December 19, 2024

Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC)

FERC
FERC Approves NERC, RE Budgets for 2025
NERC’s 2025 budget is set to rise 8.2% over the previous year to $123 million.
PPL
FERC Approves $490K in Penalties for NERC Violations
FERC last week approved settlements by NPCC and ReliabilityFirst leveraging $490,000 in penalties for violations of NERC reliability standards.
NERC
NPCC, NYSEG Agree to Settle Control Center Violation
NYSEG acknowledged its primary and backup control centers shared too many communication links in a settlement approved by FERC.
NPCC
NPCC Predicts Adequate Electricity Supply this Summer
NPCC said all subregions should have adequate supply to meet demand this summer despite recent generation retirements.
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NE Energy Officials Stress the Need for Dispatchable Resources

As intermittent renewables proliferate in New England, the region must do a better job incentivizing reliable, dispatchable resources that can support the grid as it decarbonizes, speakers at a Raab Associates roundtable said.

Babcock Ranch
NERC Troubled by Responses to IBR Alert
Responses to NERC's Level 2 alert indicate widespread issues with performance of inverter-based resources.
NERC
FERC Approves ERO 2024 Budgets
FERC OK'd the 2024 business plans and budgets for the ERO, though Commissioner James Danly called for “a significant improvement in … speed and agility.”  
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NERC Board of Trustees/MRC Meeting Briefs: Aug. 16-17, 2023
NERC's trustees met in Ottawa to approve changes to the organization's standards development process and the final 2024 budget.
NERC
Personnel, Meeting Costs Drive 2024 ERO Budget Hikes
EROs are increasing their budgets for 2024, with the increases largely funding personnel and meetings. Draft budgets are available for stakeholder comment.
NERC
NERC Warns of Summer Reliability Risks Across North America
Most regions of the North American grid remain at elevated risk of supply shortfalls this summer, NERC said in its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment.

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