NERC issued its second Level 2 alert of the year to gather data on the BPS’ exposure to “foreign adversaries” in response to an executive order.

NERC is preparing to issue a Level 2 alert in response to President Trump’s recent executive order regarding foreign threats to the BPS, CEO Jim Robb said.

President Trump issued new restrictions on the purchase of BPS equipment from suppliers suspected of connections with foreign adversaries.

The SDT working on options for entities to manage BES cyber information is resolving overlaps within the affected standards and ongoing projects.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin unveiled their long-awaited American Energy Innovation Act, incorporating some 50 bills previously approved.

NERC’s Board of Trustees approved the final slate of members for the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with its first meeting next month.

NERC announced it will conduct a formal review of the effectiveness of its new supply chain standards, which take effect July 1.

FERC is engaged in a debate with ReliabilityFirst over the modeling transmission owners should undertake to identify “critical” substations under CIP-014.

Much work remains to be done to ensure consistent adherence to supply chain standards, NERC said.

NERC gave GridSecCon 2019 a preview of results from its supply chain data request, which sought to increase its knowledge of low-impact BES cyber systems.