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Virtualization Reliability Standards
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 23, 2025. Comments closed on November 24, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to approve four new definitions and 18 modified definitions in the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards. The Commission also proposes to approve eleven modified Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards. NERC, the Commission-certified electric reliability organization, submitted the proposed modifications to update the CIP Reliability Standards to enable the application of virtualization and other new technologies in a secure manner.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-18395
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Published
- September 23, 2025
- Comments due
- November 24, 2025
- Dates
- Comments are due November 24, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. RM24-8-000
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 18 CFR 40
- Pages
- 7
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