The NERC board's Technology and Security Committee heard updates on the ERO's intentions for the use of artificial intelligence, along with threat information from the E-ISAC.

Leaders from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center updated NERC trustees on the physical and cyber security threats facing electric utilities.

China and other foreign actors remain committed to undermining the North American power grid, representatives of the E-ISAC said.

Staff from NERC and the E-ISAC called the recent CrowdStrike outage a useful preview for potential future cyberattacks.