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Texas PUC Drafting Reliability Exemption Rule for ERCOT
The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff are drafting a rule codifying a process for exemption requests from ERCOT reliability requirements.
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NERC Offered to Help with Iberia Outage Investigation, Robb Says
NERC's Board of Trustees heard updates on the ERO's response to April's outages in Spain and Portugal, while approving updates to its regional delegation agreements and a Level 3 alert on inverter-based resources.
NERC
E-ISAC Reports on Cyber, Physical Threats
Leaders from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center updated NERC trustees on the physical and cyber security threats facing electric utilities.
CPUC
California Will Rely Heavily on Batteries to Meet Summer 2025 Peaks
California's grid is expected to meet peak demand this summer, with officials pointing to the massive growth in solar and storage resources as key.
Yes Energy
FERC Approves $110K Penalties in RF
FERC approved settlements between ReliabilityFirst and two Cogentrix entities with a total penalty of $110,000, along with additional settlements in SERC's footprint.
NERC
Outgoing E-ISAC CEO Manny Cancel Reflects on Security Challenges
Outgoing E-ISAC CEO Manny Cancel reflects on the evolution of cyber and physical security over his time at the organization.
FERC
FERC-NARUC Collaborative Examines Ongoing Issues with Gas-electric Coordination
FERC and state regulators heard from experts on the state of gas-electric coordination, which continues to be an issue as the two industries systems are increasingly interdependent.
IESO
IESO Tweaks Modeling for Outage Management

IESO is changing how it projects renewable generation output and its accounting for imports and planned loads in the forecasts it uses to manage generator and transmission outages.

NERC
NERC Finds Growing Shortfall Risk in Canada
The Canadian supplement to NERC's Interregional Transfer Capability Study recommended 14 GW of additional transfer capability in the country, mostly in Quebec.
Washington State Department of Corrections
Feds Charge Man with Wash. Substation Attacks
A Washington state man who already was accused of damaging electric substations in Oregon now is charged with attacking multiple facilities in his home state.

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