WASHINGTON, D.C. – FERC, NERC and the Regional Entities will host a
technical conference, Improving
Winter-readiness of Generating Units, on Wednesday
and Thursday. The two-day, virtual conference is an important follow-up on findings and
recommendations highlighted in the FERC, NERC, and Regional Entity Staff Report
published in November 2021, The February
2021 Cold Weather Outages in Texas and the South Central United States. Participants from the electricity and natural
gas industries, along with industry trade associations, will discuss how to
improve the winter readiness of generating units, including best practices,
lessons learned and the increased use of NERC guidelines.
