The Board of Public Utilities meets at 2 p.m. today in Council Chambers to approve an amendment to the agreement with AESI-US for $246,000 to develop an Internal North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Compliance Program to meet the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Version 5 requirements and provide additional training and support in preparing compliance evidence.
NERC is the regulatory authority with jurisdiction for electric production and transmission systems that are part of the Los Alamos Power Pool (LAPP). New regulations governing critical infrastructure protection (CIP) have been implemented and require facilities operated by the LAPP to comply with the new regulations by April of 2016 or face regulatory action.
A third-party was hired to perform a gap analysis on LAPP’s infrastructure and administrative practices and make recommendations on what is needed to meet the upcoming regulations related to cyber security titled CIP 5. The operating committee for LAPP agreed to divide up the tasks necessary to meet the new compliance standards.
Based on the gap analysis finding, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) took the lead with upgrading the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system software and hardware, since the County owns the equipment. DPU also took the lead with the development of policies and procedures to be reviewed and approved by LAPP representatives. For the full article click here
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