FERC approved four proposed reliability standards: three relating to inverter-based resources and one for extreme weather planning.

NERC's chair and CEO touted the ERO's work across borders in a Board of Trustees meeting that featured leadership turnover and an initiative to remake the standards development process.

China and other foreign actors remain committed to undermining the North American power grid, representatives of the E-ISAC said.

NERC's monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty listed 22 infringements of facility ratings standards across multiple regions.

NERC's Standards Committee expects to have the latest version of the cold weather standard ready to post for a formal comment period by Jan. 27.

Citing a looming FERC deadline, NERC's Board of Trustees voted once again to sidestep the normal standards development process to accelerate development of the ERO's cold weather standard.

NERC has submitted for FERC's approval two standards that would require balancing authorities to perform regular energy reliability assessments.

FERC accepted NERC's five-year performance assessment while seeking comments on its proposal to adopt two standards related to inverter-based resources.

NERC's trustees took action on a number of standards items, along with multiple organizational items, in the last board meeting of 2024.

Industry groups sought flexibility from FERC in implementing new supply chain risk management rules, while one conservative group argued the commission should use its power to push the sector to use domestic supply chains.