For some, FERC's proposed cybersecurity incentives framework misses the mark

摘要

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff white paper on a potential cybersecurity incentives policy drew a healthy dose of criticism from municipal utilities, electric cooperatives and state utility regulators who questioned the benefits consumers would receive from what they viewed as indiscriminate rate increases in the name of cybersecurity. While the proposal generally drew support from the transmission group WIRES, the Edison Electric Institute's investor-owned utilities and the grid-security advocacy group Protect Our Power, other entities commended the sentiment and desire to promote prudent utility investment in measures to mitigate cybersecurity risks, but found flaws with the proposed execution of that plan.