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The ERO Enterprise’s work preparing for extreme winter weather is far from over despite completion of the initial effort to update reliability standards.

NERC hasn't yet issued its annual Winter Reliability Assessment, but it's clear that it is concerned about the electric industry’s readiness for severe weather.

Occidental Power Services’ Venona Greaff told Texas RE that the industry's new cold weather standard is on track to be approved in October.

A first-of-its-kind weatherization ordinance for rental housing in effect in Burlington, Vt., since Jan. 1 is starting to ramp up enforcement.

FERC and NERC continue to gather information from utilities, generators and grid operators on maintaining electric reliability during severe cold weather.

Extreme weather events have brought “extraordinary clarity” about reliability risks posed by climate change, NERC CEO Jim Robb told an EPSA conference.

ERCOT, as well as SPP and MISO, comfortably met demand during last week’s latest round of winter weather, a welcome change from last February’s disaster.

ERCOT sailed through its second stress test of its winter readiness, easily meeting demand that came short of its peak during last February’s storm.

ERCOT is bracing for the second major cold front of the year, issuing an operating condition notice for Thursday and Friday ahead of “extreme cold weather.”

More than 100 insurance companies are suing ERCOT and generators for policy holders’ “significant property damage” during last February’s winter storm.