MISO said preparations are in the works for the 2021 GridEx VI exercise, with the RTO drawing on lessons learned during last year’s event.

FERC granted NERC’s request for more time to submit changes to its Rules of Procedure ordered by the commission in January.

The SDT working on options for entities to manage BES cyber information is resolving overlaps within the affected standards and ongoing projects.

WECC should zero in on issues specific to the Western system when it sets near-term priorities for 2021 and 2022, stakeholders said at a workshop.

Energy Sec. Dan Brouillette named Alexander Gates to head the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response.

The Texas Reliability Entity will co-host GridSecCon 2020 in Houston with NERC’s Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

NERC asked FERC for more time to revise its Rules of Procedure to address concerns raised in response to the five-year performance assessment.

Preliminary findings from a WECC study indicate inclusion of day-ahead trading in the EIM will yield reliability benefits that outweigh any expected risks.

FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking industry comments on the “potential benefits and risks” posed by virtualization and cloud computing services.

NERC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee is preparing a request to expand GADS to cover solar and increase the range of data.