PJM will pay $140,000 to ReliabilityFirst as part of a settlement for violations of NERC reliability standards at several facilities, including 2 nuclear sites.

FERC approved $147,000 in penalties against University Park Energy of Illinois and Broad River Energy of South Carolina for violating NERC standards.

The electric industry still is not taking its critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs as seriously as they should, panelists told ReliabilityFirst.

Federal officials charged a Neo-Nazi leader and an associate with plotting to attack electric substations in Baltimore in hopes of triggering cascading outages.

Incidents of deliberate physical damage to bulk power system facilities rose by 77% last year, driving home the danger posed by malicious actors, DOE said.

Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips made his first comments since taking over the agency.

Ohio regulators cleared AEP of wrongdoing in its response to storms that led to load sheds in June but said it should manage vegetation more aggressively.

The OC rejected modifications to its issue charge exploring costs for generators deemed critical to maintaining interconnection reliability operating limits.

FERC approved a $700,000 penalty on FirstEnergy as part of a settlement with ReliabilityFirst for violations of facility ratings standards.

Pennsylvania regulators are reviewing the state’s cyber regulations for utilities, seeking to identify if they need to be revised to account for future threats.