FERC proposed incentives to encourage public utilities to make cybersecurity investments above and beyond the requirements of NERC’s CIP standards.

Supply chain rules from NERC and the federal government are increasing costs and procurement cycles for utilities and technology vendors.

NERC’s Standards Committee rejected the standard authorization request for Project 2020-01 after the drafting team made no suggested changes.

After a three-month delay because of the pandemic, CIP-013-1 took effect, starting the 18-month compliance period for stakeholders.

SERC held a two-day O&P compliance webinar, with discussions on operations under the coronavirus pandemic and recent enforcement trends.

NERC’s board and Member Representatives Committee will hold their first meetings of 2021 remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

FERC approved a settlement between SERC Reliability and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. for violations of NERC reliability standards.

In its latest round of CIP audits, FERC noted several “potential compliance infractions” and other areas for improvement.

FERC rejected a challenge by security activist Michael Mabee against NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards.

FERC approved a settlement between WECC and an unnamed entity in the Western Interconnection for violations of NERC’s CIP reliability standards.