Have the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s physical security standards made the U.S. grid more secure? A recent analysis by the Congressional Research Service says the record is incomplete, “a work in progress.” The March 18 report – “NERC Standards for Bulk Power Physical Security: Is the Grid More Secure? – finds that “although it… More U.S. grid physical security a work in progress?

FirstEnergy Corp.’s troubled competitive generating companies late Saturday, March 31, filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Ohio, in the company’s home city of Akron. The move is the latest in what appears to be the end game in the company’s attempt to rid itself… More FirstEnergy seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection