Most regions are well prepared for the summer season, though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a significant source of uncertainty.

PUC Chair DeAnn Walker took advantage of a NERC trustee’s presence at a virtual Texas RE board meeting to plead for ERCOT representation on the ERO’s board.

ERCOT is working with officials to investigate a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the ISO sending a wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account.

Texas Reliability Entity CEO Lane Lanford will retire in December after eight years.

The Texas Reliability Entity will co-host GridSecCon 2020 in Houston with NERC’s Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

“Significant and rapid change” will cause challenges with resource adequacy, but utilities can turn the evolving resource mix to their advantage.

The Texas RE held its annual meeting, at which current Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker raised concerns about NERC representation.

ERCOT will likely welcome back double-digit reserve margins next year and well into the decade, according to the grid operator’s latest CDR report.

The NERC Member Representatives Committee named new leadership and heard about changes to the ERO Enterprise Effectiveness Survey at its meeting in Atlanta.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.