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NERC
IESO Reliability Compliance Plan Focuses on CIP, Modeling, IBRs
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
IESO Seeks Comment on Revised Monitoring Requirements
IESO released proposed market rule and manual revisions to require synchrophasor data from storage resources.
NERC
NERC Winter Reliability Assessment Finds Many Regions Facing Elevated Risk
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.
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FERC Accepts 2026 ERO Budgets, Approves Waiver
FERC approved the ERO's business plans and budgets, along with a waiver to NERC's rules around use of penalty funds.
ORU
FERC Approves NPCC’s $102K Penalty Against ORU
Consolidated Edison subsidiary Orange and Rockland Utilities will pay $102,000 to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
NERC
FERC Accepts Amended NPCC Bylaws
FERC approved a set of amendments to NPCC's bylaws touching on a wide range of organizational and voting issues.
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NPCC Warns of Weather Impacts on Summer Margins

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
IESO Tweaks Modeling for Outage Management

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.

NERC
NERC Finds Growing Shortfall Risk in Canada
The Canadian supplement to NERC's Interregional Transfer Capability Study recommended 14 GW of additional transfer capability in the country, mostly in Quebec.
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Dragos Outlines Voltzite Electric Utility Breach
A new report from cybersecurity firm Dragos describes the first known attack of the hacker group Voltzite against a U.S. electric utility and the company's response.

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