After disastrous hurricane seasons, FPL instituted its “Storm Secure” program in 2006; resulting improvements paid off when Hurricane Ian made landfall.

The board meeting at times resembled an impromptu farewell party, as attendees took time from their presentations to say goodbye to departing chair Todd Hillman

At FERC’s annual reliability technical conference, commissioners focused on work needed to prepare the bulk power system for rapidly developing challenges.

The commission ordered the ERO to submit an array of additional information on costs related to the E-ISAC in its 2023 budget.

Entergy will have to pay SERC $60,000 in penalties for violating NERC reliability standards, according to a Spreadsheet Notice of Penalty for September.

The ERO Enterprise continued its campaign against facility rating violations with the publication of a new report.

Facility ratings, and the challenge of keeping them up to date, were a recurring theme at the the North American Generator Forum’s Annual Compliance Conference.

SERC Reliability’s senior security adviser recounted his entry into the grid security field and offered his views on how to identify the greatest threats.

SERC CEO Jason Blake reminded attendees “to celebrate our successes” in maintaining grid reliability this summer at the Board of Directors meeting.

FERC approved settlements in SERC, Texas RE and ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC's facility ratings standards stretching back to 2007.