Earlier this month, as the coronavirus accelerated its alarming sprint across North America, NERC requested that FERC defer a number of looming deadlines for Reliability Standards. For the cybersecurity-related standards (CIP-005-6, CIP-010-3, and CIP-013-1), NERC requested a 3-month delay to “help ensure grid reliability amid the impacts posed by the coronavirus outbreak, a public health emergency that is unprecedented in modern times.”