From: UtilityDIVE
Author Peter Maloney
Dive Brief:
- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has terminated a proceeding on cybersecurity for grid control centers for the wholesale power markets.
- FERC said comments it received indicated that current cybersecurity measures provide sufficient protection from cyberattacks and that some of the proposed modifications could pose operational risks.
- FERC added it intends to continue to provide support on the issue, and would engage with the North American Electric Reliability Corp., industry, and other stakeholders to explore cybersecurity strategies more thoroughly and address possible risks.
Dive Insight:
A 2015 cyberattack on the Ukraine grid affected 225,000 customers and grabbed the attention of utility executives around the world. The message was: it can happen here. A new survey by Accenture found that 63% of utility executives globally see at least a moderate risk of a grid cyberattack in the next five years; that number rises to 76% among utility executives in North America.
And utility executives named cybersecurity a top priority in Utility Dive’s annual State of the Electric Utility survey.
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