NERC's three-day GridEx exercise tested electric grid stakeholders on their response to a wide variety of threats.

Electric industry stakeholders discussed pressing threats to grid reliability at FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference.

Held every two years, the GridEx conference helps electric utilities and other stakeholders test and improve their security incident response plans.

NERC CEO Jim Robb told GridSecCon attendees that maintaining cyber vigilance in the electric sector requires support from outside.

The successor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission applauded government cybersecurity efforts but warned that adversaries are still hard at work.

The new toolkit helps state energy officials and utility commissions build programs for cybersecurity in distributed solar resources.

The NERC Standards Committee elected Todd Bennett and Troy Brumfield as its new chair and vice chair, respectively.

PJM discussed the response to the July heatwaves and proposed changes to manual language around how synchronized reserves are deployed during the Operating Committee meeting.

As DERs play a growing role in electric reliability, ensuring their protection from cybersecurity threats has become increasingly vital, the Texas RE heard.

NERC and E-ISAC executive Manny Cancel testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee about cyber and physical threats to the North American power grid.