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
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The ERO Enterprise’s work preparing for extreme winter weather is far from over despite completion of the initial effort to update reliability standards.
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The ERO Enterprise continued its campaign against facility rating violations with the publication of a new report.
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Speakers at NERC’s annual GridSecCon security conference on urged their colleagues to get involved in the E-ISAC biennial GridEx security exercise.
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The EBA's Mid-Year Energy Forum featured talks on hot topics in energy law, including West Virginia v. EPA, the IRA, supply chain issues & hydrogen regulation.
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FERC made five recommendations in its latest report on compliance with NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, a sharp drop from 14 last year.
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Facility ratings, and the challenge of keeping them up to date, were a recurring theme at the the North American Generator Forum’s Annual Compliance Conference.
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With the passage of NERC's new cold weather standards, the work of protecting North America’s grid from winter weather has only begun.
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NERC’s Howard Gugel told NAGF’s Annual Compliance Conference that the ERO is taking the challenge posed by the grid’s evolution seriously.
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Texas RE knocked a registered entity for violating NERC’s facility ratings standards, assessing a $105,000 penalty in a settlement with Buffalo Gap Wind Farm.
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Software designed to provide computer security had the ironic consequence of rendering an electric utility’s essential systems unusable, a NERC report said.
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