ReliabilityFirst staff urged utilities to take advantage of the regional entity's voluntary winter preparedness consultations.

The committee discussed future energy deficiencies in New York City, NYISO's demand curve reset and impacts from extreme weather in the region.

NERC's Finance and Audit Committee approved a plan to fund the interregional transfer study that Congress ordered in June.

NAESB is wrapping up a process to develop recommendations to improve coordination between the natural gas and electric industries, which needs to be improved after it contributed to recent cold weather reliability events.

DOE has announced $324 million in grants to 29 recipients so far this year.

Two key Republican senators asked FERC to hold formal technical conferences on EPA's Power Plant Rule, noting the regulator did so for Obama's Clean Power Plan.

FERC accepted NERC's clarification of several elements of the ERO's 2023 budget.

FERC said petitioners' call to overturn its approval of EOP-012-1 was outside the scope of the proceeding.

Six Exelon utilities have agreed to pay ReliabilityFirst $1.8 million for violating NERC's reliability standards.

North Carolina businesses called for a study of wholesale market competition, including a possible RTO, citing a lack of “cost-competitive, clean energy.”