October 7, 2024

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Babcock Ranch
NERC Issues Level 2 Alert on IBR Issues
NERC called on owners of Bulk Electric System-connected solar generation assets to step up and take action aimed at preventing “systemic performance issues.”
EPA / DOE
DOE, EPA Team Up on Reliability Efforts
DOE and EPA announced said they will conduct “routine and robust communication” to ensure reliability during the grid’s transition to clean energy sources.
Western Power Pool
WPP CEO Looks to ‘Earliest Possible’ Binding Season for WRAP
CEO Sarah Edmonds would like to see the WRAP become “binding” on its participants as soon as possible, but making that transition could still be years away.
Caltrans
Extreme Weather a Key RA Concern, Western Commissioners Say
While utility commissioners are concerned about variable generation when it comes to resource adequacy, it’s extreme weather that’s keeping them up at night.
Consumers Energy
Consumers, DTE Energy on the Hot Seat over Michigan Outages
Consumers Energy and DTE Energy are on the hot seat after weather-related outages that affected as many as 1 million Michigan customers since February.
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Co-op Leaders Share Reliability Concerns
Supply chain issues, the trend toward electrification, and cyber and physical security all weigh on the minds of leaders of the nation’s electric cooperatives.
North Carolina Utilities Commission
North Carolina Regulators Face Questions on Holiday Outages
The NCUC chair consumer advocate faced lawmakers' questions on the state's first-ever rotating outages stemming from a December storm.
NERC
CIP Standards Dominated ERO 2022 Enforcement Activities
2022 saw “significant progress” for the ERO’s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement and Organization Registration and Certification programs, a new report says.
Broad River Energy
FERC Approves $147K Penalties in SERC, RF
FERC approved $147,000 in penalties against University Park Energy of Illinois and Broad River Energy of South Carolina for violating NERC standards.
SERC
SERC: Cybersecurity Means Going Beyond CIP Standards
Presenters at SERC Reliability webinar warned utilities that ransomware is a much bigger threat than many of them realize, and major efforts are still needed.

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