NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee approved several standards actions at its first meeting of 2024.

Facility ratings accounted for two reliability standard violations carrying a total penalty of $272,000.

FERC approved a $75,000 penalty against American Transmission Company for violating NERC's reliability standards.

Responses to NERC's Level 2 alert indicate widespread issues with performance of inverter-based resources.

Avangrid's $615,000 penalty stems from violations of NERC's facility ratings standards.

FERC approved an agreement between SERC and Mississippi's Cooperative Energy stating the latter would pay no monetary penalty for violating NERC's reliability standards.

SERC leveled $42,000 in penalties against AECI for multiple longstanding violations of reliability standards in a settlement approved by FERC.

Six Exelon utilities have agreed to pay ReliabilityFirst $1.8 million for violating NERC's reliability standards.

Industry stakeholders expressed concern about the ERO's rising budgets and assessments in comments last week.

NERC’s Standards Committee declined to advance a project to modify cybersecurity reporting requirements, seeking a fuller response to criticism of the proposal.