Panelists from the FBI and E-ISAC warned on Tuesday that insider threats represent a much broader category than many utilities are prepared to deal with.

During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.

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

Participants from across the ERO Enterprise shared their own challenges with keeping their communications systems secure from hackers.

FERC rejected Michael Mabee's request for an investigation into whether Texas utilities were negligent in applying NERC’s standards during February's storm.

The Texas Reliability Entity’s director of reliability services said that renewable energy will be crucial if the state is to survive another brutal summer.

Texas RE’s primary focus is on preventing another event similar to ERCOT’s near collapse during February’s winter storm, staff told their board.

With another active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2021, participants in SERC’s spring extreme weather webinar urged utilities to prepare now.

Utility wildfire experts told WECC that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in the West.

Western states must work more closely to prevent capacity shortfalls and the type of energy crisis that roiled the region 20 years ago.