A NERC study concluded that wind and solar generators can respond to frequency disruptions far more quickly than a traditional synchronous machine response.

SPP’s efforts to extend RC services to about 12% of the Western Interconnection’s load remains on a glide path, staff said at Black Hills Energy’s offices.

NERC’s Stakeholder Engagement Team has agreed to expand the membership of the new Reliability and Security Council.

NERC's Standards Committee delayed posting a standard authorization request by SPP on generator weatherization because of a competing proposal from EEI.

All systems are go as WECC enters the final stretch to ensure its dozens of balancing authorities safely integrate into new Reliability Coordinators.

NERC will begin testing a new version of its situational awareness tool in mid-November, adding the ability to integrate transmission feeds.

Grid operators and generators need more granular, real-time data to respond to grid oscillation events, engineers on a NERC panel said.

Members of the ORS appeared to reach consensus on the need for an emergency conference call procedure for RCs to supplement the existing NERC hotline.

CAISO and BC Hydro recounted their first challenges as newly minted reliability coordinators (RC's), while ERCOT and SPP talked about a tough summer.

Solar generation is continuing to accelerate, but onshore wind appears to be losing momentum, RTO officials told NERC's Operating Reliability Subcommittee.