NERC's Standards Committee moved forward with multiple standards development projects, while rejecting one standard request as proposed by a development team.

Leaders from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center updated NERC trustees on the physical and cyber security threats facing electric utilities.

FERC approved settlements between ReliabilityFirst and two Cogentrix entities with a total penalty of $110,000, along with additional settlements in SERC's footprint.

Outgoing E-ISAC CEO Manny Cancel reflects on the evolution of cyber and physical security over his time at the organization.

Texas RE's manager of CIP compliance monitoring said humans remain the most important factor in a utility's cybersecurity approach.

NERC defended its proposed standard on inverter-based resources from stakeholder criticism on several aspects, including its development process and exemptions for legacy technology.

NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post several standards projects for industry comment, though members expressed concern about a plan to compress their timelines.

Presenters at a Texas RE webinar focused on helping newly registered entities with the most frequently seen violations among utilities in similar circumstances.

After invoking its Section 321 authority to streamline the normal stakeholder process, NERC's Board of Trustees voted to submit a new cold weather standard to FERC for approval.

Industry stakeholders called for a number of revisions to NERC's proposed inverter-based resource ride-through standards, mostly involving the exemption process for legacy inverters.