MRO's Regional Risk Assessment found uncertain energy availability to be the highest priority risk for the third year in a row.

FERC approved the ERO's business plans and budgets, along with a waiver to NERC's rules around use of penalty funds.

FERC approved settlements between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Southern Co. and their regional entities over violations of NERC's reliability standards.

At MRO's quarterly board meeting, leaders nodded to the "unpredictable" world while urging the regional entity's staff to maintain their collaborative approach to reliability.

NERC's Summer Reliability Assessment found that energy shortfalls are possible this summer in the middle of North America, New England and Baja California.

NERC's monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty listed 22 infringements of facility ratings standards across multiple regions.

Panelists at GridSecCon agreed that keeping the electric grid secure and reliable is a top priority to ensuring the safety of the upcoming elections.

Speakers at this week's GridSecCon conference discussed the sometimes overlooked connections between weather and grid security.

Speakers at NERC's annual grid security conference noted that new technology provides opportunities both for threats to the grid as well as for its defenders.