Foreign adversaries are honing their cyber threat strategies against the North American bulk power system, cybersecurity experts told the MRO.

A safety mechanism in many circuit breakers may pose an unexpected risk to the grid during periods of severe cold weather, according to NERC.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing NERC and its REs to continue adapting their policies in hopes of helping utilities cope with the outbreak.

NERC is set to begin training entities on its new Align tool and Secure Evidence Locker by the end of the year, with MRO and Texas RE going first.

The team working on revising two NERC reliability standards on cybersecurity is reviewing the latest round of comments

Strategically placed transmission or storage devices could serve as a reliability tonic to the Midwest, panelists said during MRO’s reliability conference.

NERC has extended voting on Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits to Aug. 26 because six nonbinding polls failed to reach a quorum.

System operators in WECC were too quick to declare energy emergency alerts during recent events, resulting in unnecessary load sheds, according to NERC.

MRO covered a number of timely issues at its quarterly Board of Directors meeting, held via conference call because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is leading to budget savings across the ERO Enterprise that have been welcomed by NERC and the regional entities.