FERC approved a penalty assessed by WECC against Southern California Edison and a penalty by Texas RE against Oncor for violations of NERC standards.

FERC ordered revisions to NERC’s pro forma regional delegation agreement and its RDAs with all regional entities while approving the agreements overall.

A new WECC report recommends that utilities increase their coordination and adopt dynamic planning reserve margins to ensure resource adequacy.

FERC ordered NERC to make an informational filing on possible modifications to the CIP reliability standards to allow their use.

DOE issued a prohibition order barring some U.S. utilities from acquiring equipment from China, citing concerns that its government may undermine the BPS.

FERC proposed incentives to encourage public utilities to make cybersecurity investments above and beyond the requirements of NERC’s CIP standards.

NERC’s RSTC held its final meeting of the year where it approved several documents and endorsed framework to address reliability and security risks.

Supply chain rules from NERC and the federal government are increasing costs and procurement cycles for utilities and technology vendors.

The expansion of renewables over the next decade is expected to “fundamentally” change how the grid is planned and operated, NERC said.

With COVID-19 threatening to overwhelm hospitals, WECC is in no hurry to bring employees back to its headquarters, CEO Melanie Frye said.