FERC on Tuesday announced it will hold its annual technical conference on reliability from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 25. The commissioner-led session will focus on cybersecurity, the changing resource mix and inverter-based resources and inverter-connected distributed energy resources (AD20-7).

Those wishing to be participate in the panel discussions must submit nominations by March 27.

Panelists at last year’s conference praised the Electric Reliability Organization’s maturation but acknowledged continuing challenges with the speed of standards development and the consistency of compliance determinations. (See Reliability Conference: Deterrence or Collaboration?)

In January, FERC approved NERC as the ERO for another five years while ordering the organization to audit its regional entities and improve its oversight of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC). (See NERC Wins Another 5 Years as ERO.)