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
Most regions of the North American grid remain at elevated risk of supply shortfalls this summer, NERC said in its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment.
FERC
FERC approves NERC’s inverter-based resources plan, proposed in February, and declines to include industry suggestions.
NERC
NERC's Board of Trustees on Thursday approved the organization’s first-ever Level 3 alert at its quarterly meeting.
NERC
Cybersecurity firm Dragos, a partner of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, suffered a cyber breach that exposed customer information.
NERC
NERC laid out a framework for transmission planners and planning coordinators to include cybersecurity in planning studies to address rapidly evolving threats.
Texas RE
NERC’s new cold weather standards give utilities considerable freedom in implementation, which is both an opportunity and a danger, Texas RE heard.
Matthew T. Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
FERC said last week that “by operation of law” it would not reconsider its approval of one of NERC’s new cold weather reliability standards.
NERC
NERC’s Standards Committee moved forward with four standards development projects, including one that could lead to new rules for inverter-based resources.
FBI
NERC will consider changes to its reliability standard for physical security in response to the threat of violence against grid assets.
PNNL
A new report suggests that electric utilities and the EV industry need to work together to address the charging behavior of EVs during grid disturbances.
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