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April 19, 2024

Happy Friday from ERO Insider, after yet another exciting week in the world of electric reliability! It’s so good to finally wrap up tax season and move on to more enjoyable activities, like gathering the news you need from the ERO Enterprise and beyond. So grab your breakfast beverage of choice and check out this week’s stories from our intrepid team: 

Representatives of the natural gas and electric industries warned in a webinar this week that better coordination is essential to ensure their sectors can keep delivering energy during extreme weather scenarios. Jon Lamson has more from the event hosted by Texas RE on the challenges to getting everyone on the same page. (See Gas, Electric Trade Associations Call for More Gas Infrastructure.) 

NERC got the greenlight from industry this week to move its proposed internal network security monitoring standard to a final ballot. Join Holden Mann inside for details on the new standard’s requirements and why the ERO hopes to get it passed as quickly as possible. (See Industry Approves NERC's Cyber Monitoring Standards.) 

Finally, the Energy Department wants utilities to make sure their resource adequacy planning takes all possible solutions into account. Click through to learn more about DOE’s report on the new technologies that could help keep the grid of the future safe and reliable. (See DOE Urges Utilities to Embrace ‘Holistic’ Reliability Solutions.) 

That’s all for this week, but we’ll be back next Friday with a new roundup and all through the week with the latest stories on the ever changing world of electric reliability. Until then, stay safe, stay cool, and have a great weekend! 

Upcoming Stakeholder Meetings:

• 4/22/24: NERC Member Representatives Committee Pre-Meeting and Informational Session Webinar
  
• 4/24/24: Texas RE Spring Standards, Security and Reliability Workshop
  
• 4/30/24: NERC System Planning Impacts of DER Working Group Meeting