The Texas RE said staff maintained high-level operations across all program areas last year while functioning in a virtual work environment.

Presenters at ReliabilityFirst's monthly technical talk discussed the use of software bills of materials in cybersecurity and updates to the Align project.

In comments on a FERC technical conference, NERC said it welcomes market-based enhancements to the reliability of the power grid.

The U.S. budget signed by President Biden on Tuesday includes requirements that critical infrastructure entities report certain significant cyber incidents.

In a recent report NERC suggested that last year's winter storms hold a valuable lesson about providing greater flexibility in managing firm load shed.

PJM saw interconnection requests for solar more than triple since 2019, comprising more than half the interconnection queue, according to the 2021 RTEP report.

A recent survey shows that utilities are taking positive steps toward implementing NERC's supply chain risk management standards, the organization said.

NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee welcomed new members and approved new reliability guidelines at its quarterly meeting.

Representatives of Texas RE and WECC said Thursday the growing penetration of distributed energy resources is introducing new challenges to grid management.

Fears of a major Russian cyberattack against Ukraine have not materialized so far, but experts warn it is still far too early for cyber defense to relax.