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PG&E Broke Cyber Rules

2:42 am ET April 10, 2019 (Dow Jones) Print
By WSJ City

PG&E and a municipal utility in Missouri broke rules designed to protect the nation's electric system from cyber and physical attacks and were sanctioned by federal regulators, according to newly released documents that provided the identities of the violators.

KEY FACTS

-- PG&E was also sanctioned in a separate case for violations of these

rules.

-- Detroit-based utility DTE Energy was also sanctioned.

-- That's according to people familiar with the cases and redacted documents

reviewed by WSJ.

-- The identification of the violators follows a recent revelation that Duke

Energy broke the same set of rules.

Why This Matters

The cases against DTE, PG&E and City Utilities were lodged from 2014 to 2016--a time when Russia was in the midst of a major campaign to penetrate utility defenses, according to federal officials.What is unusual isn't that companies were penalised, but that the public now knows some of the identities. Most violators are kept confidential in a system designed to encourage self-disclosure by the utilities but some critics say is too protective of the industry.

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 10, 2019 02:42 ET (06:42 GMT)

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