2015 Utility Industry Survey - BRIDGE Energy Group · PDF fileNERC CIP Survey Results Summary Published: September 2015 2015 Utility Industry Survey

NERC CIP Survey Results Summary

Published: September 2015

2015 Utility Industry Survey

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General Survey Respondent Information

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Respondents by Type/Size/Role

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By Utility Type Surveyed: Over 20,000 Utility EmployeesGeography: North America




Respondents by Type/Size/Role (cont.)

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By Role

By Organization




Representative Set of Respondents

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• Alta Municipal Utilities

• Ameren

• American Electric Power

• Ashburnham Municipal Light

• ATCO Electric

• BC Hydro

• Beltrami Electric Coop

• BGE

• Blue Ridge Mtn. EMC

• Bon Homme Yankton Electric

• California PUC

• CenterPoint Energy

• Central Georgia EMC

• Central Hudson

• Charleston Water System

• Chelan County PUD

• City of Boerne

• City of Independence Power & Light

• City of Manassas

• ComEd

• Concho Valley Electric coop

• Connecticut Light and Power

• Consumers Energy

• Decatur Utilities

• Dominion Virginia Power

• DTE Energy

• Duke Energy

• Eugene Water & Electric Board

• Eversource

• Exelon

• Florida Keys Electric Cooperative

• FPL

• Garland Power and Light

• Groton Utilities

• Holland Board of Public Works

• Hydro Quebec

• Idaho Power Company

• Indianapolis Power & Light

• Lakeland Electric

• Lexington Electric System

• Lynches River Electric Cooperative

• Madison Gas & Electric Co

• PSEG

• Salt River Project

• Sam Houston Electric Co-op

• San Diego Gas & Electric

• Sharyland Utilities

• Silicon Valley Power

• SMECO

• SMUD

• Southern California Edison

• Southern Company

• Southern Nuclear Company

• Southern Rivers Energy

• Southside Electric Co-op

• Tri-State G&T

• TVA

• Union City Electric System

• United Illuminating

• Unitil Service Corp.

• Vectren Corp

• Village of The Branch

• Virgin Island Water & Power

• WESCO Distribution

• Westar Energy, Inc.

• Wisconsin Public Service

• Xcel Energy

• Magic Valley Electric Cooperative

• Manitoba Hydro• Minnesota Rural Electric

Assoc• MWD of Southern California• National Grid• North Alabama Electric Coop• North Central Mo. Electric• Northeast Utilities• NRG• NSTAR Electric & Gas• Oakville Hydro• OGE• Oncor Electric Delivery• Ontario Power Authority• PacifiCorp• Pasco County Utilities• Pepco Holdings• PHI• Philadelphia Gas Works• Portland General Electric• Powersouth Energy co-op• PPL Electric Utilities• Presque Isle Electric & Gas

Co-op




Survey Findings

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Nearly One Third of All Utilities Didn’t have a CIP v5 Strategy in Place at the Start of 2015

• 68% of utilities do not consider themselves “well prepared” for CIP v5

• 32% didn’t have a strategy in place in January 2015

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“Many utilities are finding that much work remains as deadline for NERC CIP v5 compliance approaches.”

- BRIDGE Energy Group

“Fundamentally, NERC CIP has changed the way utilities have to manage compliance for their electric operations at the substation and smaller generating units.”





OT Team Leading Most CIP v5 Compliance Initiatives, but Not All

• Operations is leading NERC CIP readiness efforts in 75% of utilities, IT in the remaining 25%

• 92% feel that the correct department is leading this effort

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“Respondents overwhelmingly believe that the correct department is leading this effort.”


Department Leading NERC CIP Readiness




Complexities and Lack of Clear Roles May Prevent Many from Meeting April 2016 Deadline

• Top 3 issues impacting CIP v5 readiness:– Complexity establishing

compliance requirements,

– Understanding role/required action, and

– Complexity of OT/IT issues

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Issues impacting CIP v5 Readiness

“As of mid-2015 the complexity of the IT/OT issues and the operational realities driven by relays, RTU and other field devices illustrate that full compliance and operational support by April 2016 is a

aggressive goal for some.”- BRIDGE Energy Group




System/Resource Limitations and “Hot Potato” Management Hindering v5 Compliance

• 55% of utilities using/used outside help for CIP v5 compliance efforts

• 69% rank current tool/system limitations and integration of systems as top project impediments

• Not surprisingly, 78% of utilities that are “Not well prepared” rank staffing needs as their top project need

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“As of mid-2015 many utilities are on their 2rd or even 3rd owner of the NERC CIP Version 5 Implementation Program.

A definite risk factor.“- BRIDGE Energy Group




Contact Information

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Legal Notice

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