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. 

DOE
DOE Loans $26.5B to Southern Co. for Infrastructure Upgrades
Southern Co. will receive $26.5 billion in loans to support generation and transmission upgrades.
FERC
FERC Declines to Suggest Interregional Transmission Requirements
FERC declined to suggest any minimum interregional transfer capability requirements in a report to Congress.
Colonial Pipeline
The Co-location Quandary: The Cybersecurity Risk to Nuclear
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
FBI Releases Critical Infrastructure Cyber Recommendations
Through Operation Winter SHIELD, the FBI will share a different cybersecurity recommendation each week.
CISA
CISA Guidance Emphasizes Insider Threat Readiness
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
Dragos Blames Electrum Group for Poland Grid Cyberattack
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, Peers Provide OT Connectivity Principles
CISA and several international peer organizations published a list of principles to guide operational technology cybersecurity measures.
Luminant
FERC Approves Settlement for Luminant in Texas
In a settlement over violations of a regional standard, Texas RE determined that Luminant will not have to pay a monetary penalty.
CISA
CISA Updates Critical Infrastructure Cyber Goals
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated its critical infrastructure cybersecurity goals to address emerging cybersecurity risks.
CISA
CISA Publishes Guide for AI Critical Infrastructure Integration
In new guidance, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sought to help utilities integrate artificial intelligence into their operational technology environments.

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