Interesting article yesterday in the Wall Street Journal about cyber security issues in the nation's electric grid and some of the emergin threats in this area.  Part of the issue seems to be slow adoption of NERC compliance around the asset protection, including virtual assets. 

Jon Arnold penned an article on his power and utilities blog about how to use Sharepoint to make compliance easier and less costly.

Microsoft's utilities home page contains information on NERC compliance, solution providers that can help, and other solutions.