E&E

Grid monitor proposes cyber rules for ‘low impact’ assets

The rules would require utilities to better secure low-voltage systems as part of an effort to address grid vulnerabilities in the wake of the 2020 SolarWinds hack. The nation’s grid monitor has ...
Government Technology

Grid Monitor Warns of Blackouts from Supply, Demand Issues

(TNS) - Hot weather, a growing economy and the early retirement of coal-fired plants could mean a heightened risk of blackouts this summer, according to the nation’s electric grid watchdog. The North ...
E&E

Grid monitor gambles on more utility information-sharing

A 20-year-old grid security program is getting a makeover to put murky cyberthreats into focus. A 20-year-old grid security program is getting a makeover to put murky cyberthreats into focus. For it ...
Townhall

Grid Monitor Warns of Blackouts That Utilities Can Still Prevent

Fresh off the heels of Winter Storm Fern, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released an alarming 10-year outlook about the U.S. electric grid this week. It’s worse than NERC’s ...
Houston Chronicle

Monitor says new ERCOT rules raised costs by $8 billion

The latest effort by the operator of Texas’s electricity grid to ensure reliability has created an artificial scarcity of supply and likely raised wholesale costs by about $8 billion, according to a ...