[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18895]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RC11-6-018]


North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Staff 
Review of Enforcement Programs

    Commission staff coordinated with the staff of the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to conduct the annual oversight 
of the Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) program, as outlined in the 
March 15, 2012, Order,\1\ and the Compliance Exception (CE) Program, as 
proposed by NERC's September 18, 2015, annual Compliance Filing and 
accepted by delegated letter order.\2\
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    \1\ N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., 138 FERC ] 61,193, at P 73 
(2012) (discussing Commission plans to survey a random sample of 
FFTs submitted each year to gather information on how the FFT 
program is working).
    \2\ N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., Docket No. RC11-6-004, at 1 
(Nov. 13, 2015) (delegated letter order) (accepting NERC's proposal 
to combine the evaluation of CEs with the annual sampling of FTs)
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    Commission staff reviewed a sample of 32 of 173 FFTs and 30 of 889 
CEs submitted by NERC between October 2022 and September 2023.
    Commission staff found that the FFT and CE programs are meeting 
expectations. All 62 FFTs and CEs have been adequately remediated and 
the root cause of each noncompliance was clearly identified. Commission 
staff also reviewed the supporting information for these FFTs or CEs 
and agreed with the final risk determinations for all 62 
noncompliances, which clearly identified the factors affecting the risk 
prior to mitigation (such as potential and actual risk) and actual 
harm. Further, no FFTs or CEs sampled contained any material 
misrepresentations by the registered entities. Commission staff found 
that the Regional Entities appropriately identified all 62 of the 
sampled noncompliances as appropriate to be processed as FFTs and CEs.

    Dated: August 16, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-18895 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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