Uncertainty over the grid’s vulnerability to sabotage could lead to wasteful and excessive spending, a new congressional report warns.

FERC approved NERC reliability rules on geomagnetic disturbances, personnel training and capacity modeling.

“Clean” energy portfolio standards may be a way for states to provide financial support for ailing nuclear plants, FERC officials told the NRC last week.

PJM transmission owners must notify the RTO when elements of their operations are reclassified as part of NERC's new Bulk Electric System (BES) definition.

NERC stakeholders last week approved draft regulations to protect the electric grid from physical threats even as many criticized the rules as rushed and poorly defined.

FERC lacks proper controls for handling classified national security information, the Department of Energy’s Inspector General said.

PJM is planning a system-wide drill Sept. 23 to simulate simultaneous physical attacks on critical substations, cyber attacks and loss of SCADA.

Former FERC Chariman Jon Wellinghoff is coming under fire from some of his old colleagues for comments he has made to the media regarding grid safety.

FERC approved a new definition of the bulk electric system that refines the exclusions for radial facilities and local networks.

Nearing the end of one of the harshest winters in its history, PJM is considering requiring winter testing of generators.