1902-AG36 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC Virtualization Reliability Standards

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 (Docket No. RM24-8-000). 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 18 CFR 40 16 U.S.C. 824o No NPRM 09/23/2025 90 FR 45679 NPRM Comment Period End 11/24/2025 Final Rule 09/00/2026 YES Businesses None No Yes No Mayur Manchanda Technical Information, Office of Electric Reliability 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC 202 502-6166 mayur.manchanda@ferc.gov 888 First Street NE, Washington DC 20426 Chanel Chasanov Legal Information, Office of General Counsel 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC 202 502-8569 chanel.chasanov@ferc.gov 888 First Street NE, Washington DC 20426