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Published: October 12, 2021
ColumbiaGrid to Perform Third-Party Physical Security Risk-Assessment Verifications
ColumbiaGrid has started performing third-party physical security risk-assessment verifications for five of its planning parties, all of which are also Members of ColumbiaGrid. Pursuant to the recently executed Physical Security Reliability Standard (CIP-014) Third Party Verification Functional Agreement (“CIP-014 Functional Agreement”), ColumbiaGrid will help its planning parties meet requirement R2 of FERC’s CIP-014-1 standard, which obligates Transmission Owners to have an unaffiliated third party verify their risk assessments of their transmission stations and substations that are subject to the standard. This new service fits well with ColumbiaGrid’s grid planning and analysis experience and expertise.
“We are pleased to be able to provide the CIP-014 verifications to our planning parties. It is yet another example of how ColumbiaGrid continues to implement valuable new services that are built upon our core grid planning expertise,” said Patrick Damiano, President & CEO. “This is the type of opportunity that we look for through the on-going collaborative brainstorming between ColumbiaGrid, its Members, planning parties, and the region as a whole so that we can continue to enhance, expand, and optimize integrated grid planning in the Northwest,” said Mr. Damiano.
ColumbiaGrid will complete its work under the CIP-014 Functional Agreement by the end of 2015.
Materials:
CIP-014 Functional Agreement (Avista, Chelan, Grant, PSE)
CIP-014 Functional Agreement Seattle
Links:
CIP-014 Web Page
