The 2025 ERO Enterprise Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) Implementation Plan, published by NERC in October 2024, outlines the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Enterprise’s priorities for ensuring the reliability, resilience, and security of the North American bulk power system (BPS). The ERO, comprising NERC and six Regional Entities (MRO, NPCC, RF, SERC, Texas RE, WECC), focuses on risk-based compliance monitoring and enforcement to mitigate risks to the BPS. The plan, guided by the NERC Rules of Procedure, identifies key risk elements for 2025 and provides guidance for Compliance Enforcement Authorities (CEAs) and registered entities.
Registered entities should consider the risk elements and their associated areas of focus as they evaluate opportunities and priorities to enhance their internal controls and compliance operations to mitigate risks to reliability and security. The 2025 risk elements are similar to the 2024 risk elements that reflect the maturation of the risk-based approach to compliance monitoring.
The 2025 risk elements include:
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remote connectivity
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supply chain
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physical security
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incident response
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transmission and modeling
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inverter-based resources
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facility ratings
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extreme weather response