Energy under threat, NERC says

U.S. and Canadian defense installations should collaborate with applicable industry partners to build a common operating picture and collective understanding of the electric reliability requirements for defense critical infrastructure (DCI) and associated risks to DCE, NERC and the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s (E-ISAC) said in the GridEx VIII Lessons Learned Report, a detailed post-exercise review and analysis of the exercise that took place in November 2025.

Reliability coordinators and the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council should coordinate to improve communication processes to ensure that coordination between these entities can be maintained in a large-scale emergency.

U.S. and Canadian federal government partners should also work with industry partners to identify legally accessible technology to address threats from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and clarify available government support.

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