The nation’s power system is in good shape heading into the winter, NERC said in its Winter Reliability Assessment.

The bill includes includes provisions intended to protect the grid from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

Amid increasing concern over threats to the nation’s power grid, NERC ran GridEx III, a rigorous, two-day drill that simulated terrorist attacks.

A collection of news from FERC's open meeting, including this year's annual report and new NERC reliability rules.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on Nov. 19, 2015

FERC had approved NERC's Reliability Assurance Initiative in February, saying it would allow regulators to focus resources on the most serious issues.

The MISO Board of Directors discussed expanding the RTO's headquarters, increasing its 2015 operating budget and complying with the Clean Power Plan.

A collection of issues being discussed by SPP stakeholders, including the RTO's voting procedures, the Clean Power Plan and reliability for this winter.

FERC denied Sunflower Electric Power's request for a rehearing of a July 2014 order that rejected its bid to recover $5 million it claims it is owed for “backstopping” a power-supply arrangement.

FERC said it will require NERC to provide the commission access to its databases in what Chairman Norman Bay said is an effort to apply “Moneyball” techniques to reliability.