On September 29, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued what DOE variously describes as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) and a directive (Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule) that will involve DOE in wholesale electric...more
10/4/2017
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Public Comment ,
RTO ,
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On December 7, 2016, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued proposed procedures that would govern emergency orders issued by the Secretary of DOE, following the president’s declaration of a Grid Security Emergency. These...more
12/12/2016
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Electricity ,
Emergency Orders ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Hackers ,
NERC ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Utilities Sector
In an implicit acknowledgment that the Federal government's response to cyberattacks is diffused among quite a number of agencies, the White House issued Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 41 last week (July 26). The...more
Two Federal District Court Opinions Highlight Differences Between Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act Investigations -
Two weeks ago, a federal judge in Texas rejected arguments that targets of FERC investigations...more
With its proposed order issued earlier this week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may be making an already complicated landscape governing energy market manipulation even more so. The proposed order (CFTC...more
With its decision on Tuesday, April 20 in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, the Supreme Court issued its second significant holding of the year on the reach of federal authority over interstate wholesale sales markets. The...more
On April 10, NERC posted for industry comment CIP-014-1, a draft Physical Security standard developed in response to FERC's March 7, 2014 order directing NERC to prepare a standard addressing physical security issues facing...more