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Read MoreA white paper from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on potential cybersecurity incentives policy (CIP) drew mixed comments from municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, state utility regulators, investor-owned utilities and grid-security advocacy groups.
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 18, 2020, issued a notice of inquiry (NoI) seeking comments on potential enhancements to the critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards for cybersecurity of the US bulk electric system (BES).
Read MoreTo ensure critical electrical infrastructure, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has instructed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to prepare Version 5 of cyber security mandates by the first quarter of 2013 as per the guidelines of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Read MoreSiemens is undertaking a project to combine the power systems of Iberdrola’s two subsidiary companies…
Read MoreThe Department of Energy (DoE) plans to launch a collaborative initiative to develop security guidelines for managing risk across the electric grid and providing power utilities with standard and adaptable solutions to manage cyber security on the electric grid.
Read MoreNetherland’s energy testing and certification organisation KEMA and US electric power company Duke Energy have collaborated to develop smart grid interoperability testing and certification capabilities, and plan to set up the first smart grid interoperability testing lab in the US.
Read MoreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO), the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the US Congress, has released a report on electricity grid modernisation.
Read MoreThe Smart Grid Testing and Certification Committee (SGTCC), one of the three Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Standing Committees and Working Groups, has presented SGIP a plan on the smart grid testing and certification process.
Read MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has identified and submitted five groups of smart grid standards with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for consideration and adoption.
Read MoreElectric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) cyber security collaborative has been selected by the US DoE to assess and develop technologies, best practices, metrics and standards to protect the power grid against cyber attacks.
Read MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the first Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security which is intended to facilitate organisation-specific smart grid cyber security strategies focused on prevention, detection, response and recovery.
Read MoreThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a leading technical professional association, has launched the 1815 Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3) standard for electric power systems communications.
Read MoreIn a study, Pike Research, a cleantech market intelligence and consulting firm, has estimated that cumulative smart-grid cyber security spending over 2010-15 will be USD21 billion, which represents approximately 15 per cent of total smart grid capital investment.
Read MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the US Commerce Department has presented the ‘NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0′.
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Department of Energy (DoE), and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have expressed their support to two proposed grid cyber security legislations during a hearing organised by the House Energy & Commerce’s subcommittee on energy and environment.
Read MoreLast month, about USD4.5 billion of funding was made available in the US as part of the economic stimulus package to accelerate the development of a “smart grid”.
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