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Russian military intelligence has conducted a coordinated hacking campaign against hundreds of targets worldwide, according to a U.S. agency advisory.

The U.S. remains vulnerable to cyberattacks from both state actors and criminals acting with foreign governments' blessings, participants warned in a webinar.

FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it will conduct a special inspection at the Vogtle 3 nuclear reactor, currently under construction in Georgia.

Another complaint aimed at stopping the shutdown of a nuclear power plant on reliability grounds met its end at FERC's monthly open meeting.

Jen Easterly and Chris Inglis fielded questions on the nation's cybersecurity needs before the Senate's Homeland Security Committee on Thursday.

FERC accepted penalties against a number of entities, including Entergy and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for violations of NERC reliability standards.

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount faced difficult questions about the cyberattack against his company in a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security committee.

NERC is supplementing a recent DOE initiative with a guide for auditors checking on utilities' implementation of network monitoring technology.

Day two of FERC’s technical conference emphasized the need for more transmission to facilitate trading and properly compensating demand-side resources.