The sixth meeting of the Joint Federal State Task Force on Transmission focused on securing the grid against physical attacks.

NERC's Manny Cancel and FERC's Joseph McClelland discussed the state of grid security at NARUC on Sunday.

The electric industry still is not taking its critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs as seriously as they should, panelists told ReliabilityFirst.

A self-described cryptocurrency skeptic turned advocate says bitcoin mining could provide the answer to the ERCOT market’s volatility.

NERC and the regional entities called FERC’s proposal for new reliability standards focused on inverter-based resources “complementary" to ERO Enterprise work.

The Midwest faces several new risks in 2023, including cybersecurity threats and supply chain issues, according to the MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment.

The electric sector must fundamentally reconsider how it measures and manages grid reliability, speakers on a WECC panel said.

Federal officials charged a Neo-Nazi leader and an associate with plotting to attack electric substations in Baltimore in hopes of triggering cascading outages.

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 has decided to let stand SERC Reliability’s $75,000 penalty against Duke Energy Florida for violating NERC reliability standards.