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North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit entity that develops and enforces reliability standards to promote adequate and consistent bulk electrical power in North America. NERC enforces standards, monitors reliability, investigates disruptions and trains and certifies power industry personnel. less -

FERC Staff Audit Report Identifies CIP Standard Compliance Risks in FY2025

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/14/2025

On October 20, 2025, FERC Staff issued a report outlining areas of risk to the reliability of the electric grid based on non-public Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Audits of U.S. based North American Electric...more

LADWP’s $350,000 Warning: Why Accuracy Matters in Reliability Compliance

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 10/15/2025

FERC recently approved a stipulation and consent agreement between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting to resolve an investigation into potential...more

FERC Fines Electric Utility for Providing False Information to NERC Regional Entity

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 10/9/2025

On October 2, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a settlement with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to resolve an Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) investigation of LADWP’s...more

NERC Tees Up Plan to Assess Grid Risks Associated with Data Centers

White & Case LLP on 4/25/2025

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) outlined forthcoming activities to identify and address the potential impacts to reliability as a result of the rapid expansion of data centers and other large...more

Rethinking Energy Reliability with Modern Power Systems

J.S. Held on 2/2/2023

Utility-scale wind, solar, and battery resources are challenging the way we assess and value system reliability as part of the ongoing Energy Transition process....more

Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Cybersecurity for Pipelines and LNG Facilities

Perkins Coie on 5/18/2021

Colonial Pipeline shut down 5,500 miles of its East Coast pipeline on May 7, 2021, in an effort to contain a security breach resulting from a ransomware attack. Colonial’s pipeline is one of the nation’s largest and carries...more

Debate over Cybersecurity Oversight for Gas Pipeline and Bulk Power Systems Continues

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 3/1/2019

Earlier this month, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Chairman Neil Chaterjee testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on issues related to cybersecurity in the energy industry. ...more

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