Summer reliability “is shaping up to be a challenge for electric system operators” in most of the ERO Enterprise thanks to extreme weather, NERC said.

Extreme heat and drought conditions are a major cause for concern in the Western Interconnection, according to FERC’s summer assessment.

Utility wildfire experts told WECC that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in the West.

NERC’s Board of Trustees and Member Representatives Committee approved a slew of actions at a packed virtual meeting on Thursday.

The ERO Enterprise extended its pandemic-related regulatory relief measures initiated last year, this time through the end of 2021.

Western states must work more closely to prevent capacity shortfalls and the type of energy crisis that roiled the region 20 years ago.

FERC Chair Richard Glick and NERC CEO James Robb: The West needs to build transmission lines to connect renewable resources to load.

FERC gave final approval Thursday for NERC and WECC to introduce regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-3.

The first release of NERC's Align software platform and ERO Secure Evidence Locker is live for the organization, MRO and Texas RE.

FERC threw out a complaint by activist group CGNP against that sought to stop the closure of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant.