Winter is replacing summer as the period of greatest stress on the BPS thanks to a diversity of fuel sources, NERC’s State of Reliability Report said.

FERC accepted settlements for violations of NERC reliability standards, with AEP, DTE, Eversource, PGE and Exelon among those hit with monetary penalties.

Coal industry groups asked NERC to update its generation retirement scenario, saying current events could force more than 30 GW of coal capacity to shutter.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is leading to budget savings across the ERO Enterprise that have been welcomed by NERC and the regional entities.

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.