The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently created new standards for the cybersecurity of the electric grid, and then followed it up with a report that makes a number of recommendations for improved cyber-incident response and recovery plans. Congress is also working to tackle perceived cybersecurity and privacy threats related to the power grid. In this Privacy Tracker post, Jared Bomberg and C. Kyle Simpson of Hogan Lovells break down the major privacy and cybersecurity provisions in the House and Senate bills and their prospects for passage, noting, “Cybersecurity could be one area of energy policy where Congress could legislate this year.”
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