NERC's Standards Committee wrapped up 2025 by advancing several standards projects, though one item had to be delayed until the next meeting.

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

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

Industry stakeholders again rejected a proposed reliability standard dealing with transmission planning for extreme weather.

NERC's Standards Committee moved ahead on several projects that are the subject of FERC orders at its monthly Standards Committee meeting.

NERC’s Standards Committee moved forward on several standards projects, including ones on planning for extreme temperatures and providing information on DERs.

FERC approved new rules intended to strengthen the grid against both extreme heat and cold weather events.

NERC laid out a framework for transmission planners and planning coordinators to include cybersecurity in planning studies to address rapidly evolving threats.

In a joint filing to FERC, NERC and the REs supported the commission’s proposal to modify NERC’s reliability standards in response to climate change.