The Connecticut PURA urged utilities to beef up cybersecurity protocols and test threat-response systems as cyberattacks continue to increase. | © RTO Insider LLC
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Planned reserves will fall below reference margins in MISO and Ontario within the next five years, NERC told MRO in a preview of its Long-Term Reliability Assessment. | NERC
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FERC accepted a slew of settlements for violations of NERC reliability standards, with AEP, DTE, Eversource, PGE and Exelon among those hit with monetary penalties by their REs. | NRC
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is leading to budget savings across the ERO Enterprise that have been welcomed by NERC and the regional entities. | © ERO Insider
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Most regions are well prepared for the summer season, though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a significant source of uncertainty, NERC said in its 2020 Summer Reliability Assessment. | NERC
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FERC approved a procedure for “critical” New England generators and transmission operators to obtain compensation for compliance with NERC rules.
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NPCC does not anticipate any major reliability issues this summer, in part because of depressed demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. | NERC
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FERC rejected a complaint by MISO’s Independent Market Monitor that PJM’s pseudo-tie requirement for external capacity resources is unjust and unreasonable. | © ERO Insider
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Marji Philips, LS Power’s vice president of wholesale market policy, says the COVID-19 crisis has her company and its competitors working together. | LS Power
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FERC last week accepted settlements with Bonneville Power Administration, FirstLight Power and an unnamed entity in the Eastern Interconnection for violating NERC reliability standards. | © ERO Insider
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FERC accepted a $450,000 settlement between NPCC and three Avangrid utilities for violations of NERC TOP standards. | Avangrid
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“Significant and rapid change” will cause short-term challenges with resource adequacy in some regions, but utilities can turn the evolving resource mix to their advantage, NERC said. | NERC
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NPCC’s Regional Standards Committee held a forum on reliability issues related to DERs, featuring presentations by Hydro-Quebec, Duke and IESO. | Siemens Industry
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Con Edison remained on the hot seat after power outages hit 50,000 customers Sunday night, the second major outage in less than a week. | Consolidated Edison
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Four of New York’s major utilities will collectively see their revenues reduced by more than $7 million for failing to meet certain reliability and customer service requirements last year.
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NYISO said it expects to have adequate resources on hand to meet slightly above-normal demand this summer, with 42,056 MW of capacity available. | NYISO
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ISO-NE is on its way to complying with NERC’s revised geomagnetic disturbance standard, the RTO told the NEPOOL Reliability Committee. | NASA
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Eversource Energy is opposing ISO-NE’s plan to to allow generators to recover the costs of NERC critical infrastructure protection requirements through transmission rates. | Eversource
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The Northeast Power Coordinating Council is projecting a summer peak demand of 103,548 MW in the week of July 28, a 0.6% reduction from last year, despite growth in Ontario. | Entergy
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FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur reflected on New England’s electricity markets, and NERC CEO Jim Robb shared concerns about fuel security at the 161st New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable. | © RTO Insider
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