NERC EMSWG Update and Monitoring Conference 2023
Stay informed about the latest developments in NERC EMS Work Group updates and discussions on reliability, resilience, and security. Join the upcoming Monitoring and Situational Awareness Technical Conference in Salt Lake City for valuable insights. Explore lessons learned, cloud operations updates, and Q&A sessions with key contacts. Contact Wei Qiu for more information.
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NERC EMSWG Update Wei Qiu, NERC EA ERCOT TWG Conference Call May 18, 2023 RELIABILITY | RESILIENCE | SECURITY
2023 Monitoring and Situational Awareness Technical Conference Location: WECC, Salt Lake City, UT Date and Time: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Wednesday, October 4, 2023 2 RELIABILITY | RESILIENCE | SECURITY
EMS Lessons Learned In-process Loss of Communication to Transmission Substations A loss of Path A (fiber optic) impacted several communication circuits due to previously rerouted circuits during an ongoing planned outage on Path B (microwave). This resulted in loss of monitoring and control for several remote substations. Both analog communications and digital SCADA communications were interrupted for 11 hours and 30 minutes Loss of Monitoring due to a Half Failed High Availability Switch Pair An entity experienced intermittent Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) data failures and data quality issues in the Energy Management System (EMS) and Plant Information (PI) applications. In the event, there were effectively two major issues: the initial, spontaneous failover event that did not failover as planned/designed (resulting in a situation where some of the system was working and some of the system was not working); and the resulting response of that half failed situation by the attached assets 3 RELIABILITY | RESILIENCE | SECURITY
BES Cloud Ops - Update Paper is being reviewed internally at NERC Recommendations for addressing barriers to adoption from NERC CIP compliance are being reviewed for final edits. Otherwise, the paper is in final draft form. NERC internal staff (legal and compliance) will be assisting the SITES cloud team to set up the recommendations including prospective SAR or ROP modifications for the best chance of success Expectation is to go to RSTC for approval in September. Paper to be published immediately following the approval. 4 RELIABILITY | RESILIENCE | SECURITY
Questions and Answers Contact Information: wei.qiu@nerc.net 5 RELIABILITY | RESILIENCE | SECURITY
