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Energy Policy & Legislation

Uncertainty in Wake of Executive Order 13920 and Biden Administration

The Waiting Game

As President Biden begins his first few weeks in office, many within the power sector wonder how his administration will address key concerns related to securing the nation's bulk-power system.

The previous administration issued several executive orders relating to cybersecurity, including Executive Order 13920, a directive that was issued on May 1, 2020 to address security threats to the bulk-power system in the United States.

Byline: 

Sadzi Martha Oliva, Kealie Vogel, and Greta Gangestad

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Whither the FERC?

National Regulatory Research Institute

A conversation about this new report with its author, the Director of the NARUC’s National Regulatory Research Institute.
Byline: 

Carl Pechman

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Coolest Thing FCC Has Done in Decades

PUF’s Take

I’ve sometimes daydreamed that someone would develop a new super duper Internet where utilities and other vital institutions could locate securely from the Blue Meanies and other fiends.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order

Why the FCC Acted

There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.

Byline: 

Ajit Pai

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Extra. Extra. Read All About It.

We Stopped the Presses

Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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