At its open meeting, FERC significantly advanced NERC’s remit to address the challenges posed by the growth of renewables on the bulk electric system.

NERC staff called the Winter Reliability Assessment a “serious warning” that highlighted the possibility of “bigger problems” compared to last winter.

Stakeholders from across the ERO Enterprise gathered in New Orleans this week for the meeting of NERC’s Member Representatives Committee and Board of Trustees.

The annual NARUC meeting covered ground on rate design, energy storage and reliability while the energy portfolio undergoes renovation.

At FERC’s annual reliability technical conference, commissioners focused on work needed to prepare the bulk power system for rapidly developing challenges.

NERC and the REs expressed support for FERC's proposal to incentivize voluntary cybersecurity investments, while urging it to also build on existing standards.

NERC’s board is pondering big changes to its calendar, with one of four annual open meetings possibly moving to a hybrid format and another moving fully online.

The commission ordered the ERO to submit an array of additional information on costs related to the E-ISAC in its 2023 budget.

In a new report, NERC said that the bulk power system is in the middle of a major transformation because of the spread of distributed energy resources.

WECC said the addition 80 GW of wind and solar resources to the Western grid in the next decade will require higher planning reserve margins than anticipated.