To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Building off its White Paper issued last summer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the "Commission") has proposed changes to its regulations that would encourage more robust investment in cybersecurity infrastructure. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) provides incentive rate treatment for voluntary utility investments that go "above and beyond" FERC's mandatory cybersecurity standards. Comments on the NOPR are due April 6. The Commission's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards require users, owners and operators of the "bulk-power system" 1 to safeguard critical cyber assets. FERC categorizes assets based on the risk to