Regional Entities

ERO Pandemic-related Measures Extended Again

January 7, 2021

NERC has extended the expansion of its self-logging program and deferment of audits and other on-site activities in response to the continuing pandemic. | CDC

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WECC Says Extreme Events Require Forecast, RA Changes

December 10, 2020

WECC Taking Wait-and-See on COVID Measures

December 10, 2020

Texas RE Says Goodbye to CEO, Chair

December 10, 2020

Reserve Shortfalls Seen for MISO and Ontario, MRO Told

December 8, 2020

FERC Approves $536K in Penalties from WECC, Texas RE

January 6, 2021

FERC approved a penalty assessed by WECC against Southern California Edison and a penalty by Texas RE against Oncor for violations of NERC standards.

FERC Provisionally OKs ERO Delegation Agreements

January 5, 2021

FERC ordered revisions to NERC’s pro forma regional delegation agreement and its RDAs with all regional entities while approving the agreements overall. | NERC

Western RA Planning Must Change, WECC Says

December 21, 2020

A new WECC report recommends that utilities increase their coordination and adopt dynamic planning reserve margins to ensure resource adequacy. | WECC

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WECC Says Extreme Events Require Forecast, RA Changes

Western BAs should determine what caused errors in their load and generation forecasts during August’s massive heat wave and fix their forecasting processes, WECC said. | WECC

WECC Taking Wait-and-See on COVID Measures

With COVID-19 threatening to overwhelm hospitals, WECC is in no hurry to bring employees back to work at its Salt Lake City headquarters, CEO Melanie Frye said. | © ERO Insider

Texas RE Says Goodbye to CEO, Chair

The Texas Reliability Entity bid farewell to CEO Lane Lanford, Chair Fred Day and Director Delores Etter during its annual meeting. | Texas RE

Reserve Shortfalls Seen for MISO and Ontario, MRO Told

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

FBI Sees No Rest from Cyber Battles in 2021

December 7, 2020
Foreign adversaries continue to hone their cyber threat strategies against the North American bulk power system, cybersecurity experts told the MRO. | FBI

WIRAB Reviews Past Year, Looks Ahead to Next

December 6, 2020
The Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Board recounted its accomplishments in 2020 and laid out what it hopes to achieve in 2021. | © ERO Insider

ReliabilityFirst Annual Meeting Briefs: Dec. 3, 2020

December 3, 2020
ReliabilityFirst’s annual meeting saw presentations to the regional entity’s membership and Board of Directors on a variety of topics. | ReliabilityFirst

WECC Overhauls, Expands Stakeholder Committee Plan

December 2, 2020
WECC released a heavily revised version of its proposal to reorganize its stakeholder committee structure in response to member comments and concerns. | WECC

DOE Congestion Study Prompts Industry Criticism

December 1, 2020
Industry commenters accused DOE of overlooking crucial recent energy trends and relying on unexamined assumptions in its latest study of transmission congestion. | Department of Energy

CGNP Fleshes out Diablo Canyon FERC Complaint

November 29, 2020
Californians for Green Nuclear Power has updated its request that FERC overturn the planned closing of Diablo Canyon in response to criticism from NERC.
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