October 1, 2024

Regional Entities

Texas RE Asks for 20% Budget Increase
The Texas RE’s Board discussed a request for a 20% budget increase to cover additional staff and costs for new office space.
Glick, Robb Call for Tx Build in West
FERC Chair Richard Glick and NERC CEO James Robb: The West needs to build transmission lines to connect renewable resources to load.
Texas RE Gives People ‘What they Want’
The Talk with Texas RE webinar featured discussions on human performance training sessions that were earlier halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NERC
WECC Contingency Reserve Standard Ok’d
FERC gave final approval Thursday for NERC and WECC to introduce regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-3.
Conn. PURA Cybersecurity Report Highlights Phishing, Third-party Issues
The Connecticut PURA urged utilities to beef up cybersecurity protocols and test threat-response systems as cyberattacks continue to increase.
PGE Execs Contrite over Feb. Outage Communications
PGE's CEO expressed regret over a breakdown in public communications as February's ice storms left nearly half the utility’s customers without power.
ERO Align Tool Goes Live for NERC, MRO, Texas RE
The first release of NERC's Align software platform and ERO Secure Evidence Locker is live for the organization, MRO and Texas RE.
SERC Board of Directors/Members Briefs: March 31, 2021
SERC Reliability CEO Jason Blake praised the regional entity’s new organizational structure at its inaugural Members Meeting.
NERC Warns of Batteries’ Hidden Thermal Risk
A new Lessons Learned report published by NERC goes over the mistakes that led to the fire and explosion of APS’ McMicken battery in Arizona.
House Urged to Rethink Energy Assumptions
February’s Texas outages signal a need for an examination of the electric grid, members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee heard.

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