FERC accepted NERC Notices of Penalty against the Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power and the Niles Light Department.

The New Mexico PRC’s website and electronic filing system have been offline since a ransomware attack on Jan. 9, and it may be a week before it is restored.

FERC accepted a $450,000 settlement between the Northeast Power Coordinating Council and three Avangrid utilities for violations of operations standards.

“Significant and rapid change” will cause challenges with resource adequacy, but utilities can turn the evolving resource mix to their advantage.

ReliabilityFirst said that inaccurate facility ratings continue to undermine the safety and reliability of the bulk electric system.

SaskPower briefed the NERC Operating Committee on the mass outage event in which heavy rime ice caused shield wires to sag and contact the phase conductors.

The Texas RE held its annual meeting, at which current Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker raised concerns about NERC representation.

The Midwest Reliability Organization approved appointments and policy changes at its annual meeting.

WECC will launch an initiative to tighten coordination and clarify who does what among the planning groups, utilities and industry stakeholders.

Increasing incidents of extreme weather, along with threats to cybersecurity, are pressing items identified in MRO’s draft Regional Risk Assessment.