Regional Entities

NERC
NERC: Growing Demand, Shifting Supply Mix Add to Reliability Risks
NERC's Long-Term Reliability Assessment sees some risk for reliability issues in most of the country as the industry has to deal with faster demand growth and shifting supplies of generation.
NERC
NERC Board May Force Action on Cold Weather Standard

If NERC’s latest proposed cold weather standard fails another ballot round, the ERO’s Board of Trustees may have to take matters into its own hands, Chair Ken DeFontes warned at the board’s quarterly meeting.

United States Energy Association
USEA Panelists Highlight Renewable Integration Challenges
As the transition to clean energy contributes to the risk of energy shortfalls, electric industry stakeholders say keeping the grid operating reliably will require new ways of thinking.
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NY Reliability Council Approves 22% IRM for 2024/25
After four rounds of voting, the New York State Reliability Council Executive Committee approved a 22% IRM for 2024/25, up from 20% for the previous year.
NERC
FERC Approves Texas RE Standards Process Changes
FERC accepted changes to Texas RE's regional standards development process intended to give the RE more flexibility and align it with NERC.
Babcock Ranch
NERC Troubled by Responses to IBR Alert
Responses to NERC's Level 2 alert indicate widespread issues with performance of inverter-based resources.
San Jose Police Department
California Man Arraigned for Substation Bomb Attacks
Peter Karasev pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of damaging power substations.
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NY Reliability Council OKs Interconnection Standards for Large IBRs
The New York State Reliability Council OK'd interconnection standards for inverter-based resources larger than 20 MW.  
FERC
FERC Conference Highlights Challenges of Evolving Grid
Electric industry stakeholders discussed pressing threats to grid reliability at FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference.
NERC
NERC: Grid Risks Widespread in Winter Months
NERC's Winter Reliability Assessment found large portions of the electric grid at risk of energy shortfalls this winter.

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