NERC Filings to National Institute of Standards and Technology and Other Agencies

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NERC Comments on NIST Framework and Roadmap for Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0 (Draft)

NERC provides these comments in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Release 1.0 (Smart Grid Framework Document)​.

11/9/2009
NERC Comments on NIST Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements (Draft NISTIR 7628)

NERC provides these comments in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements (Draft NISTIR 7268)​.

12/1/2009
NERC Comments on Second Draft of NIST Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements (Second Draft NISTIR 7628)

NERC provides these comments in response to the second draft of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements (Second Draft NISTIR 7268)​.

6/2/2010
NERC Response to NIST RFI for Developing a Framework to Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

On February 26, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a notice for Request for Information (RFI). Under Executive Order 13636 , the Secretary of Commerce is tasked to direct the Director of NIST to develop a framework for reducing cyber risks to critical infrastructure (the Framework). The Framework will consist of standards, methodologies, procedures and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address cyber risks. NERC provides a response to this RFI, requesting information to help identify, refine, and guide the many interrelated considerations, challenges, and efforts needed to develop the Framework. (Docket No. 130208119-3119-101)​​

4/8/2013
NERC Response to DHS Request for Comments on Review and Revision of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

On June 6, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) posted a notice and request for comments. DHS is reviewing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) to conform to the requirements of Presidential Policy Directive 21, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, and, as part of a comprehensive national review process, is soliciting public comment on issues or language in the NIPP that need to be updated. NERC provides these comments in response. (DHS-2013-0024)

7/8/2013
​NERC Response to NIST Request for Comments on the Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

On October 29, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a notice and request for comments on the preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework. NIST developed the preliminary Framework using information collected through open public workshops and the Request for Information that was published February 26, 2013. NERC provides these comments in response. (Docket No. 130208119-3119-01)

12/13/2013
ERO Comments on the Proposed Content and Scope of the Joint US-Canadian Electric Grid Strategy
​On July 20, 2016, the Federal Register published the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Energy (DOE) notice of request for public comment on the proposed overarching draft outline intended to guide the scope and content of the Joint US-Canadian Electric Grid Strategy. The ERO Enterprise provides these comments in response. (FR Doc. 2016–17133)
 
8/10/2016

Joint Comments of NERC and the Regional Entities on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) Request for Information​

NERC and the Regional Entities provide comments in response to CISA RFI on the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. 

11/14/2022

​Comments of NERC on the Office of the National Cyber Director Request for Information​

NERC provides comments in response to the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) Request for Information (RFI) on the Cyber Regulatory Harmonization.

11/1/2023