ReliabilityFirst assessed MISO a $500,000 fine for violating Critical Infrastructure Protection standards. MISO says security was never at risk.

ReliabilityFirst’s annual meeting saw presentations to the regional entity’s membership and Board of Directors on a variety of topics.

ReliabilityFirst’s monthly Technical Talk with RF focused on operational resilience, comparing it to traditional risk management.

FERC accepted a settlement between ReliabilityFirst and an unnamed entity in the Eastern Interconnection for violations of NERC reliability standards.

ReliabilityFirst said that inaccurate facility ratings continue to undermine the safety and reliability of the bulk electric system.

FERC is engaged in a debate with ReliabilityFirst over the modeling transmission owners should undertake to identify “critical” substations under CIP-014.

ReliabilityFirst’s annual meeting featured discussions on cybersecurity, GridEx V, electromagnetic pulses and the health of the ERO.

Processing NERC violations is getting more difficult — at least in ReliabilityFirst, says the regional entity’s enforcement chief.

SERC Reliability Corp. on Monday announced Jason Blake, vice president and general counsel of ReliabilityFirst, as its new CEO, effective Nov. 15.

The three-day NAES-NERC conference touched on EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the debate over grid resilience and cybersecurity.