After invoking its Section 321 authority to streamline the normal stakeholder process, NERC's Board of Trustees voted to submit a new cold weather standard to FERC for approval.

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.

Citing a looming FERC deadline, NERC's Board of Trustees voted once again to sidestep the normal standards development process to accelerate development of the ERO's cold weather standard.