In September 2014, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) assessed entities' plans for restoration and recovery of the bulk power system following a widespread outage or blackout. An initial report was released January 2016, the "FERC-NERC-Regional Entity Joint Review of Restoration and Recovery Plans."
Based on those recommendations, FERC and NERC initiated another study -- "Planning Restoration Absent SCADA or EMS (PRASE)" -- that focused on the potential impact of the loss of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management System (EMS) or Intercontrol Center Communications Protocol functionality on system restoration, and the manner in which such impact could be mitigated.
To read the reports, visit www.Nerc.com.
