NWPPA Morning Brief - Friday, August 21, 2026

NWPPA Morning Brief — Friday, August 21, 2026 In today's brief: Top Federal Developments Five Federal Agencies Warn of Active AI-Assisted Attacks on Siemens PLCs — https://securityaffairs.com/197566/ics-scada/nsa-cisa-fbi-doe-and-epa-warn-of-active-ai-assisted-attacks-on-siemens-s7-plcs.html FERC Approves SPP Congestion Management Using Grid Reconfiguration — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-spp-topology-optimization-grid-congestion/828366/ DOE Awards $500 Million to Critical Minerals and Battery Manufacturing Projects — https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-doles-out-500m-to-minerals-battery-projects/ Interior Exempts Certain Forest-Thinning Projects from Full Environmental Review — https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/some-federal-logging-projects-to-skip-environmental-reviews Top Regional / State Developments Idaho Power Files at Idaho PUC for $154M Oregon Territory Sale to Oregon Trail Electric — https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/53445-idaho-power-seeking-approval-from-idaho-puc-to-sell-oregon-service-territory/ Montana PSC Commissioner Seeks Court Order Blocking Suspension — https://we-news.com/us/montana-regulator-seeks-court-order-to-halt-one-year-suspension-by-governor Walker River Paiute Tribe Settles Greenlink West Rights-of-Way Dispute with NV Energy — https://www.tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/energy/15732-walker-river-paiute-tribe-nv-energy-settle-greenlink-west-rights-of-way Intermountain West Drought Update — Colorado River and Rio Grande Basins Under Severe Stress — https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-status-update-intermountain-west-2026-08-20 Pilot notice: AI-generated daily briefing. Verify before acting on it. Feel free to reach out if you have comments or concerns.