Processing NERC violations is getting more difficult — at least in ReliabilityFirst, says the regional entity’s enforcement chief.

SERC Reliability Corp. on Monday announced Jason Blake, vice president and general counsel of ReliabilityFirst, as its new CEO, effective Nov. 15.

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

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

About 1,900 MW of behind-the-meter generation may be unavailable because of tightened environmental rules, PJM told the Operating Committee.

FERC approved requests by two Michigan electric utilities to reclassify a number of distribution facilities as transmission assets within MISO.

MISO and reliability watchdogs have reached a settlement over self-reported violations related to MISO’s ability to maintain visibility over its reliability coordinator area following a contingency event.

The Markets and Reliability Committee heard first reading last week on the following PJM manual changes. Members will be asked to endorse the changes at the MRC’s next meeting.

Last month’s audit of PJM’s adherence to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards may result in up to four potential violations, PJM officials told...