NERC & Committees
The North American Electric Reliability Corp., a not-for-profit authority, regulates reliability and security standards for the bulk power system in the continental U.S., Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico. NERC is subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and governmental authorities in Canada
NERC CEO Jim Robb met with the Texas Reliability Entity’s Board of Directors for the first time, giving a sneak peek of NERC's long-term reliability assessment.
The commission rejected a complaint by cybersecurity activist George Cotter, who last year accused NERC of neglecting the cybersecurity needs of the BPS.
FERC Chair Richard Glick cited "remarkable” progress on FERC's and NERC's recommendations in response to Winter Storm Uri but cautioned there is more to do.
NERC Trustee Sue Kelly argued for giving the ERO board authority to issue standards when it sees inadequate progress on an urgent reliability issue.
The coming decade will see “extraordinary reliability challenges and opportunities” amid rapid changes in the North American electric grid, NERC staff said.
Reacting to an attack on two substations, FERC ordered NERC to review the effectiveness of its physical security standards and recommend needed improvements.
NERC's Standards Committee approved its 2023-25 work plan and discussed proposals to increase its "agility."
Addressing the performance of inverter-based resources is “paramount” following yet another IBR-related service disruption, NERC and Texas RE said.
Supply chain threats have evolved since FERC directed NERC to develop standards covering them, but there's no consensus on whether they should be updated.
NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee voted to endorse two standard authorization requests focused on inverter-based resources.
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