News & Analysis as of August 2, 2025

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North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit entity that develops and enforces reliability standards to promote adequate and consistent bulk electrical power in North America. NERC enforces standards, monitors reliability, investigates disruptions and trains and certifies power industry personnel. less -

FERC Moves To Bolster Cybersecurity

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/3/2025

On June 26, FERC approved a new reliability standard (CIP-015-1) proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to enhance cybersecurity of the nation's bulk electric system ("BES"). In a related...more

NERC Tees Up Plan to Assess Grid Risks Associated with Data Centers

White & Case LLP on 4/25/2025

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) outlined forthcoming activities to identify and address the potential impacts to reliability as a result of the rapid expansion of data centers and other large...more

FERC Approves Extending Risk Management Practices to Low-Impact Cyber Systems

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/11/2023

On March 16, 2023, FERC approved a new cybersecurity reliability standard, CIP-003-9 (along with associated violation risk factors and violation security levels), proposed by the North American Electric Reliability...more

Rethinking Energy Reliability with Modern Power Systems

J.S. Held on 2/2/2023

Utility-scale wind, solar, and battery resources are challenging the way we assess and value system reliability as part of the ongoing Energy Transition process....more

FERC and NERC Talk Grid Resilience and Cybersecurity

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/3/2019

On March 22, 2019, Foley Hoag hosted the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable, organized by Raab Associates. The roundtable featured keynote addresses by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Commissioner...more

Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards: FERC October 26th Issuance of Final Rule

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/29/2018

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) published an October 26th Federal Register notice approving supply chain risk management Reliability Standards: CIP-013-1 (Cyber Security – (Supply Chain Risk Management) -...more

DHS Hosts Cybersecurity Summit; Announces New Cross-Sector Risk Management Center - Kicks Off Renewed Focus on Cyber Risks to the...

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/7/2018

On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted a National Cybersecurity Summit, featuring the nation's top homeland, national security and law enforcement officials. The event featured Vice...more

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