FERC’s proposal for incentivizing public utilities to invest in cybersecurity improvements provoked a range of reactions from industry stakeholders. | Shutterstock
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NERC’s proposed virtualization-related updates to its critical infrastructure protection standards are headed for another round of revisions. | Shutterstock
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Electric distribution systems carrying energy to end consumers are vulnerable to cyberattacks, but a new report says these risks are “not fully” addressed. | Government Accountability Office
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FERC approved revisions to three of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection reliability standards, submitted last year under Project 2019-03. | Shutterstock
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NERC’s cold weather standards development team hopes to bring the standards before the Board of Trustees by June 11. | National Guard
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FERC has accepted a settlement between WECC and NorthWestern Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards, under which the utility will pay $205,000. | NorthWestern Energy
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President Joe Biden ordered a review of a number of critical sectors, including energy, in order to “strengthen the resilience of America’s supply chains.“ | The White House
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The team working on cold weather preparedness standards confirmed that the joint inquiry by NERC and FERC into the Texas outages will not affect its schedule. | © ERO Insider
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NARUC released a guideline stating that public utility commissions must play a role in building their organizations’ cybersecurity expertise. | NARUC
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In its annual report, NERC applauded the ERO Enterprise for advancing the reliability and security of the power grid during an “extraordinary” year. | NERC
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NERC Trustees Robin Manning and George Hawkins were re-elected to the ERO’s board, and Sue Kelly and Larry Irving joined to replace Jan Schori. | NERC
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The rejection of the standard authorization request for Project 2020-01 has left the SPIDER Working Group in a quandary regarding its next steps. | NERC
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FERC approved a settlement between ReliabilityFirst and ITC Holdings subsidiary Michigan Electric Transmission Company for violations of NERC reliability standards. | ITC Holdings
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Cybersecurity ranks as the top reliability risk in the Southeast, followed by extreme weather events and the integration of variable energy resources, SERC reported. | SERC
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President Joe Biden has suspended a Trump administration rule that restricts the purchase of bulk power system equipment from foreign adversaries. | New York Times
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NERC is accepting comment on proposed changes to several CIP reliability standards intended to “incorporate virtualization and future technologies.” | Shutterstock
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The teams for two projects working to revise the same two NERC standards are considering how to merge their work after stakeholders expressed support for the idea. | Interior Department
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NERC opened a third formal comment period on the standard authorization request for Project 2019-04 following revisions by the drafting team.
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Industry participants support federal efforts to limit acquisition of foreign-manufactured hardware but warn that rooting it out of existing systems will be challenging.
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FERC approved a penalty assessed by WECC against Southern California Edison and a penalty by Texas RE against Oncor for violations of NERC standards.
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