January 23, 2025

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ReliabilityFirst
ReliabilityFirst Considering Expansion of Grid Security Exercises
ReliabilityFirst is 1 of 6 regional NERC-authorized companies charged with working with industry to ensure the survivalability of the high-voltage power grid.
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FERC, NERC Drill down on Generators’ Winter Readiness
FERC and NERC continue to gather information from utilities, generators and grid operators on maintaining electric reliability during severe cold weather.
Dragos
Dragos Warns Malware Developers Building Skills Fast
Cybersecurity researchers say a new malware tool shows how quickly the threat community has developed since the relatively crude attacks of just six years ago.
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Sellers Urge FERC to Raise WECC Soft Price Cap
FERC ordered six more entities to refund the premiums they earned from sales into CAISO during the severe heat wave of August 2020.
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CISA Issues Fresh Russia Cyber Warnings
CISA joined other U.S. and global security agencies to issue the most comprehensive warning yet of Russia's cyberwarfare intentions.
NERC
NERC Standards Committee Moves Projects Forward
NERC's Standards Committee voted to move forward with five standards projects, with only two agenda items sparking any debate.
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NERC: Substation Flood a Warning of Future Crises
In a Lessons Learned report, NERC said a flood in a transmission substation could be a harbinger of similar events resulting from climate change.
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Michigan Lawmakers Call for Stricter Penalties on Utility Outages
Michigan lawmakers proposed new consumer protections against utility blackouts, requiring customer credits that would increase the longer an outage lasts.
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SERC Urges Industry Effort on Facility Ratings
SERC identified three themes underlying the majority of violations relating to NERC's facility ratings standards in a report.
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E-ISAC Warns of Escalating Russian Cyber Threats
The emergence of new malware directed at electric utilities illustrates that Russia's war with Ukraine may be in a dangerous new phase, experts warned.

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