Speakers at this year’s Western Reliability Summit discussed the growth of solar, the challenges of cybersecurity and the dangers of climate change.

FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.

SPP said it is confident it will meet its first major target in providing reliability coordination services to 12% of the Western Interconnection’s load.

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

How many RCs there will be in the Western Interconnection, and who they are, should come into better focus on Sept. 4, said WECC CEO Melanie Frye.

CAISO will make permanent a once-temporary practice of boosting its power reserves to account for utility-scale solar tripping offline because of inverters problem, something NERC has identified as a major reliability issue.

NERC said Wednesday that its annual summer reliability assessment indicates ERCOT and CAISO will face operational challenges and potential reliability concerns this summer, thanks to the two ISOs’ respective loss of baseload generation and lack of fuel assurance.