Consolidated Edison subsidiary Orange and Rockland Utilities will pay $102,000 to the Northeast Power Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.

NERC submitted the penalties against the two utilities for violating the ERO's facility ratings standards in its monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty.

Presenters at a Texas RE webinar focused on helping newly registered entities with the most frequently seen violations among utilities in similar circumstances.

FERC last week approved settlements by NPCC and ReliabilityFirst leveraging $490,000 in penalties for violations of NERC reliability standards.

SERC and NPCC assessed a combined $246,000 in penalties against two utilities for violations of NERC reliability standards.

Avangrid's $615,000 penalty stems from violations of NERC's facility ratings standards.

NERC’s Standards Committee declined to advance a project to modify cybersecurity reporting requirements, seeking a fuller response to criticism of the proposal.

The ERO Enterprise continued its campaign against facility rating violations with the publication of a new report.

Facility ratings, and the challenge of keeping them up to date, were a recurring theme at the the North American Generator Forum’s Annual Compliance Conference.

Texas RE knocked a registered entity for violating NERC’s facility ratings standards, assessing a $105,000 penalty in a settlement with Buffalo Gap Wind Farm.