The NERC program for the electricity sector critical infrastructure protection

NERC has been called on and has served on a number of occasions in the past decade as the electric power industry´s primary point of contact, communication, and coordination on a broad range of issues relating to national electric security, interconnected electric system vulnerability, and critical infrastructure protection. Dating back to the early 1980s, NERC has been involved with electromagnetic pulse phenomenon, vulnerability of electric systems to state-sponsored, multi-site sabotage and terrorism, Y2K rollover impacts, and now the threat of cyber terrorism. At the heart of NERC´s efforts has been a commitment to work with various federal government agencies to reduce the vulnerability of interconnected electric systems to such threats