FERC accepted settlements with Public Service Company of New Mexico and NV Energy for violations of NERC reliability standards.

The team working on NERC’s proposed standard for cold weather preparedness plans to meet again to finish working through the latest round of comments.

The team updating NERC’s standards to address cybersecurity supply chain risks is seeking a way forward in the face of opposition to its proposed changes.

NERC announced Saturday that an employee in its Atlanta office has “notified leadership of a presumptive positive test” for the COVID-19 virus.

Members of NERC’s Standards Committee are working to balance workload changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic with the obligation to maintain transparency.

FERC and NERC are working to ease the compliance burden on utilities grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, the organizations said.

FERC approved the PJM Transmission Owners’ critical infrastructure mitigation plan despite complaints that say it lacks transparency and restricts input.

The drafting team working on changes to NERC standards on supply chain risks will regroup after an initial ballot indicated opposition to the changes.

Threats from the COVID-19 coronavirus and computer viruses occupied much of the discussion at the WECC Board of Directors meeting.

Presenters at SERC Reliability’s Spring Compliance Seminar stressed the importance of internal controls in preventing violations of reliability standards.