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Texas Reliability Entity staff suggested that utilities do more to thwart cyber threats like last year's Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.
Severe weather and rapidly diversifying generation will challenge electric reliability in the next decade, NERC said in its Long-Term Reliability Assessment.
Texas PUC Chair Peter Lake said "the lights will stay on" this winter, based on the commission's new weatherization rules and market changes.
NERC's 2021-2022 Winter Reliability Assessment warns that the bulk power system faces multiple threats, including severe weather and fuel shortages.
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FERC and NERC released their final report on February's winter storms and the resulting mass outages, with recommendations for future preparedness.
NPCC will focus next year on ensuring reliability, integrating DERs and renewables and protecting infrastructure from cyber and physical threats.
FERC accepted the ERO Enterprise's 2022 Business Plans and Budgets, reflecting planned increases in spending by NERC and the regional entities.
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FERC approved a $265,000 settlement between WECC and the Public Service Company of New Mexico for violations of NERC's reliability standards.
A new report from FERC says the U.S. energy market seems ready for the winter months but warned that the risks of extreme weather are still a major factor.
Panelists at NERC's GridSecCon 2021 security conference discussed the rapidly growing threat from sophisticated cyberattackers targeting critical software.
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