FERC Votes Unanimously to Enhance Reliability of the U.S. Electric Grid

On September 18, 2025, the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (“FERC”) unanimously approved: “a suite of actions focused on modernizing the reliability and security of the nation’s Bulk Power System in the face of threats in cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and extreme cold weather.”

The following were approved by FERC:

• Final Rule on Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions (RM24-4-000 and RM20-19-000).

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Virtualization Reliability Standards (RM24-8-000).

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standard CIP-003-11 (RM25-8-000).

• Order Approving Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standard and Directing Data Collection (RD25-7-000).

See FERC’s news release here: https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-takes-action-enhance-reliability-us-electric-grid