NERC's Standards Committee worked to keep order in a packed slate of standards development projects this week.

SERC Reliability approved a slate of directors for the coming two years and heard an update on the regional entity's 2025 budget.

After a fresh FERC review, Invenergy has walked away with half of the authorizations necessary to charge negotiated rates for transmission service on its $7 billion, 5-GW Grain Belt Express transmission project.

MISO and SPP agreed to conduct another coordinated system plan study along their seam this year, although five previous studies have failed to produce a single interregional joint project.

NERC's Standards Committee welcomed new members to its executive committee, while taking action on several standards projects.

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

Invenergy asked FERC to order MISO to allow it to energize part of its Grain Belt Express project in 2028 despite delays in upgrades in Ameren’s territory.

The NERC Standards Committee elected Todd Bennett and Troy Brumfield as its new chair and vice chair, respectively.

Presenters at SERC's Board of Directors meeting said the region will have a lot of input into the ERO's Interregional Transfer Capability Study.

SERC leveled $42,000 in penalties against AECI for multiple longstanding violations of reliability standards in a settlement approved by FERC.