SERC's Winter Reliability Assessment found that two subregions faced elevated risk of energy shortfalls in extreme weather.

NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee approved a new chair and vice chair to manage the committee for the next two years.

NERC's Standards Committee wrapped up 2025 by advancing several standards projects, though one item had to be delayed until the next meeting.

NERC's Board of Trustees agreed to a significant committee restructuring during its final meeting of 2025.

The National Petroleum Council is the latest group urging reforms to address gas-electric coordination including pipeline expansion, and reforms to organized power markets and pipeline tariffs.

In new guidance, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sought to help utilities integrate artificial intelligence into their operational technology environments.

Western state utility commissioners should encourage “standardization and harmonization” to effectively integrate inverter-based resources throughout the region, according to a guide developed by WIRAB and Elevate Energy Consulting.

Speakers on a panel hosted by Texas RE said cooperation among Information Sharing and Analysis Centers is increasingly essential to weathering crises.

Electricity sector participants urged Congress to support cyber security programs as the House E&C Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy heard testimony on the efforts of nation-states and other actors to hack the bulk power system.

U.S. electricity outage hours reached their highest levels in a decade in 2024 due to the impact of Hurricanes Beryl, Helene and Milton, the EIA reported.