WECC found the southern portion of the Northwest Power Pool region could fail to meet resource adequacy requirements for 3 hours this year.

The cybersecurity lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic must not be forgotten as stakeholders return to normal operations, representatives from Texas RE warned.

NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee took a number of actions regarding DER standards and committee subgroups in a two-day meeting.

WECC stakeholders expressed their displeasure with a revised proposal to revamp its committee structure and appoint a new Committee Review Body.

FERC has accepted a settlement between WECC and NorthWestern Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards, under which the utility will pay $205,000.

The team working on winter preparedness standards confirmed that the joint inquiry by NERC and FERC into the Texas outages will not affect its schedule.

President Joe Biden ordered a review of a number of critical sectors, including energy, in order to “strengthen the resilience of America’s supply chains.“

NARUC released a guideline stating that public utility commissions must play a role in building their organizations’ cybersecurity expertise.

FERC's Richard Glick said he may seek new reliability standards to ensure better preparation for severe winter conditions following prolonged outages.

The California-Mexico subregion cannot maintain resource adequacy without imports, and the greatest risk of shortages is in Southern California, WECC said.