The European Commission has adopted the European Union's first network code on cybersecurity in the power sector.
The Commission said the Grid Code supports a common high level of cybersecurity for cross-border electricity flows in Europe, and the law is an important step to improve the cyber resilience of critical EU energy infrastructure and services. He added that it is a step.
This code is foreseen under Electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943 and the EU Action Plan 2022 for the digitalization of energy systems.
The Network Regulations aim to establish an iterative process for cybersecurity risk assessment in the power sector. These aim to systematically identify and take necessary mitigation measures for organizations that perform digitalized processes that have a significant or significant impact on cross-border power flows and their cybersecurity risks. .
New rules promote common baseline
According to the Commission, this provision establishes a governance model that is consistent with and draws on existing mechanisms established in EU horizontal law, in particular the revised Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2).
The EU's enforcement arm says the new rules will promote common baselines while respecting existing practices and investments as much as possible.
The new governance model will allow a variety of stakeholder methodologies to be developed, followed and regularly reviewed, taking into account the current obligations of various institutions in both cybersecurity and electricity regulatory systems, the commissioners said. added.
This law was adopted after an extensive consultation process
The law was adopted following an extensive consultation process with relevant stakeholders, including contributions from ENTSO-E, EU DSO entities, and ACER. A four-week period was set aside late last year to get feedback from the public.
The document has now been passed to the Council and the European Parliament to scrutinize its text.
The period to challenge each bill is two months, with the possibility of a two-month extension. The rules will take effect after the period ends.
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