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DHS Reportedly Warns that Russians Hacked Control Rooms

July 24, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, DHS, dragonfly, FBI, ICS-CERT, iiot, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nccic

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have again reportedly said that Russian hackers could have infiltrated power plant control rooms and caused blackouts last year. The continuing cyber threat campaign may be spearheaded by a state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 23. The attacks claimed “hundreds of […]

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FERC Mandates Reporting of Attempted Cybersecurity Breaches

July 19, 2018 admin Business, compromise, Cybersecurity, e-isac, energysec, ferc, ICS-CERT, incident reporting, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ordered the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to broaden, within six months, its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards to include mandatory reporting of cybersecurity incidents that could harm the bulk electric system (BES). FERC’s Order No. 848issued on July 19 directs NERC to develop and submit […]

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FERC Thwarts ISO-NE’s Attempt to Keep Mystic Gas Units Online

July 5, 2018 admin Business, Exelon, ferc, Fuel, iso-ne, Legal & Regulatory, lng, Markets, mystic, news, Security

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 2 denied ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) request for a tariff waiver to keep two gas-fired units—a total capacity of 1,700 MW—at Exelon’s Mystic Generating Plant in Boston, Massachusetts, running to address “fuel security risks.” The commission instead gave the grid operator a year to submit permanent tariff revisions […]

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FERC Nixes PJM’s Fixes for Capacity Market Besieged by Subsidized Resources

July 5, 2018 admin Business, capacity markets, competitive markets, ferc, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, pjm, state, subsidies, zecs

In a 3–2 decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected approaches filed by PJM Interconnection to reform its capacity market, whose integrity and effectiveness has been increasingly and “untenably threatened” by state subsidies for preferred generation resources, the federal regulatory body acknowledged. The June 29 order sharply divided the commission, prompting Democrat Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur […]

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Oyster Creek Will Close Sept. 17; Fuel Could Remain at Site for 60 Years

July 3, 2018 admin decommissioning, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Yucca Mountain

Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 2 said Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the country’s oldest operating nuclear power plant, will officially close on September 17. They also said radioactive material is likely to remain at the site in New Jersey until at least the late 2070s, and perhaps beyond. The […]

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Oyster Creek Will Close Sept. 17; Fuel Could Remain at Site for 60 Years

July 3, 2018 admin decommissioning, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, news, nine mile point, NRC, Nuclear, oyster creek, Yucca Mountain

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Bill Codifying Federal Role in ICS Cybersecurity Clears House

June 27, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, ICS, iiot, iiot aerospace, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot healthcare, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, iiot transportation, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news

A bill codifying the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) role in addressing industrial control systems (ICS) cybersecurity has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives. While H.R. 5733, “DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act,” contains no mandates for the private sector, it directs the DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) to develop and maintain […]

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Bill Codifying Federal Role in ICS Cybersecurity Clears House

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[UPDATED] Trump Administration to Force Purchases of Coal, Nuclear Power

June 1, 2018 admin Bloomberg, Coal, defense production act, DOE, federal power act, fpa, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, memo, National Security Council, news, Nuclear, section 202(c), Trump

A draft memo circulated by the Trump administration before the National Security Council reportedly urges federal action to force grid operators to buy power from uneconomic coal and nuclear plants. Bloomberg on May 31 pointed to the existence of the 41-page memo, which it said was dated May 29 and distributed Thursday. The memo reportedly […]

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[UPDATED] Trump Administration to Force Purchases of Coal, Nuclear Power

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