Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from Congress, FERC, the D.C. Circuit, the EPA, and other national news.

FERC last week gave final approval to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards that for the first time cover all bulk power system assets according to their impact on the grid.

How PJM Interconnection practices cyber security. An attack is a question of when, not if, says an RTO official.

Last month’s audit of PJM’s adherence to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards may result in up to four potential violations, PJM officials told...

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) issued $9.2 million in fines for violations of its cybersecurity rules between 2008 and October 2012, ha...

CIP version 5 is comprised of 10 standards, one covering the categorization of assets and nine mitigating their risk of being compromised. Categorization of ...

NERC’s version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) rules include 10 standards, two of them new. The commission’s conditional approval of version 5 ca...

Programmable electronic devices and communication networks including hardware, software and data. Bulk Electric System (BES) Cyber Asset A cyber asset which,...

Expanded Cybersecurity Focus New Approach for Generators WASHINGTON — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave preliminary approval Thursday to a rewri...

ReliabilityFirst Corp. completed its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) audit of PJM last week with no findings. The audit covered 29 standards, Mark K...