Brian Harrell, assistant director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, lamented the federal government’s tardy response to the security threat drones pose to utilities.

After 12 years as the FERC-delegated ERO, it’s time for NERC to reconsider its approach, GC Berardesco told the Compliance & Certification Committee.

CAISO’s RC West Oversight Committee held its monthly meeting as the grid operator prepares to assume the reliability coordinator role for most of the West.

NERC CEO Jim Robb said he sees no “appetite” among policymakers for expanding the organization’s authority despite concerns over the visibility of distributed energy resources.

Cal. officials expressed concern that the state’s push toward 100% clean energy and the rapid growth of community choice could imperil grid reliability.

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council continued to deal with issues related to this year’s reliability coordinator transition at its board of directors meeting.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee worries FERC and NERC are not treating cyberattack threats on energy infrastructure with enough urgency.

The NERC Board of Trustees authorized management to terminate the agreement between the organization and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council.

NERC stakeholders got a look at a draft report on supply chain risks as part of a FERC directive to address risk management of the industry’s vendors.

SPP continued its effort to modernize its cost-recovery processes last week, agreeing to replace its broad single rate schedule with four targeted ones.