October 2, 2024

Reliability

MISO Maintains Reliability Through Arctic Midwest Temps
Record-breaking cold brought multiple appeals for conservation from utilities in the northern portions of MISO's footprint.
NERC Issues $10M Fine for Security Lapses
NERC has recommended a $10M fine on a utility for violations of critical infrastructure protection reliability standards over more than three years.
Cold Snap Halts DER Talk as MISO Calls Max Gen Event
A dangerous cold snap spurred a maximum generation event and knocked out power to MISO’s Carmel, Ind., offices on Wednesday.
SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: Jan. 28, 2019
An SPP group has been unable to reach a consensus on possible revisions to cost-allocation rules for wind-rich areas and may table their year-long review.
NERC Standards Committee Briefs: Jan. 23, 2019
The NERC Standards Committee unanimously voted to authorize the standards drafting team to consider the retirements of more than 30 reliability standards.
SPP Markets & Operations Policy Committee Briefs: Jan. 15, 2019
SPP stakeholders approved changes to the RTO’s generator interconnection process to simplify what had become a burdensome process involving repetitive data.
CAISO Finalizes 32 RC Agreements
CAISO said it had finalized agreements to provide reliability coordinator services with 32 transmission operators and balancing authorities in the West.
© RTO Insider
SPP Still Looking West — and Inward
SPP will this year begin providing reliability coordinator services to more than a dozen entities in the Western Interconnection.
CAISO
RC Transition, California Wildfires Will Occupy 2019
CAISO will tackle its new role as reliability coordinator in 2019, and California lawmakers will struggle with preventing wildfires sparked by power lines.
GAO-19-98
GAO: No Consensus on GMD Risk to Grid
A GAO report on geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) found a lack of consensus on how much of a risk they pose to U.S. electric grid reliability.

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