Industry stakeholders were not completely sold on NERC's latest proposed cybersecurity standard.

NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee approved several standards actions at its first meeting of 2024.

Facility ratings accounted for two reliability standard violations carrying a total penalty of $272,000.

Presenters at a SERC Reliability-hosted webinar urged utilities to focus on their unique vulnerabilities in their physical security strategies.

With an ever-increasing number of adversaries in cyberspace targeting the North American grid, speakers at a Texas Reliability Entity webinar emphasized that rigorous planning and testing are essential to maintaining reliability.

FERC finalized new mandatory reliability standards aimed at ensuring utilities do not cut off power to critical natural gas infrastructure during cold weather events.

The NERC board approved a new reliability standard for extreme cold weather preparedness and operations that industry stakeholders previously rejected.

FERC accepted the retirement of a requirement that industry found confusing in previous versions of the standard.

FERC approved a $75,000 penalty against American Transmission Company for violating NERC's reliability standards.