The SPP Regional Entity’s Board of Trustees officially terminated the RE’s regional delegation agreement, effective 5 p.m. CT on Aug. 31.

The three-day NAES-NERC conference touched on EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the debate over grid resilience and cybersecurity.

NERC CEO Jim Robb said his organization is sidestepping politics and striving to maintain its independence from industry.

Canadian Electricity Association CEO Marchi complained to NERC that he and other Canadian stakeholders have been excluded from DHS cybersecurity briefings.

The number of reliability coordinators in the Western Interconnection should come into focus on Sept. 4, WECC CEO Frye told the NERC Board of Trustees.

The NERC Board of Trustees approved Wisconsin Public Service Corp.’s and Upper Michigan Energy Resources’ requests to move to ReliabilityFirst from MRO.

FERC ordered expanded reporting of cybersecurity incidents, saying attempts not currently reported could lead to bigger, more successful attacks.

The SPP Regional Entity will cease all compliance monitoring and enforcement activities at the close of business Friday.

The bulk power system showed improved ability to rebound from severe storms last year while continuing to improve on most other reliability metrics.

MISO is seeking stakeholder input for its conceptual study to determine how to incorporate transmission outages into its economic planning models.