The U.S. electric power industry faces unprecedented challenges from the size, pace and impacts of demand growth and should look to new approaches for possible solutions, according to speakers at NASEO’s Energy Policy Outlook Conference.

In a filing, NERC told FERC it estimates more than 850 inverter-based resources will need to be registered under new criteria.

Brandon Russell was convicted of masterminding a 2023 plan to damage electric substations in a plot to "completely destroy" Baltimore.

FERC and the ERO have launched a review into the electric grid's performance during January's extreme cold weather that brought record low temperatures and snowfall to the Southeastern U.S.

Consultant Terry Brinker warns about potentially hundreds of facilities being included in NERC's IBR rules, where fines and penalties can be as high as $1 million a day per violation.

A representative of Texas RE emphasized that NERC plans to build on last year's Interregional Transfer Capability Study.

NERC's monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty listed 22 infringements of facility ratings standards across multiple regions.

In a webinar, SERC Reliability staff identified the biggest concerns from the regional entity's biennial risk report.

NERC's Standards Committee expects to have the latest version of the cold weather standard ready to post for a formal comment period by Jan. 27.

A report from ERCOT projects that the highest risk of energy shortfalls in March's peak day will occur around 7 p.m. Central time.