As extreme winter weather descended on the Eastern U.S. and Canada, Hydro-Québec suspended power exports to New England on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line because of reliability concerns in Québec.

The winter storm that moved through Texas and much of the Eastern Interconnection cut power to hundreds of thousands of people and stressed the bulk power system, but did not create major disruptions like other storms earlier this decade.

Leaders of NERC's Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force presented their final recommendations ahead of the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the department is ready to use its authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to dispatch backup generation from large customers if needed ahead of a major winter storm.

NERC's Standards Committee elected its Executive Committee and approved multiple standards actions in its first meeting of 2026.

NERC's head of reliability assessments said the ERO will continue to be guided by priorities developed over the last three-year plan during the "bridge year" of 2026.

CISA and several international peer organizations published a list of principles to guide operational technology cybersecurity measures.

IESO is targeting six areas of NERC’s Reliability Standards in its 2026 compliance program, largely continuing a focus on issues it has prioritized since 2023.

Democrats pressed a senior DOE official on recent decisions affecting PJM, including the agency's orders to keep coal plants running, while another agency shut down offshore wind projects nearing completion.

A new report from NERC discusses findings from a review of load-loss incidents involving cryptocurrency mining facilities in Texas.