USDA REAP Is Back: Key Changes to Rural Energy Grants in 2026
October 14, 2026
Written By: Bethany Reinholtz, CEM, CWEP
Did you hear? USDA Rural Energy for America Program...
GDS Appoints Gary Cooley as Chief Financial Officer
October 13, 2026
GDS Associates, Inc., a leading provider of power consulting and advisory services to the U.S....
IGSAs: A New Option in Utility Service on Military Installations
Written by: Katie Barrett, Senior Project Lead
1. HISTORICAL GOVERNMENT UTILITY CONTRACTS
Historically, military...
EOP-004-5 Revisions IBR Event Reporting
August 27, 2026
EOP-004-5 revises the event reporting framework in EOP-004 to better address reliability risks...
Lessons Learned: Scada Failover
August 26, 2026
NERC’s recently published lesson learned SCADA Failover details how a single unexamined assumption...
Lessons Learned: Telecom
August 21, 2026
One of NERC’s latest lessons learned reveals how quickly things can unravel when oversight gaps...
Water Utility Cybersecurity: Risk, Compliance & Audits
August 7, 2026
Written by: Nick Weaver, Director, Water and Wastewater Bill Bateman, Principal, Cybersecurity and...
What Recent Cyberattacks Mean for Water Utilities
August 5, 2026
Written by: Nick Weaver, Director, Water and WastewaterBill Bateman, Principal, Cybersecurity and...
CIP 100-Series Newsletter
July 20, 2026
Written by: Sarojini Gude, Consultant
The CIP 100-Series Newsletter explains NERC’s proposed...
Unlocking the Investment Tax Credit: A Strategic Guide for Utilities in 2026
Written by: Matt Smith, Senior Engineer
As utilities evaluate investments in clean energy technologies, the...
FERC Proposes Major Reporting Modernization Effort
July 8, 2026
Written by: Eric Dembek, Director
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Notice of Proposed...
Power Supply Planning in a Changing Market
June 12, 2026
Written by: Bhawramaett Broehm, Senior Project Lead
After two decades of relatively flat load...
What NERC’s Level 3 Alert Means for Large Computational Loads
May 07, 2026
Written by: Chris White, DirectorContact Chris White – chris.white@gdsassociates.com
NERC...
FERC unanimously approves sweeping sets of CIP standards
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On March 19, 2026, FERC unanimously approved the Virtualization Reliability Standards, which include...
Category 2 IBR Registration Is No Longer “Coming Soon” – It’s Here
By Chris White
NERC’s latest Work Plan Progress Update confirms what many inverter-based resource owners and...