FERC approved a settlement between WECC and an unnamed entity in the Western Interconnection for violations of NERC’s CIP reliability standards.

WECC Board Chair Kristine Hafner yielded her position to Vice Chair Ian McKay at the regional entity's annual meeting.

WECC’s Joint Guidance Committee approved a task force to examine the “relevance and role” of several transmission rating procedures.

FERC accepted settlements by NERC between Texas RE and several entities, as well as one by WECC, for violations of FAC and CIP standards.

Utilities in the Western Interconnection continue to use outdated models for their solar and wind generation resources, according to NERC and WECC.

WECC waded into California’s wildfire troubles in an effort to understand how catastrophic blazes could affect reliability and how to protect the grid.

WECC is seeking stakeholder comments on a draft strategic plan that seeks to build on NERC’s ERO Enterprise Long-Term Strategy.

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.

System operators in WECC were too quick to declare energy emergency alerts during recent events, resulting in unnecessary load sheds, according to NERC.

NWPP members discussed a proposed resource adequacy program that would create a “binding” capacity mechanism for summer and winter.