NERC has recommended a $10 million fine on an unidentified utility for repeated violations of critical infrastructure protection reliability standards over more than three years.

The NERC Standards Committee unanimously voted to authorize the standards drafting team to consider the retirements of all or part of more than 30 reliability standards.

NERC offered a mostly upbeat report on the long-term health of the nation’s grid, celebrating results from its first interconnection-wide frequency response studies.

NERC warned that faster than expected coal and nuclear plant retirements could jeopardize reliability if grid operators are not prepared.

FERC denied SPP’s request for waivers from regulations guiding the confidential information in its explanation of how it allocated costs related to a fine.

FERC approved NERC’s revised GMD reliability standard, which broadens requires grid operators to collect certain data and imposes deadlines for corrective actions.

NERC stakeholders are expected to consider a new standard authorization request to address inverter-based resources after the Standards Committee rejected two proposed by CAISO.

FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur and several stakeholders expressed concern Tuesday that “fuel war” partisans could weaponize NERC’s coming analysis on the impact of a dramatic increase in coal and nuclear plant retirements.

FERC approved reliability standards for mitigating supply chain risks in industrial control system hardware, software and computing and networking services.

NERC CEO Jim Robb said he is pushing for new reliability standards to address fuel assurance concerns and ride-through settings for inverters on solar generation and storage.