The winter storm that moved through Texas and much of the Eastern Interconnection cut power to hundreds of thousands of people and stressed the bulk power system, but did not create major disruptions like other storms earlier this decade.

In a filing, NERC asked for clarity on the filings FERC ordered it to make regarding the implementation of its most recent cold weather standard.

FERC and NERC's report on the January winter storms indicated the gas and electric industries are improving their communication and coordination, staff said at the commission's April meeting.

Industry commenters mostly supported NERC's draft cold weather standard, but several called for further revisions.

FERC and the ERO have launched a review into the electric grid's performance during January's extreme cold weather that brought record low temperatures and snowfall to the Southeastern U.S.

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 is calling on grid operators to prepare for extreme winter weather predicted in the first weeks of January.

NERC's Standards Committee approved several standards actions at its monthly conference call.

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

FERC directed NERC to submit further changes to its latest cold weather standard within the next nine months.