SPP’s Western Reliability Working Group approved several governing documents as it prepares for its new RC function in the Western Interconnection.

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

NARUC released a suite of tools to allow state regulators to gauge their utilities’ cybersecurity preparedness without becoming technical experts.

Consolidated Edison blamed a failed relay protection system for the Manhattan blackout that affected about 72,000 customers.

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

SPP last week reiterated its plans to recover the costs of a NERC penalty for reliability violations by dipping into its employee compensation pool.

CAISO, SPP and BC Hydro officials reassured FERC that the Western Interconnection’s transition from two reliability coordinators to five is going smoothly.

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council Board of Directors received a briefing on the Pacific Northwest’s early March price spike.

NERC CEO Jim Robb returned to his former workplace at the WECC last week for the first time since he took the nation’s top reliability job 15 months ago.

NERC is investigating Chinese ties to the vendor it selected for a high-profile software project, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council learned.