FERC has required NERC to determine the severity of a “benchmark” GMD event — the threshold against which covered entities would evaluate their system’s vulnerability and develop protective strategies.

A round-up of news from the PJM Operating Committee on April 7, 2015.

A summary of measures and issues discussed by the MISO Reliability Subcommittee on Jan. 27, 2015.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on Nov. 4, 2014.

FERC approved NERC reliability rules on geomagnetic disturbances, personnel training and capacity modeling.

FERC gave preliminary approval last week to rules drafted by NERC to protect the electric grid from geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) and a final OK to a reliability standard for frequency response.

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from Congress, the US Dept. of Energy, the EPA, FERC, NEI, and other national news.

FERC Said that the electric transmission system needs more protections against geomagnetic disturbances like the 1989 solar storm that caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec grid.