Responding to concerns raised by the sabotage of a PG&E substation, FERC has ordered reliability standards to enhance the grid's physical security.

FERC and NERC cautioned against overreacting to last year's substation sabotage, with two FERC commissioners taking a swipe at a former colleague who has been sounding the alarm.

FERC gave preliminary approval last week to rules drafted by NERC to protect the electric grid from geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) and a final OK to a reliability standard for frequency response.

Last month's GridEX II security drill was a valuable test of PJM’s emergency response procedures but lacked in realism, participants said.

A top EPA official told state regulators the agency is still in listening mode in drafting its greenhouse gas rules on existing power plants. Others expressed concerns.

More than 1,800 people from 200 industry and government organizations, including PJM, took part in NERC’s 2-day cyber and physical security drill Nov 13-14.

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.

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

FERC last week approved a new reliability standard that will allow PJM and other transmission planners to plan for “non-consequential” load loss following a single contingency.

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