April 25, 2025
Hello again from ERO Insider, your source for the latest updates from the world of electric reliability! It’s been another busy week for our dedicated correspondents, so let’s check in and see what they’ve been working on.
Stakeholders from around the electric industry, including NERC, have weighed in on FERC’s investigation into potential approaches to co-located large loads. Holden Mann and Devin Leith-Yessian took a deep look at the community’s feedback about both potential risks and benefits in reliability, consumer costs and other areas. (See Stakeholders, NERC Respond to FERC Large Loads Investigation.)
In another FERC filing, NERC defended the process behind its recent standard for inverter-based resources, while attempting to address industry concerns about the proposed exemption process for the standard. Find out more on their arguments inside. (See NERC Responds to Industry Critique on IBR Standards.)
The Texas Reliability Entity’s Member Representatives Committee approved the 2026, business plan and budget last week, with the $21.6 million budget coming within 1% of its projections. Tom Kleckner has more on the drivers of the budget after the jump. (See Texas RE Endorses 6.4% Budget Increase for 2026.)
A manager from Texas RE urged attendees at the regional entity’s Spring Standards, Security and Reliability Workshop this week to focus on the human factor in cybersecurity, even for cyber systems judged to have a low impact to grid reliability. Follow the link to see the risks that he warned about. (See Texas RE Speaker Emphasizes Human Role in Security.)
That’s going to do it for this week, but we’ll be back next Friday with another weekly email, plus continuing coverage all week. Stay with us for the latest from the ERO Enterprise and beyond, and have a great week!
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