NERC REQUIREMENTS. Pursuant to a directive from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), all employees and contractors with unescorted access to facilities and functions that PG&E deems critical to the support of the electricity infrastructure (“Critical Facilities”) shall undergo employment background screening and training prior to being granted access to these PG&E facilities. PG&E has included in the category of those with “unescorted access” all Contractor and Subcontractor personnel (“Individual”) working within PG&E Critical Facilities. The following requirements apply to any Work subject to the NERC requirements: 9.11.1 The background screening program for each Individual includes each of the following: (i) Social Security Number verification; (ii) County Criminal Check (up to three counties where the applicant /employee has lived in the past seven years); and (iii) “Global Watch” (check of 19 Federal and International Terrorist Watch lists). 9.11.2 The NERC directive also requires that the Contractor or Subcontractor administer to each Individual with access to Critical Facilities an initial and annual PG&E web-based training session. This training program will also be provided in CD and hard copy format. 9.11.3 Following conclusion of an acceptable background check and certified completion of the above training courses, the Contractor shall provide PG&E’s Corporate Security Department with a completion confirmation for each Individual. PG&E will issue each Individual a keycard to access the designated PG&E facility to which they are assigned. PG&E will deny access to Critical Facilities to any Individual who has not passed clearance.
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