As the energy landscape undergoes a significant transformation with the growing integration of renewable energy sources, regulatory frameworks are evolving to address new challenges and opportunities. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has introduced...

On December 16, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued Order No. 881 which finalized its proposed rulemaking from docket RM20-16-000. GDS Associates provided a summary of the proposed rulemaking in an earlier TransActions article and is providing...

Recently, the United States Congress has been drafting theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) anddepending on the final version of the bill, there will bepotential impacts and benefits for electric utilities. The Actcontains over $80 billion in funding for...

Download PDF When word of the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) hit the presses, it created instant buzz as the entrenched vertically integrated utilities of the Southeast, to the surprise of many, appeared to be taking a step in the direction of a centrally...

On March 2nd, 2021, Microsoft announced that it had detected multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in limited and targeted attacks. Microsoft originally thought this attack was the work of HAFNIUM, a group they...

On November 19th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM20-16-000 to reform the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff and its own regulations under the Federal Power Act to improve the accuracy and...

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE BACKGROUND On May 1, 2020 President Trump issued an Executive Order: “Securing the United States Bulk Power System (BPS)”. The executive order declared a National Emergency with respect to the bulk power system. The focus of the executive order is on...