Ampyx Cyber Blog

The Intersection of Regulation & Resilience

Funded, Not Secured: The April 20 DPA Determinations & the Bulk Electric System
Policy Pulse Patrick Miller Policy Pulse Patrick Miller

Funded, Not Secured: The April 20 DPA Determinations & the Bulk Electric System

Two April 20 Defense Production Act determinations expand domestic capacity for grid components and large-scale energy infrastructure. Neither addresses cybersecurity. For the electric sector, NERC CIP and Order 693 standards still apply. A practitioner's view of intersections with CIP-013, CIP-014, PRC, FAC, and TPL, and why domestic capacity is not domestic assurance.

Read More