{"id":223993,"date":"2026-06-20T17:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:49:12","slug":"puc-advances-proposed-cybersecurity-regulations-for-pennsylvania-utilities-solomons-words-for-the-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223993\/","title":{"rendered":"PUC Advances Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations For Pennsylvania Utilities \u2013 Solomon’s Words for the Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Proposal Would Strengthen Cybersecurity Standards, Incident Reporting, and Utility Preparedness Across Regulated Industries<\/p>\n

HARRISBURG \u2013 The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today voted 5-0 to approve a\u00a0Notice of Proposed Rulemaking\u00a0(NOPR) that would strengthen cybersecurity requirements for regulated utilities, continuing the Commission\u2019s efforts to help protect critical utility infrastructure and maintain safe, reliable service for Pennsylvania consumers.<\/p>\n

The proposed regulations would modernize and expand the Commission\u2019s existing cybersecurity framework, establishing updated standards for utility cybersecurity programs, enhancing cybersecurity incident reporting requirements, and requiring annual certifications of compliance by jurisdictional utilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCybersecurity is a fundamental part of both utility reliability and public safety,\u201d said PUC Chairman Steve DeFrank. \u201cAs utilities increasingly rely on interconnected technologies to provide essential services, it is important that our regulatory framework continues to evolve alongside emerging threats. This proposal reflects a thoughtful, comprehensive approach that seeks to strengthen utility preparedness while pr\u2026<\/p>\n

View this press release on our website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Proposal Would Strengthen Cybersecurity Standards, Incident Reporting, and Utility Preparedness Across Regulated Industries HARRISBURG \u2013 The Pennsylvania Public…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-223993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}