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SEC’s Landmark Climate Disclosure Rule Weighing on Power Sector

March 24, 2022 admin Business, Climate, climate change, disclosure, Environmental, finance, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, risk, rulemaking, sec, Securities and Exchange Commission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:17:35 +0000

Investor-owned electric companies are thoroughly reviewing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) broad new proposed rule that requires registrants to disclose climate-related risks and governance, and plan to remain engaged with the regulatory agency as the rulemaking continues. The proposed rule, which the SEC approved 3–1 on March 21, has drawn intense interest from the […]

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FERC Approves New Cybersecurity, Transmission Reliability Standards

January 29, 2020 admin Business, cip, Cybersecurity, ferc, nerc, nerc history, news, Physical security, reliability, rulemaking, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:01:58 +0000

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 23 approved two new reliability standards related to transmission system planning performance and cybersecurity. However, it also proposed to retire 74 reliability standard requirements, which it deemed duplicative or unnecessarily burdensome. Among the spate of actions it took on Thursday, FERC also green-lighted retaining the North American […]

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NRC Greenlights Final Rule Governing Nuclear Plant Mitigation of Severe Events

January 25, 2019 admin backlit rule, Business, containment venting, fukushima, Legal & Regulatory, mitigation strategies, news, NRC, Nuclear, Physical security, rulemaking, Safety, spent fuel instrumentation

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:19:31 +0000

A final rule the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to publish this spring to replace pivotal actions it issued after the Fukushima accident will require U.S. nuclear generators to ensure they can mitigate severe events at reactors within a two-year compliance timeframe. More than three years after it was proposed, the NRC’s five commissioners on […]

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