NERC Chief Engineer Mark Lauby said the North American grid already has measures in place to prevent the mishaps that led to April's blackout in Spain and Portugal.

Analysis from a Grid Strategies expert indicates that the issues that caused the Iberian Peninsula blackout are unlikely to occur in the U.S.

PJM’s Market Implementation Committee discussed a proposal to revise its governing documents to allow DR resources to participate in the regulation market when there may be energy injected at the customer’s point of interconnection

MISO said a riskier operating environment means it needs a more nuanced approach to its regulation reserve requirements.

The PJM MRC and MC both endorsed a proposal to rework the regulation market to operate with a single price signal and two products provided by market sellers.

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee will consider endorsement of two competing proposals to implement multi-schedule modeling, while the Members Committee will endorse representatives for the Finance Committee.

The PJM Operating Committee endorsed changes to Manual 1 to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the RTEP.

FERC approved settlements of two complaints over PJM’s regulation market design despite opposition from Dominion Energy and the Independent Market Monitor.

After a one-month delay, the PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed two packages to update the RTO’s opportunity cost calculator.

PJM stakeholders endorsed a new rule that is likely to fuel consternation among owners of energy storage participating in the RTO’s regulation market.