Leading manufactures urge senators to establish mandatory cybersecurity standards for natural gas pipelines

Two industry giants -- users and suppliers of natural gas -- are sparring over pipeline cybersecurity, with leading manufacturers appealing to lawmakers for mandatory requirements, and the pipeline industry arguing the government should rely on voluntary guidelines.

“When so much is resting on the reliability of natural gas pipelines, we cannot help but be concerned that the natural gas pipeline security requirements under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are voluntary, not mandatory,” wrote the Industrial Energy Consumers of America in...