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Managing Transmission Line Ratings

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...

Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act: $80+ Billion Utility Benefits

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...

SEEM Update - Where Are We and Where Is It Headed?

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...

GDS Microsoft Exchange Server Security Alert

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...

Whose Line Rating Is It Anyway? FERC Enters the Line Rating Discussion

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...

SEEM: Energy Market Lite for the Southeast

Critical Infrastructure Security Bulletin: Executive Order on Securing the Bulk Power System

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...