FERC approved two NOPRs on Thursday aimed at improving utilities' planning for the long-term impacts of climate change to the bulk power system.

NERC's Standards Committee voted to move forward with five standards projects, with only two agenda items sparking any debate.

NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee voted to endorse proposals aimed at reviving two previously cancelled standards projects.

FERC approved settlements between WECC, Southern California Edison and Black Hills Power for violations of NERC reliability standards.

The California PUC rejected a huge boost in megawatts for the San Francisco Bay Area that CAISO insists NERC and WECC reliability standards require.

FERC approved NERC reliability standards affecting transmission system planning performance and communications cybersecurity.

NERC opened a ballot on a proposal requiring entities that fail to meet performance requirements for “supplemental” GMD events to develop corrective plans.

ISO-NE is on its way to complying with NERC’s revised geomagnetic disturbance standard, the RTO told the NEPOOL Reliability Committee.

FERC approved NERC’s revised GMD reliability standard, which broadens requires grid operators to collect certain data and imposes deadlines for corrective actions.

FERC proposed to approve a revised reliability standard on geomagnetic disturbances but directed NERC to also require mitigation of vulnerabilities to localized events.