FERC Approves Virtualization CIP Reliability Standards and Definitions

On March 19, 2026, FERC issued Order No. 919, which approved eleven proposed Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, four new definitions, and eighteen proposed revised definitions to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary). FERC asserted that the new and revised definitions and new CIP Reliability Standards will support entities’ adoption of virtualization, which will improve the…
By: Troutman Pepper Locke