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Changes to CIP-014 Receive FERC Approval
FERC approved NERC's removal of language from CIP-014 requiring compliance evidence to be stored on site.
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AEP Under Fire as Load Sheds Persist in Ohio
AEP Ohio customers accused the utility of racism for cutting power to poor areas of Columbus following a windstorm while continuing service to the suburbs.
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SARs Sail Through NERC Standards Committee
NERC's Standards Committee approved four standard authorization requests at its meeting on Wednesday.
FERC
FERC Approves Extreme Weather Assessment NOPRs
FERC approved two NOPRs on Thursday aimed at improving utilities' planning for the long-term impacts of climate change to the bulk power system.
AEP Ohio
PJM Orders Load Sheds in AEP Following Storms
More than 200,000 AEP customers in Ohio lost power after storms damaged multiple transmission lines and forced load sheds on at least three 138-kV lines.
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NERC Posts Inverter, DER Guidance Documents
NERC added two new reference documents to its website in an effort to consolidate its work on inverter-based resources and distributed energy resources.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
DOE Initiative Aims to Make Interconnection ‘Simpler, Faster, Fairer’
The DOE's message is clear: interconnecting solar, wind and other clean energy projects to the grid must be made simpler, faster and fairer.
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NERC RSTC Briefs: June 8-9, 2022
NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee agreed to endorse two new standards projects at its meeting this week, while rejecting another.
NERC
COVID Continued to Drive ERO Budget Savings in 2021
NERC and the regional entities said the ongoing shutdown of business travel and remote work postures from COVID-19 helped fuel budget savings in 2021.
U.S. Drought Monitor
NW Hydro Outlook Improves as Drought Retreats — in Some Areas
The Northwest stands out as an exception to the increasingly dire water situation gripping the wider West, boding well for its summer hydropower potential.

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