The effect of the NERC CIP standards on the reliability of the North American Bulk Electric System

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · The ICER Chronicle

OSTI ID:1357442

Ladendorff, Marlene Z. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Considerable money and effort has been expended by generation, transmission, and distribution entities in North America to implement the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards for the bulk electric system. Assumptions have been made that as a result of the implementation of the standards, the grid is more cyber secure than it was pre-NERC CIP, but are there data supporting these claims, or only speculation? Has the implementation of the standards had an effect on the grid? Furthermore, developing a research study to address these and other questions provided surprising results.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1357442
• Report Number(s): INL/JOU-15-36329
• Journal Information: The ICER Chronicle, Vol. Edition 5; ISSN 9999-0007
• Publisher: International Confederation of Energy Regulators
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
bulk electric system
electricity industry
NERC CIP
regulatory
standards