Federal Register #2026-21873

FERC Review of NERC Enforcement Programs

This FERC notice reports on staff oversight of NERC’s electricity-reliability enforcement programs. - Government buyer: No procurement buyer is identified. The notice was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). - Organizations mentioned: FERC; North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). No commercial OEMs or vendors are named. - Review scope: FERC staff reviewed samples of 29 Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) matters and 34 Compliance Exception (CE) matters. - Findings: The programs generally met Commission expectations. Limited issues involved incomplete or inaccurate descriptions; the sampled matters were adequately remediated, staff agreed with final risk determinations, and no material misrepresentations were found. - Procurement scope: No products, services, quantities, or part numbers are requested.

Description

Commission staff conducted annual oversight of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) program and Compliance Exception (CE) Program. Staff reviewed a sample of 29 of 206 FFTs and 34 of 1,619 CEs submitted between October 2024 and September 2025. The review found the programs met the Commission’s expectations, with limited exceptions involving incomplete or inaccurate descriptions; all 63 sampled matters were adequately remediated. Staff also agreed with the final risk determinations and found no material misrepresentations in the sampled FFTs or CEs.

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