FERC plays Solomon with the NERC CIPs
FERC approves cyber security standards-- sort of
The NERC critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards to protect the nation's bulk power system against potential cyber security impacts have drawn passionate partisans-those who believe they are sufficient (NERC and the utilities); and those that believe they are not adequate (Congress, control system experts, cyber security experts, etc).
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) effectively p...