NERC staff had to "hit the ground running" after the Board of Trustees ordered a technical conference on inverter-based resource standards, the Standards Committee heard.

NERC's Board of Trustees invoked its authority to accelerate standards development for the first time at this week's meeting in Vancouver.

ReliabilityFirst's penalty settlement comes as the Twin Ridges facility transitions to its third owner in four years.

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

Facility ratings accounted for two reliability standard violations carrying a total penalty of $272,000.

FERC accepted the retirement of a requirement that industry found confusing in previous versions of the standard.

NERC provided its plan for addressing FERC's directive to address reliability concerns with inverter-based resources.

NERC's Standards Committee agreed to authorize a reduced ballot period for a twice-rejected proposed reliability standard.

NERC's RSTC decided this week not to endorse a proposed standard authorization request relating to distributed energy resources.

Responses to NERC's Level 2 alert indicate widespread issues with performance of inverter-based resources.