October 6, 2024

Jim Robb

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Cybersecurity, Climate Change Lead FERC Conference
Attendees at FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference discussed major challenges to electric reliability, including cybersecurity and climate change.
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FERC, NERC Share Findings on February Winter Storm
FERC and NERC staff shared their preliminary findings and recommendations on the February winter storm that led to unprecedented outages in Texas.
PJM Annual Meeting Focuses on Balancing Decarbonization, Reliability
Speakers at PJM's Annual Meeting focused on the intersection of decarbonization and reliability on the grid as more intermittent resources come online.
Glick, Robb Call for Tx Build in West
FERC Chair Richard Glick and NERC CEO James Robb: The West needs to build transmission lines to connect renewable resources to load.
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NERC Provides Cold Weather, Cyber Updates
NERC's CEO said that his organization thinks more work will be needed to prepare the bulk power system for extreme winter events, even with Project 2019-06.
House Urged to Rethink Energy Assumptions
February’s Texas outages signal a need for an examination of the electric grid, members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee heard.
Senators Grill Robb, Asthana over Texas Outages
The Senate ENR Committee pressed NERC CEO Jim Robb and PJM CEO Manu Asthana for an explanation of the February winter storm and resulting outages in Texas.
NERC Considering Long-term Virtual Board Meeting Format
Inspired by the successful shift to remote work in 2020, NERC is considering a partially online format for future meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Overheard at the 28th NECBC Annual Conference
New England and Canadian officials discussed transmission planning for offshore wind and natural gas's role in the clean-energy transition.
Texas Reliability Entity Briefs: Sept. 3, 2020
NERC CEO Jim Robb clarified the ERO's response to President Trump’s executive order regarding the supply chain during a governance meeting.

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