NERC and industry trade groups asked FERC to reject a call to change how assets are classified under the Critical Infrastructure Protection standard.

NERC will consider changes to its reliability standard for physical security in response to the threat of violence against grid assets.

NERC will not support expanding physical security standards to all major BPS assets when it files comments with FERC next month, a senior official told EPSA.

Reacting to an attack on two substations, FERC ordered NERC to review the effectiveness of its physical security standards and recommend needed improvements.