Election Result, MRO Board of Directors May 9, 2024 Saint Paul, MN. On April 8, 2024, Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) notified its members of an open seat on the MRO Board of Directors in the Municipal Utility (MU) sector… Read More
Draft 2025 Business Plan and Budget Available for Review and Comment May 2, 2024 Saint Paul, Minn. Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) is pleased to provide the draft 2025 Business Plan and Budget for industry review and comment. The draft budget of $26.7 million reflects… Read More
Your Expert Input is Needed! May 1, 2024 The energy industry is going through a profound and rapid transformation to a decarbonized future. Midwest Reliability Organization is seeking stakeholder input on how to best meet the needs of,… Read More
FERC, NERC, and Regional Entities Joint Review of System Performance During Winter Storms Gerri and Heather April 29, 2024 The winter of 2023-2024 was the warmest ever recorded for the contiguous United States with an average temperature of 37.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Much to the disappointment of winter activity enthusiasts… Read More
Inverter-Based Resource Registration Initiative April 22, 2024 The ERO Enterprise (NERC and the six Regional Entities collectively) Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) Registration Initiative has been well underway for almost 12 months. The purpose of this initiative is to… Read More
FERC Order 902 Retires Six NERC Modeling, Data and Analysis (MOD) Reliability Standards April 22, 2024 In 2017, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) launched an effort to evaluate NERC Reliability Standards using a risk-based approach to identify potential efficiencies through retirement or modification of… Read More
A Collective Effort to Share Malicious Cyber Activity Benefits All April 18, 2024 The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reported three cyber security incidents on the North American bulk power system in a 2023 report to the Federal Energy… Read More
Findings from NERC Level 3 Essential Actions Alert to Industry April 12, 2024 On May 15, 2023, NERC issued a Level 3 Essential Actions Alert to Industry: Cold Weather Preparations for Extreme Weather Events III. The purpose of the alert was to increase… Read More