Attendees at a NERC forum said they are skeptical a gas reliability organization will resolve the challenges exposed by recent winter storms.

FERC finalized new mandatory reliability standards aimed at ensuring utilities do not cut off power to critical natural gas infrastructure during cold weather events.

The NERC board approved a new reliability standard for extreme cold weather preparedness and operations that industry stakeholders previously rejected.

The PJM Operating Committee endorsed revisions to the TO/TOP Matrix delineating responsibilities between the RTO and its member transmission owners to reflect new NERC standards.

NERC warned that remaining industry “knowledge gaps” around electric vehicles and their charging systems may make it difficult for grid operators to maintain reliability.

Participants in NERC's Member Representatives Committee said better industry outreach is needed to tackle a host of emerging challenges.

Ohio and Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Columbus for a hearing on the future reliability of the PJM grid, quizzing RTO and industry insiders on the role states can have in maintaining resource adequacy.

FERC accepted the retirement of a requirement that industry found confusing in previous versions of the standard.

FERC approved a $75,000 penalty against American Transmission Company for violating NERC's reliability standards.

NERC's Board of Trustees will vote on a set of rule changes to allow the registration of inverter-based resources.