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

ReliabilityFirst briefed members on spot checks for generation owners and operators that focus on risks of insufficient long-term and operations planning.

NERC's board made committee appointments, approved RISC's Reliability Risk Priorities Report, and authorized bylaw changes for SERC and ReliabilityFirst.

PJM stakeholders expressed concern that proposed plans for eliminating vulnerabilities to "critical" transmission assets could undermine transparency rules.

MISO will next year discontinue submitting data to NERC’s Generating Availability Data System on behalf of generation in its footprint.

FERC called for reliability rules requiring generator owners to winterize units, citing a cold snap that caused MISO and SPP to seek load reductions.

MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has a different opinion of the RTO’s summer supply picture three weeks into the season.

NERC and the regional entities are proposing almost $207 million in spending in 2020, a 3.8% increase, while assessments are projected to increase by 2.9%.

FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.

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