Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders Study on Security of North American Power Grid

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders Study on Security of North American Power Grid
The gate to the Duke Energy West End substation in Moore County, N.C., on Dec. 4, 2022. John Nagy/The Pilot via AP
Matt McGregor
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Weeks after gunfire damaged two substations that led to widespread outages in Moore County, North Carolina, a federal commission has ordered an Atlanta-based nonprofit corporation to evaluate the physical security of what some have called the “Achilles heel” of North American infrastructure: the Bulk Power System (BPS).

The BPS encompasses four major electric system networks that serve the United States and Canada, divided into Western, Texas, Eastern, and Quebec.

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