The Department of Energy, Office of Energy announced on January 5, 2012 an initiative to produce and exercise a maturity model for cybersecurity at electric utilities. This effort is in association with the White House, which published a statement on the topic on January 9, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Today the second draft of the Electricity Subsector Risk Management Process was released for public comment as part of this effort. Comments are due before Thursday April 5, 2012 and can be submitted using this form.