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 recertified NERC as the ERO for another five years while ordering the organization to audit its regional entities and improve oversight of the E-ISAC.
Bill Lawrence, who had served as director of the E-ISAC since 2018, has returned to NERC in a new role after an unexplained three-month absence.
The standards drafting team revising the requirements for determining and communicating SOLs is progressing toward posting the standard for comment.
Retiring NERC Trustee David Goulding recalled his time with the ERO, urging stakeholders to understand their own limitations and accept advice from others.
DERs such as rooftop solar panels and batteries may pose a higher risk for grid stability than previously thought, the chief engineer for SDG&E warned.
The Nominating Subcommittee for NERC’s new RSTC is considering the final group of nominees for the entity’s first slate of members.
NERC opened the year with two big personnel announcements, introducing a new head of the E-ISAC and saying farewell to retiring board member Dave Goulding.
“Significant and rapid change” will cause challenges with resource adequacy, but utilities can turn the evolving resource mix to their advantage.
A NERC official said Standards Committee members may jeopardize the ERO’s effort to win recertification by balking at inclusion of staff on drafting teams.
SaskPower briefed the NERC Operating Committee on the mass outage event in which heavy rime ice caused shield wires to sag and contact the phase conductors.
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