannot attend and/or serve as a record of NERC’s initial outreach to industry on Order No. 909 and the directives contained within.
• Some topics that will be covered include:
  • Documentation requirements for legacy IBR equipment seeking exemption(s) from PRC-029-1;
  • Equipment limitations of HVDC-connected IBRs with choppers;
  • Long-lead time projects (between adopting IBR design specifications and placing the IBR in service).

An informal comment period for Project 2022-05 Modifications to CIP-008 Reporting Threshold is open through 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Friday, October 24, 2025 for the following standards:​​​​

• ​​CIP-003-12 – Cyber Security — Security Management Controls
• CIP-008-8 – Cyber Security — Incident Reporting and Response Planning
  • 2022-05 Modifications to CIP-008 Reporting Threshold​| CIP-003-12 and CIP-008-8
  • NAGF is collecting comments through the COB Monday 20^th so that the NAGF Advisory Committee can review for approval and posting. NAGF current DRAFT comments can be found here

Request for Comments: Draft Risk Assessments and Voluntary Physical Security Protection Best Practices at Non-Critical Bulk Power System Facilities

• Comment Period: September 23, 2025 – November 6, 2025
• The Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC) approved posting this draft Security Guideline Risk Assessments and Voluntary Physical Security Protection Best Practices at Non-Critical Bulk Power System Facilities for industry comment.
• Draft Security Guideline Risk Assessments and Voluntary Physical Security Protection Best Practices at Non-Critical Bulk Power System Facilities
• The NAGF is preparing comments for this comment period. The NAGF comments are being consolidated and are located here.

Regional Activities

• NPCC

NPCC has posted the clean and redlined versions of the revised NPCC Regional Standard PRC-006-NPCC-3 Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding have been posted on the NPCC Website for a 45-day final comment period through December 1, 2025, along with a proposed Implementation Plan and Technical Rationale document. Click here to view.

 

• RF

RF high-level look at the current Misoperations risk posture within the ReliabilityFirst footprint and the ongoing efforts to monitor and improve performance as risk levels evolve.

Click here to view.

 

• MRO 2025 Cold Weather Preparedness Workshop, Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:30-11:30 a.m. Central. Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) will host a virtual workshop on Cold Weather Preparedness. The purpose of the webinar is to educate and inform participants on a variety of cold weather preparedness topics from a regional perspective.

Register here.

 

• SERC

Registration & CMEP Informational Webinar for Category 2 IBRs, November 5, 2025

Click here to register.

 

• Texas RE

Texas RE’s 2025 Fall Standards, Security, & Reliability Workshop will be held on November 5, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central. The event will be conducted both in-person at our Austin MetCenter offices and virtually via Webex

Register here.

 

• WECC

Software Partnership Announcement to develop a greenfield enterprise software platform for the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS).  Learn more here.

 

Please reach out if you have any questions or comments.

 

James