Panelists at FERC’s annual reliability technical conference praised NERC’s maturation but acknowledged challenges with the speed of standards development.

FERC expanded NERC’s cyber incident reporting requirements, closing what it said was a gap in the CIP reliability standards.

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s suggestion that incentives may be needed to encourage investments in infrastructure security received a mixed reaction.

Eversource Energy is opposing ISO-NE's plan to allow generators to recover costs of NERC critical infrastructure protection requirements through transmission rates.

The NERC Board of Trustees approved a supply chain report and a new standard on third-party transient electronic devices while eliminating 84 requirements.

FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.

A NERC standards drafting team has opened a final ballot on the elimination of all or parts of 18 reliability standards as Phase 1 of the organization’s standards efficiency review nears its conclusion.

FERC called for two changes to NERC’s draft CIP standard governing the security of communications between control centers.

Transportation Security Administration officials defended efforts to protect the country’s natural gas pipelines, telling FERC they are adding more staff.

NERC is considering changes to its Operations & Planning and Critical Infrastructure Protection standards as part of its Standards Efficiency Review.