FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced  that it will conduct a special inspection at the Vogtle 3 nuclear reactor, currently under construction in Georgia.

Another complaint aimed at stopping the shutdown of a nuclear power plant on reliability grounds met its end at FERC's monthly open meeting.

NERC's Standards Committee once again registered disapproval of a standard project team's response to industry feedback, but it stopped short of ending it.

Cybersecurity firm Dragos has partnered with NERC's E-ISAC for an initiative to spread up-to-date cyber threat intelligence across the electric grid.

Panelists from the FBI and E-ISAC warned on Tuesday that insider threats represent a much broader category than many utilities are prepared to deal with.

NERC's board approved standards requiring generators to protect their units against freezing and share their cold weather operating parameters.

During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.

Jen Easterly and Chris Inglis fielded questions on the nation's cybersecurity needs before the Senate's Homeland Security Committee on Thursday.