Incidents of deliberate physical damage to bulk power system facilities rose by 77% last year, driving home the danger posed by malicious actors, DOE said.

FERC approved a $700,000 penalty on FirstEnergy as part of a settlement with ReliabilityFirst for violations of facility ratings standards.

The commission ordered the ERO to submit an array of additional information on costs related to the E-ISAC in its 2023 budget.

Entergy will have to pay SERC $60,000 in penalties for violating NERC reliability standards, according to a Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty for September.

Malware discovered this year with the capacity to disrupt operational technology systems must be taken seriously, the head of cybersecurity firm Dragos said.

FERC approved settlements in SERC, Texas RE and ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC's facility ratings standards stretching back to 2007.

NERC and the regional entities said the ongoing shutdown of business travel and remote work postures from COVID-19 helped fuel budget savings in 2021.

Finance officers across the ERO Enterprise said that inflation and cybersecurity investments will be major drivers of budget increases in 2023.

ReliabilityFirst is 1 of 6 regional NERC-authorized companies charged with working with industry to ensure the survivalability of the high-voltage power grid.

Presenters at ReliabilityFirst's monthly technical talk discussed the use of software bills of materials in cybersecurity and updates to the Align project.