FERC Approves Hydrogen Project, Proposes Cybersecurity Standards

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s three newest members helped greenlight a hydrogen storage project in Mississippi and propose new standards intending to better protect grid systems from cyber attacks.

The proposed standards would require the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to document, track, and address supply chain risks to grid-related cybersecurity systems and within a group of products categorized as protected cyber assets. FERC also wants to expand its internal network security monitoring and extend existing protections required for utilities, Chairman Willie Phillips said during a press conference Thursday.

“It is extremely timely given all that’s happening in the world, ...