NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week Ending 10/3/2025

NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 10/3/2025

 

Upcoming NAGF Conference Calls/Webinars

• NAGF CIP Working Group Bi-Monthly Webinar October 14^th @1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
• NAGF Cold Weather Preparedness Working Group Monthly Webinar October 15^th @2:00 – 3:00 EST
• 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).

 

NAGF 3rd Quarter Webinar was held on 25 September 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST

• • Agenda can be found here.
  • Guest speakers were from FERC, NERC, and EPRI.
  • Recording: NAGF 3rd Quarter Webinar Thursday, September 25|

 

An NAGF Flash Announcement was issued on the 18^th of September because in the FERC open meeting that morning, Chairman David Rosner announced that the effective date for EOP-012-3 is being accelerated to October 2025, to ensure readiness ahead of the upcoming winter season.

• This announcement came as a surprise to much of the industry, as the general expectation had been for an effective date of January 1, 2026. As a result of this change, any cold weather constraints declared last winter will now be subject to evaluation by the Compliance Enforcement Authorities (CEAs) by November 14.
• Latest resources from NERC can be found below:
  • Presentation: Cold Weather Preparedness Small Group Advisory Sessions – General Session<https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/CAOneStopShop/Cold%20Weather%20Preparedness%20Small%20Group%20Advisory%20Sessions%20-%20General%20Session%20August%2018-2025.pdf>
• Recording: Cold Weather Preparedness Small Group Advisory | General Sessions-20250818 1659-1 – Webex<https://nerc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/nerc/recording/9d571bdb5e82103ebb9fbed2505b0723/playback>

NERC Information Resources on Cold Weather Preparation and BPS Impacts

• NERC has collected and shared information on cold weather preparation and bulk power system (BPS) impacts via webinars, special reports, lessons learned, failure modes and mechanisms, and other resources. Below is a link to several resources on cold weather preparation and BPS impacts, as well as a cold weather preparedness video.
• Resources on Cold Weather Preparation and BPS Impacts

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. A draft version of the guideline has been posted on the NERC website. All comments received will be considered by the Security Working Group sub-team responsible for this Security Guideline revision.
• Deadline: Comments must be submitted via email using the comment matrix by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on November 6, 2025.
• 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 will be located here.

 

Please reach out if you have any questions or comments.

 

James