ERCOT will likely welcome back double-digit reserve margins next year and well into the decade, according to the grid operator’s latest CDR report.

The Western Interconnection’s transition to multiple reliability coordinators ended well when SPP took over the remaining Peak Reliability territories.

SPP became the first regional transmission organization to handle RC services in the Eastern and Western Interconnections.

FERC is engaged in a debate with ReliabilityFirst over the modeling transmission owners should undertake to identify “critical” substations under CIP-014.

North America’s grid has adequate resources to meet energy needs this winter, but NERC remains concerned about unpredictable circumstances.

NERC has certified SPP’s reliability coordination offering in the Western Interconnection, allowing the RTO to offer those services effective Dec. 3.

ReliabilityFirst’s annual meeting featured discussions on cybersecurity, GridEx V, electromagnetic pulses and the health of the ERO.

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

Having become RC of record for much of the West, CAISO’s RC West is taking on new responsibilities as time error and GMD monitor for WECC.

ReliabilityFirst briefed members on spot checks for generation owners and operators that focus on risks of insufficient long-term and operations planning.