Main Articles - May 2026                                            

NERC Level 3 Alert Posted

NERC issued a Level 3 Alert, Essential Actions to Industry Computational Load Modeling, Studies, Instrumentation, Commissioning, Operations, Protection, and Control to Transmission Planners, Planning Coordinators, Transmission Owners, Balancing Authorities, Reliability Coordinators, and Transmission Operators.

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FAC-008 Inventory Change Management

Inventory change management is a component of Facility Ratings, which has been identified as a risk element in the 2026 CMEP IP. 

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Cybersecurity Best Practices

CISA published a cybersecurity advisory regarding cyber actors exploiting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across various critical infrastructure environments.

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Physical Security: CIP-014-3

Theft, ballistic damage, vandalism, and tampering all continue to be major areas of physical security risk to grid reliability, therefore CIP-014-3 R4 and R5 have been included in the 2026 CMEP IP as an area of focus.

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Joining the Registered Ballot Body

In order to vote on Regional Standards projects, registered entities must first join the Registered Ballot Body (RBB).

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Upcoming Events

Learn about outreach activities going on at Texas RE and across the ERO Enterprise.

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Other Articles                                                                      

Large Loads Action Plan Update

PRC-029-1 R4 Compliance Guidance

IBR Registration Initiative Update

IBR Work Plan Update

Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Update

FERC to Act on Large Loads

Cyber-Informed Transmission Planning Lessons Learned

NERC Filings & FERC Filings

NERC Standards, Compliance, and Enforcement Bulletin