Last year’s GridEx V provided the industry with a number of lessons about crisis management that are proving timely in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

NERC asked FERC for more time to revise its Rules of Procedure to address concerns raised in response to the five-year performance assessment.

NERC cast 2019 as a “true pivot point” for the ERO Enterprise in its annual report, noting initiatives aimed at improving the organization's effectiveness.

FERC will hold its annual technical conference on June 25 with a focus on cybersecurity, the changing resource mix and inverter-based resources.

FERC recertified NERC as the ERO for another five years while ordering the organization to audit its regional entities and improve oversight of the E-ISAC.

Bill Lawrence, who had served as director of the E-ISAC since 2018, has returned to NERC in a new role after an unexplained three-month absence.

Although fears of an imminent U.S. military conflict with Iran have eased, cybersecurity experts cautioned the country remains an increasing cyber threat.

NERC opened the year with two big personnel announcements, introducing a new head of the E-ISAC and saying farewell to retiring board member Dave Goulding.

NERC announced it will conduct a formal review of the effectiveness of its new supply chain standards, which take effect July 1.

Increasing incidents of extreme weather, along with threats to cybersecurity, are pressing items identified in MRO’s draft Regional Risk Assessment.