NERC defended its proposed standard on inverter-based resources from stakeholder criticism on several aspects, including its development process and exemptions for legacy technology.

Industry stakeholders called for a number of revisions to NERC's proposed inverter-based resource ride-through standards, mostly involving the exemption process for legacy inverters.

FERC approved settlements between ReliabilityFirst and two separate utilities in its footprint for violations of NERC reliability standards.

FERC approved four proposed reliability standards: three relating to inverter-based resources and one for extreme weather planning.

FERC accepted NERC's five-year performance assessment while seeking comments on its proposal to adopt two standards related to inverter-based resources.

NERC submitted five reliability standards to FERC this week as the first tranche of rules governing inverter-based resources mandated in an order last year.

FERC approved a settlement between Entergy and SERC Reliability that will see the utility pay $141,000 for violating NERC's reliability standards.

NERC's Standards Committee approved several standards actions at its monthly conference call.

NERC's Board of Trustees voted to accept five new standards aimed at satisfying FERC's directive on inverter-based resources.

NERC's Board of Trustees is set to vote on a tranche of five proposed standards covering inverter-based resources, after PRC-029-1 passed its industry ballot last week.