NERC's board approved its Five-Year Performance Assessment, its argument for why FERC should recertify it as the Electricity Reliability Organization.

The NERC Board of Trustees approved a supply chain report and a new standard on third-party transient electronic devices while eliminating 84 requirements.

GridEx V will see more international participation, including possibly “active injects” to simulate a “worldwide assault … on Western civilization.”

The Northeast Power Coordinating Council is projecting a summer peak demand of 103,548 MW in the week of July 28, 2019 a 0.6% reduction from last year.

FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.

The Texas Reliability Entity has revised its self-certification process to make it more efficient for registered entities.

A NERC standards drafting team has opened a final ballot on the elimination of all or parts of 18 reliability standards as Phase 1 of the organization’s standards efficiency review nears its conclusion.

FERC called for two changes to NERC’s draft CIP standard governing the security of communications between control centers.

The NERC Standards Committee unanimously approved the opening of a 45-day comment period on revised inverter rules in reliability standard PRC-024.

The NATF, EPRI and NERC gathered reps from utilities, RTOs, regional entities and government agencies to discuss improving the bulk electric system.