NPCC
The North American grid made it through the winter storm of Jan. 24-26 — dubbed “Fern” by The Weather Channel — relatively unscathed, but the cold weather gripping much of the U.S. and Canada continues, and cold snaps in the future will still stress the interconnected power and natural gas systems.
As extreme winter weather descended on the Eastern U.S. and Canada, Hydro-Québec suspended power exports to New England on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line because of reliability concerns in Québec.
IESO is targeting six areas of NERC’s Reliability Standards in its 2026 compliance program, largely continuing a focus on issues it has prioritized since 2023.
IESO released proposed market rule and manual revisions to require synchrophasor data from storage resources.
Rising electricity demand is adding to seasonal reliability risks this winter as supply has not kept pace with consumption in many regions, NERC reported in its Winter Reliability Assessment.
FERC approved the ERO's business plans and budgets, along with a waiver to NERC's rules around use of penalty funds.
Consolidated Edison subsidiary Orange and Rockland Utilities will pay $102,000 to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
FERC approved a set of amendments to NPCC's bylaws touching on a wide range of organizational and voting issues.
NPCC's Summer Reliability Assessment found that the region generally has enough resources to meet demand this summer, though weather patterns could strain grid operators.
IESO is changing how it projects renewable generation output and its accounting for imports and planned loads in the forecasts it uses to manage generator and transmission outages.
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