February’s Texas outages signal a need for an examination of the electric grid, members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee heard.

The Texas RE will spend much of this year working on issues related to the fallout from the February storm that almost collapsed the ERCOT grid.

The cybersecurity lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic must not be forgotten as stakeholders return to normal operations, representatives from Texas RE warned.

FERC's Richard Glick said he may seek new reliability standards to ensure better preparation for severe winter conditions following prolonged outages.

ERCOT said that enough generation had returned to service to stop the rotating outages that began Feb. 15.

The inability of Midwestern grid operators to recover quickly from extreme winter weather drew customer anger, along with scrutiny from regulators.

The Texas Reliability Entity bid farewell to CEO Lane Lanford, Chair Fred Day and Director Delores Etter during its annual meeting.

NERC is set to begin training entities on its new Align tool and Secure Evidence Locker by the end of the year, with MRO and Texas RE going first.

The Texas PUC is terminating its reliability monitoring contract with Texas Reliability Entity for the ERCOT region.

The Texas PUC is concerned about its contract with Texas RE as ERCOT’s reliability monitor, including its inability to oversee the NERC regional entity.