SPP last week reiterated its plans to recover the costs of a NERC penalty for reliability violations by dipping into its employee compensation pool.

Registered entities asked FERC to clear the use of cloud computing, which they said could improve system visibility and security while saving money.

Panelists at FERC’s annual reliability technical conference praised NERC’s maturation but acknowledged challenges with the speed of standards development.

ERCOT is seeking more time to hash out the details around an NPRR that would establish notification responsibilities during cybersecurity incidents.

Utilities aren’t getting the “actionable” intelligence they need from the government to defend themselves against cyber threats, the head of the LPPC said.

Phase 2 of NERC’s Standards Efficiency Review has narrowed its focus to four tasks, tabling two others for potential work by other committees.

NERC hosted a webinar on lessons learned from substation fires, with several utility representatives recounting their own experiences.

FERC expanded NERC’s cyber incident reporting requirements, closing what it said was a gap in the CIP reliability standards.

NERC called for developing metrics on resilience and urged continued efforts to respond to increased cyber threats and growth in asynchronous generation.

A panel at the Edison Electric Institute conference discussed the need to separate fact from fiction on electromagnetic pulses.