NERC opened the year with two big personnel announcements, introducing a new head of the E-ISAC and saying farewell to retiring board member Dave Goulding.

FERC accepted a $450,000 settlement between the Northeast Power Coordinating Council and three Avangrid utilities for violations of operations standards.

FERC allowed Duke to treat its Cybersecurity Informational Technology-Operational Technology Program as a single project for calculating allowance for funds.

ReliabilityFirst said that inaccurate facility ratings continue to undermine the safety and reliability of the bulk electric system.

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

Comments on a proposal to ensure generators are prepared for cold-weather events revealed widespread skepticism over the value of pursuing new standards.

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

The team considering changes to supply chain standards may leave two key definitions in their form due to scope creep and communication issues.

Processing NERC violations is getting more difficult — at least in ReliabilityFirst, says the regional entity’s enforcement chief.

FERC is rethinking its cybersecurity strategy by reorganizing two departments and directing its efforts at five “focus areas.”