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MRO develops new tools and resources to mitigate risk This article is an update to Understanding Insider Threats – Midwest Reliability Organization (mro.net), which was published on…

The Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) recognized MRO’s Director of Security Steen Fjalstad today as one of the recipients of the Electricity Security Service Award in honor of the late Michael J. Assante.

Generator Owners that are registered in Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) have until October 20, 2023, to volunteer or to express interest in participating in the EOP-012-1 R2 Readiness Assessment.  …

As a compliance manager in the electric utility industry, I have been involved with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance program since 2010, and in that time, I…

Use drills to exercise real emergency scenarios Emergency events requiring backup control center activation can cause chaos. By adding a tabletop-style discussion of an actual event scenario to your…

During Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) engagements, MRO audit staff will inquire as to the extent that registered entities contemplate compliance and organizational risks and how they are effectively…

Energy Reliability Planning was identified as a high risk in MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment released earlier this year. This is due to the changing resource mix, challenges associated…

Insights from the FERC/NERC Physical Security Technical Conference Electrical substation with blue and clear sky The reliability and security of the bulk power system (BPS) is of paramount importance toensure…