November 26, 2024

COVID-19

CISA Releases Pandemic Guidelines for Control Centers
The Department of Homeland Security’s CISA has provided a list of guidelines for safely operating control centers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RAS Balancing COVID-19 Impacts in Reliability Report
The team working on NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment expects it to be ready by May 1, even as it incorporates the COVID-19 pandemic impact into its projections.
MISO Extends COVID-19 Measures
MISO will extend its COVID-19 response measures of holding virtual stakeholder meetings and restricting access to control rooms to at least June 1.
Overheard in International Partnering Forum 2020
The nascent offshore wind industry is faring better than the rest of the energy sector in the face of COVID-19, with no delays attributable to the shutdown.
PPE, Testing Top Coronavirus Concerns for NERC
Ensuring access to testing and PPE for frontline workers is one of the key challenges to reliable operation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NERC.
COVID-19: ‘End Game’ for Fossil Fuels?
The fossil fuel industry will try to roll back EV mandates in response to the drop in oil demand from the pandemic, a California Energy Commission webinar heard.
ERCOT Extends COVID-19 Restrictions to May 17
ERCOT added two weeks to most of its COVID-19 coronavirus response measures, extending virtual meetings and barring visitors from facilities through May 17.
SPP MOPC Briefs: April 14, 2020
SPP's MOPC endorsed a revision request that would eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades despite concerns of a regulatory defeat.
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: April 16, 2020
The winter of 2019/20 saw PJM with the lowest peak loads of the last seven years, as above-average temperatures kept energy consumption down.
EBA Holds Annual Meeting Online Successfully
More than 300 energy industry professionals logged into a single video chatroom through Zoom for the Energy Bar Association's annual meeting.

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