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Protect Our Power is a not-for-profit nonpartisan organization comprised of industry experts focused on strengthening the nation’s electrical power grid.

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DOE CESER
@DOE_CESEROct 6
CESER is soliciting applications from eligible not-for-profit organizations to strengthen the cybersecurity postures of electric cooperative, municipal, & small investor-owned utilities across the U.S. Learn more: energy.gov/ceser/articles/en…
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President Trump declares national emergency to U.S. bulk power system. Executive Order 14420. whitehouse.gov/presidential-… #cybersecurity

Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency

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David Roberts
@drvoltsAug 7
Today on Volts: how vulnerable is the US electricity grid to hackers? Today I talk with a cybersecurity expert about the safety standards governing the bulk grid, the *lack* of standards for the distribution grid, the vulnerability of "inverter-based resources" like solar & batteries, & more. volts.wtf/p/grid-cybersecuri…

Grid cybersecurity: how big is the threat & what should we do about it?

A conversation with Patrick Miller.

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@ABCAug 4
Possible cyber intrusions targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least a dozen states, multiple sources told ABC News. Read more: abcnews.link/Za6xDkC
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@politicoJul 28
Trump administration bans foreign-made robots and power gear amid fears of Chinese influence dlvr.it/TTlWy6

Trump administration bans foreign-made robots and power gear amid fears of Chinese influence

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@rtoinsiderJul 23
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is urging policymakers and regulators to establish more consistent cybersecurity requirements for solar and energy storage systems. See Full Story: ow.ly/HYCi50ZrAba Writer: Stella Iverson
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EXCLUSIVE: US is working on ban targeting Chinese energy inverters, sources say

The Trump administration is drafting a ban on imports of foreign inverters, which connect solar projects and batteries to the grid, over concerns China ​could use them to disrupt power supplies,...

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NERC is ‘actively monitoring the grid’ following Iran-linked cyber threat

Hackers have disrupted critical U.S. infrastructure by targeting programmable logic controllers, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned.

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National laboratories lead multi-agency push for solar cybersecurity standards - pv magazine USA

The Department of Energy is deploying a research framework across four national laboratories to harden the domestic power grid against digital vulnerabilities as solar deployment accelerates.

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FERC Action: New Reliability Safeguards for American Power Grid

Item E-2, Docket No. RM24-8-000 | E-3, Docket No. RM25-8-000 | E-4, Docket No. RD25-8-000 FERC today unanimously approved a sweeping set of actions to strengthen and safeguard reliability of the...

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CISA seeks critical infrastructure sector input on cyber-incident reporting rule

CISA announced a series of town hall meetings with affected industries about the pending rule. The one for the energy and nuclear sectors is scheduled for March 9.

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CISA updates cybersecurity benchmarks for critical infrastructure organizations

The agency streamlined and supplemented goals it first issued in 2022 for critical infrastructure operators, including utilities, grid operators and power providers. 

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Grid-scale battery energy storage systems face heightened risk of cyberattack

Experts warn that state-linked threat groups are actively searching for ways to disrupt the industry amid growing power demand in the U.S.

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China seeks long-term vulnerabilities in US energy systems: House panelists

“Today's electricity grid is too often a hodgepodge of digital tools sitting atop an analog foundation, creating seams where adversaries can slip in,” Carnegie Mellon’s Harry Krejsa said.

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More small utilities participate in NERC’s grid attack simulation

The biennial GridEx security exercise has new, more diverse participants, including those from outside the electric sector, from Canadian utilities and from smaller utilities.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive20 Oct 2025
Electric utilities want Congress to cleanly reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which allows for greater information sharing between the power sector and federal government. The law lapsed October 1. utilitydive.com/news/as-cybe…

As cyber threats grow, utilities say lapsed information-sharing law stymies security

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 has expired, and utilities say the U.S. faces a “more complex and dangerous security environment” as a result.

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POP Senior Advisor @RichardMroz addressed the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners yesterday in Louisville KY. Focus was protective measures recommended by @NARUC Cybersecurity Baselines Working Group. naruc.org/core-sectors/criti…
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Bipartisan bill proposes $50M cyber threat analysis program for energy sector utilitydive.com/news/biparti… via @UtilityDive

Bipartisan bill proposes $50M cyber threat analysis program for energy sector

“Our national security depends on a resilient and secure energy grid,” said Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo. Experts say the new effort would be welcomed by the private sector.

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Experts raise concerns about cybersecurity and energy storage systems utilitydive.com/news/experts… via @UtilityDive

Experts raise concerns about cybersecurity for energy storage systems

Energy storage and other new distributed energy resources could be particularly vulnerable to cyberattack, according to a panel hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance.

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MIT engineers say solar, batteries could stabilize grid after cyberattacks pv-magazine.com/2025/02/24/m…

MIT engineers say solar, batteries could stabilize grid after cyberattacks - pv magazine Global

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that residential solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and water heaters could all form part of a local electr...

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