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March 16, 2026

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Michigan Lawmakers Call for Stricter Penalties on Utility Outages
Michigan lawmakers proposed new consumer protections against utility blackouts, requiring customer credits that would increase the longer an outage lasts.
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SERC Urges Industry Effort on Facility Ratings
SERC identified three themes underlying the majority of violations relating to NERC's facility ratings standards in a report.
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E-ISAC Warns of Escalating Russian Cyber Threats
The emergence of new malware directed at electric utilities illustrates that Russia's war with Ukraine may be in a dangerous new phase, experts warned.
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BPA Foresees No Capacity Deficits in Binding WRAP
BPA should have enough generation to avoid capacity deficits if it decides to join the “binding” phase of the Western Resource Adequacy Program.
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NERC Director Joins WECC Exec Team
Steven Noess, NERC's director of regulatory programs, will join WECC as its new vice president of reliability and security oversight.
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NERC, WECC Repeat Solar Performance Warnings
In a new report, NERC and WECC highlighted four solar power-related disturbances from last year and warned that such events are likely to occur more often.
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NERC: GridEx Lessons Already In Use
Representatives from NERC and the federal government said that last year's GridEx VI has helped stakeholders prepare for the grid's current security threats.
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FERC Approves $132K Penalty Against APS
FERC approved two settlements between WECC and APS and WECC and WAPA, as well as one between SERC and TVA, for violating NERC standards.
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ERO Backs FERC’s Cyber Monitoring Proposal
NERC and the regional entities expressed support last week for FERC's proposal for internal network monitoring at utilities, but said it is a complex task.
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Praise for ERCOT Operators’ Performance in February 2021
FERC staffers praised ERCOT operators for preventing a worse catastrophe during last year’s devastating winter storm during a Talk with Texas RE webinar.

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