November 5, 2024

Regional Entities

North Carolina Utilities Commission
North Carolina Regulators Face Questions on Holiday Outages
The NCUC chair consumer advocate faced lawmakers' questions on the state's first-ever rotating outages stemming from a December storm.
Broad River Energy
FERC Approves $147K Penalties in SERC, RF
FERC approved $147,000 in penalties against University Park Energy of Illinois and Broad River Energy of South Carolina for violating NERC standards.
SERC
SERC: Cybersecurity Means Going Beyond CIP Standards
Presenters at SERC Reliability webinar warned utilities that ransomware is a much bigger threat than many of them realize, and major efforts are still needed.
SERC
SERC Webinar Highlights Internal Control Issues
It should be “no surprise” which operation and planning standards are most often violated in SERC, the RE told attendees at its spring reliability webinar.
FERC
FERC Orders New Reliability Standards in Response to Uri
FERC ordered two new NERC reliability standards in response to the February 2021 winter storm that nearly led to the collapse of the Texas Interconnection.
ReliabilityFirst
RF Panelists: Executive Buy-in Key to CIP Success
The electric industry still is not taking its critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs as seriously as they should, panelists told ReliabilityFirst.
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Texas RE Board/MRC Briefs: Feb. 8, 2023
A self-described cryptocurrency skeptic turned advocate says bitcoin mining could provide the answer to the ERCOT market’s volatility.
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NERC Pushes Alternate IBR Standards Timeline in Response to NOPR
NERC and the regional entities called FERC’s proposal for new reliability standards focused on inverter-based resources “complementary" to ERO Enterprise work.
MRO
MRO Identifies Top Risks for 2023
The Midwest faces several new risks in 2023, including cybersecurity threats and supply chain issues, according to the MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment.
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WECC Panel Challenges Conventional Views on Grid Reliability
The electric sector must fundamentally reconsider how it measures and manages grid reliability, speakers on a WECC panel said.

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