A summary of measures and issues discussed at the SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee meeting on April 28, 2015.

The U.S. electric industry will face reliability concerns in four years if the interim goals of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan aren’t relaxed, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said last week.

At its April 16 open meeting, FERC issued new reliability standards, denied rehearing on business practices and ordered a new format for electronic filing reports.

FERC on Thursday approved a rule to improve coordination of the natural gas and electric markets, adopting two gas scheduling changes but declining to move the start of the gas day to 4 a.m. CT from 9 a.m.

A round-up of news from the PJM Operating Committee on April 7, 2015.

About 500 organizations will be relieved of some grid reliability regulations and another 200 exempted entirely under a new NERC method for classifying entities under its jurisdiction.

FERC said it is trying to craft the its role in administering a “safety valve” to ensure reliability is not threatened by the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

MISO stakeholders indicated widespread support for moving to a seasonal measurement of resource adequacy; supporters say it would improve reliability.

PJM CEO Terry Boston has announced he will retire by the end of the year. He leaves behind a legacy of building stakeholder consensus and steady leadership.

Generators would be permitted to sell frequency response services at market-based rates under a rule proposed by FERC last week.