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
FERC granted NERC’s request for more time to submit changes to its Rules of Procedure ordered by the commission in January.
NERC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee is preparing a request to expand GADS to cover solar and increase the range of data.
NERC cast 2019 as a “true pivot point” for the ERO Enterprise in its annual report, noting initiatives aimed at improving the organization's effectiveness.
NERC transitioned to the latest version of SAFNR and plans to introduce it to reliability coordinators once ResilientGrid has implemented new software.
NERC and utilities are enticed by the benefits of digital technologies, but must weigh the risks of unwanted guests, said panelists at an MRC meeting.
NERC is developing a framework for prioritizing known and emerging risks that it soon hopes to hand off to a key committee for further refinement.
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NERC’s Board of Trustees approved the final slate of members for the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with its first meeting next month.
NERC’s Enterprise Effectiveness Survey will be discontinued after participants called the exercise “complicated, inefficient, ineffective and duplicative.”
FERC accepted NERC Notices of Penalty against the Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power and the Niles Light Department.
The team working on NERC’s proposed cold-weather preparedness standard is revising its SAR in response to industry comments.
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