FERC called for reliability rules requiring generator owners to winterize units, citing a cold snap that caused MISO and SPP to seek load reductions.

Consolidated Edison blamed a failed relay protection system for the Manhattan blackout that affected about 72,000 customers.

House Energy and Commerce Committee members seeking details about foreign cyber threats were left wanting as officials declined to discuss specifics.

MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has a different opinion of the RTO’s summer supply picture three weeks into the season.

An analysis by Eastern RTOs and utilities has found no advantages to changing how they measure primary frequency response.

SPP last week reiterated its plans to recover the costs of a NERC penalty for reliability violations by dipping into its employee compensation pool.

Utilities asked FERC to lobby against an FCC proposal that the companies say could disrupt their mission-critical wireless communications.

CAISO, SPP and BC Hydro officials reassured FERC that the Western Interconnection’s transition from two reliability coordinators to five is going smoothly.

Registered entities asked FERC to clear the use of cloud computing, which they said could improve system visibility and security while saving money.

Panelists at FERC’s annual reliability technical conference praised NERC’s maturation but acknowledged challenges with the speed of standards development.