March 7, 2025
Happy Friday from ERO Insider, your source for the latest news on the world of electric reliability! It’s been three days since Mardi Gras, so with luck our readers in New Orleans will have recovered enough to read this. For them and everyone else, let’s have a look at the stories our reporters have been covering this week!
Grid planners worrying about the integration of data centers and other large loads could take some lessons from the growth of inverter-based resources, a study from Elevate Energy Consulting says. Henrik Nilsson has more on the WECC-commissioned report inside, including its conclusions from a large load loss event in Virginia last year. (See IBR Lessons Can Guide Data Center Challenges, WECC Report Finds.)
Utilities will soon be required to perform energy reliability assessments examining the risks from resources with inconsistent output, thanks to two new reliability standards that recently gained approval from FERC. Join Holden Mann inside for more on the new requirements. (See FERC Approves ERO’s Energy Assessment Mandates.)
American Electric Power and the Lansing Board of Water and Light must pay more than $400,000 to ReliabilityFirst for violating NERC’s reliability standards, according to two settlements approved by FERC. Click the link to see what caused the utilities’ infractions and how they’ve addressed their issues. (See FERC Approves $420K in Penalties for RF Utilities.)
That’s going to do it for this week! Be sure to check back with us throughout the coming week for the latest news from the ERO Enterprise and beyond, including the release of SERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment. Until then, keep well, and don’t forget that Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning!
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