PJM's Members and Markets and Reliability Committees discussed transmission planning in light of NERC's CIP standards as well as manual revisions.

NERC’s proposed virtualization-related updates to its critical infrastructure protection standards are headed for another round of revisions.

Electric distribution systems carrying energy to end consumers are vulnerable to cyberattacks, but a new report says these risks are “not fully” addressed.

FERC approved revisions to three of NERC’s critical infrastructure protection reliability standards, submitted under Project 2019-03.

PJM proposed allowing generators critical for determining interconnection reliability operating limits to recover required upgrade costs.

Stakeholders endorsed PJM’s proposals for mitigating and avoiding designating projects as critical infrastructure under NERC reliability standards.

In its annual report, NERC applauded the ERO Enterprise for advancing the reliability and security of the power grid during an “extraordinary" year.

SERC ranked cybersecurity as the top reliability risk in the Southeast, followed by extreme weather events and the integration of variable energy resources.

PJM stakeholders heard another first read of the RTO’s proposals for mitigating and avoiding critical infrastructure designations under NERC rules.

Industry participants support efforts to limit acquisition of foreign-manufactured hardware but warn that removal from existing systems will be challenging.