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 provided its plan for addressing FERC's directive to address reliability concerns with inverter-based resources.
NERC's Standards Committee welcomed new members to its executive committee, while taking action on several standards projects.
The Department of Energy is seeking recipients for up to $70 million of investments into energy resilience.
NERC's Standards Committee agreed to authorize a reduced ballot period for a twice-rejected proposed reliability standard.
If NERC’s latest proposed cold weather standard fails another ballot round, the ERO’s Board of Trustees may have to take matters into its own hands, Chair Ken DeFontes warned at the board’s quarterly meeting.
NERC's RSTC decided this week not to endorse a proposed standard authorization request relating to distributed energy resources.
NERC has at least 11 standards projects that must be finished by the end of 2024, staff told the Standards Committee.
In their final report on Winter Storm Elliott, FERC and NERC said congressional action on natural gas reliability is needed.
Parag Mitra of EPRI warned that the growth of data centers and cryptocurrency mining has created new risks for system modelers.
NERC's MRC reviewed its efforts to improve effectiveness at its quarterly meeting.
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