FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking industry comments on the “potential benefits and risks” posed by virtualization and cloud computing services.

Cybersecurity and reliability were the subject of discussions at NARUC's Winter Policy Summit, with NERC CEO Jim Robb previewing a report on GridEx V.

NERC and utilities are enticed by the benefits of digital technologies, but must weigh the risks of unwanted guests, said panelists at an MRC meeting.

State regulators endorsed IEEE’s updated standard on the interconnection and interoperability of DERs at their annual winter policy meeting in D.C.

Consumer advocates, industrial customers and state regulators asked FERC to reject PJM transmission owners’ critical infrastructure mitigation plan.

NERC’s Board of Trustees approved the final slate of members for the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with its first meeting next month.

NERC has opened a 45-day formal comment period on proposed reliability standards addressing cybersecurity supply chain risks.

FERC accepted NERC Notices of Penalty against the Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power and the Niles Light Department.

The team working on NERC’s proposed cold-weather preparedness standard is revising its SAR in response to industry comments.

FERC approved NERC reliability standards affecting transmission system planning performance and communications cybersecurity.