ReliabilityFirst's Don Urban discussed NERC's new cold weather standards at this year's NAES-NERC conference, urging utilities to start implementation early.

SPP continues to spread its footprint with an announcement Tuesday that it will operate Northwest Power Pool’s resource adequacy (RA) program in the Western Interconnection. The RTO will work with NWPP and its RA participants to help develop, implement and operate the program. As a program operator, SPP will perform forward-showing and operations program functions, …

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Participants in a Friday press briefing warned that the current enthusiasm for addressing extreme weather and cybersecurity could be hard to sustain.

The near shutdown of the California-Oregon Intertie by a wildfire renewed concerns about the vulnerability of major transmission pathways.

Texas utility representatives warned that efforts to avert future extreme weather crises could falter as memories of February's cold snap fade.

President Biden announced a cybersecurity initiative for U.S. critical infrastructure, building on one launched in April for the electric sector.

FERC Chair Richard Glick bobbed and weaved his way through a House oversight hearing as Republicans attempted to pin him to positions on natural gas.

“Public purpose” microgrids are struggling because of high costs and the lack of a widely accepted resilience metric, speakers told NARUC.

Major transmission construction will help the grid tolerate increasingly severe weather, panelists said at a recent ACORE webinar.

NERC's Standards Committee approved teams for several standard drafting projects, while ending one project pending further research.