Secret Regulatory Regime is Hosing Electric Customers Fact: If you pay an electric bill, you are likely paying the secret regulatory fines your utility company is assessed if it violates Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards. This is a lot to unpack, so let’s get started. The system sounds good on the surface: There are mandatory…
Duke Energy was fined $10 million for cybersecurity violations – But you don’t have the right to know this! Would the public be interested in knowing what company was issued a $10 million penalty for cybersecurity violations? Do we have a right to know if companies are endangering our lives, and if our government’s…
The electric grid just threatened the federal government with a regulatory mutiny if the names of their regulatory violators are revealed to the public. Perhaps a bit of background is in order. There is a little known battle playing out in an obscure docket before an even more obscure federal agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory…
. . More Details Emerging on the Electric Grid Cyber Cover-Up The deeper we dive into the electric grid cyber cover-up, the more disturbing it becomes. In the last 5 years (2014-2018), there have been 53 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dockets involving 81 “Unidentified Registered Entities.” These all allege violations of Critical Infrastructure Protection…
