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This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is tasked with keeping our electric grid safe and maintaining reliable and secure energy for U.S. consumers.

On January 20, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to strengthen its Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards by requiring internal network security monitoring for high and medium impact bulk electric system cyber systems.

The power and energy sector is one of the most critical areas of our country’s infrastructure, making it a prime target for cybercriminals increasingly

Findings from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) 2021 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) indicate there is a high probability of insufficient resources and energy to serve electricity demand, as early as Summer 2022, in many parts of the Western Interconnection. Extreme weather-related events and performance issues associated with some...

On 18 November 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) released its 2021 Annual Report on Enforcement (FY2021 Report)....

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s FERC or Commission Office of Enforcement Enforcement released its 2021 Annual Report on Enforcement FY2021 Report. New priority involving threats to energy infrastructure and impacts on the environment and surrounding communities.

On November 18, 2021, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Enforcement ("OE" or "Staff")
issued its 2021 Report on Enforcement (the "Report")...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) staff prepared an October 8th report titled: Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits (“Report”) ...

As the cold weather season approaches, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) are taking action to prevent a...