Last year represented a “transformational” one for NERC, as the ERO faced challenges that will become more pressing, CEO Jim Robb said in an annual report.

FERC ordered two new NERC reliability standards in response to the February 2021 winter storm that nearly led to the collapse of the Texas Interconnection.

NERC Board Chair Ken DeFontes congratulated the organization's top bodies for “a very productive week” of in-person meetings in Arizona.

The sixth meeting of the Joint Federal State Task Force on Transmission focused on securing the grid against physical attacks.

NERC's Manny Cancel and FERC's Joseph McClelland discussed the state of grid security at NARUC on Sunday.

The electric industry still is not taking its critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs as seriously as they should, panelists told ReliabilityFirst.

A self-described cryptocurrency skeptic turned advocate says bitcoin mining could provide the answer to the ERCOT market’s volatility.

NERC and the regional entities called FERC’s proposal for new reliability standards focused on inverter-based resources “complementary" to ERO Enterprise work.

The Midwest faces several new risks in 2023, including cybersecurity threats and supply chain issues, according to the MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment.

The electric sector must fundamentally reconsider how it measures and manages grid reliability, speakers on a WECC panel said.