NERC trustees agreed to accept the recommendations of the Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force at their first meeting of 2026.

NERC officials appeared before an Organization of MISO States board meeting in an attempt to quell regulators’ discontent with MISO’s “high-risk” label in the 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.

Stakeholders mostly said the recommendations to update NERC's standards development process represented a good start but needed further development to ensure a fair process.

Members of the Organization of MISO States sent a letter to contradict aspects of NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment, disputing the ERO’s label of MISO as being at “high risk.”

FERC approved two utilities' settlements with ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC reliability standards covering protective relay settings.

ERCOT says it leaned on Texas’ 15 mobile generating units and an RMR unit during the state’s first major cold-weather event since 2021’s disastrous Winter Storm Uri.

NERC's latest Long-Term Reliability Assessment projected more than half of all assessment areas will face high or elevated risk of energy shortfalls in the next 10 years.

Commenters expressed support for FERC's proposal to adopt standards on gas-electric coordination, while suggesting further measures to promote electric reliability.

Leaders of NERC's Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force presented their final recommendations ahead of the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting.

NERC's Standards Committee elected its Executive Committee and approved multiple standards actions in its first meeting of 2026.