Texas Reliability Entity (TX RE)
A joint report by NERC and the Texas Reliability Entity shared lessons learned from a disturbance to ERCOT’s wind generation fleet earlier this year.
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FERC approved settlements in SERC, Texas RE and ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC's facility ratings standards stretching back to 2007.
Staff from Texas RE warned utilities not to wait on setting up a plan for compliance with NERC's new critical infrastructure protection standards.
NERC and the regional entities said the ongoing shutdown of business travel and remote work postures from COVID-19 helped fuel budget savings in 2021.
Finance officers across the ERO Enterprise said that inflation and cybersecurity investments will be major drivers of budget increases in 2023.
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FERC approved Texas RE's settlement with AEP over communication failures during a 2018 load loss incident.
At the Texas RE Board of Directors meeting,
former ERCOT CEO Bob Kahn called for lawmakers to focus on reliability as they work on changes to the markets.
Texas RE provided some common pitfalls related to facility ratings found in compliance audits and advice for utilities to avoid them.
FERC staffers praised ERCOT operators for preventing a worse catastrophe during last year’s devastating winter storm during a Talk with Texas RE webinar.
The Texas RE said staff maintained high-level operations across all program areas last year while functioning in a virtual work environment.
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