FERC & Federal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency that oversees the transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil in interstate commerce, as well as regulating hydroelectric dams and natural gas facilities.
CSP/STG
NERC asked FERC to deny a request to mandate studies on the grid's vulnerability to electromagnetic pulses and solar storms, saying its current reliability standards are sufficient.
Shutterstock
FERC approved a slate of updates to NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards intended to improve grid security while enabling the use of new technologies.
Hitachi Energy
The digital world may be driving much of the growth in electricity demand, but physical limits are shaping how the industry responds. And few limits are more apparent than the shortage of transformers.
Colonial Pipeline
Opinion writer Shahid Mahdi worries about the cybersecurity risks of co-location, and asks if a co-located data center is hit with ransomware, does the nuclear plant have to trip offline?
FBI
Through Operation Winter SHIELD, the FBI will share a different cybersecurity recommendation each week.
CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released guidance to help critical infrastructure operators build insider threat management teams.
Grzegorz W. Tężycki, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cybersecurity firm Dragos has said a Russia-linked group was behind a recent attack on Poland's electric grid that targeted distributed energy resource control systems.
Bthebest, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CISA and several international peer organizations published a list of principles to guide operational technology cybersecurity measures.
Luminant
In a settlement over violations of a regional standard, Texas RE determined that Luminant will not have to pay a monetary penalty.
CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated its critical infrastructure cybersecurity goals to address emerging cybersecurity risks.
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