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's Standards Committee approved several standards actions at its monthly conference call.
NERC is seeking FERC approval for another round of updates to its Rules of Procedure.
NERC is seeking comments on a proposal to expand the categories of data collected in the Transmission Availability Data System.
NERC's Board of Trustees voted to accept five new standards aimed at satisfying FERC's directive on inverter-based resources.
NERC's Board of Trustees is set to vote on a tranche of five proposed standards covering inverter-based resources, after PRC-029-1 passed its industry ballot last week.
NERC’s proposed reliability standard addressing IBR ride-through protection is undergoing a re-ballot in hopes of gaining enough industry support for passage as the ERO’s Board of Trustees prepares to meet.
NERC's inverter-based resources ride-through standard will go out for industry comments and ballots, Standards Committee Chair Todd Bennett told members.
NERC's Reliability and Security Committee approved changes to its charter and endorsed a standard authorization request aimed at inverter-based resources at this week's meeting.
Congress and FERC will need to act to update its rules on interregional transmission planning, and likely permitting, if NERC’s Interregional Transfer Capability Study is going to be of any use, experts said on a webinar hosted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.
NERC held a technical conference hoping to address the issues that have blocked the passage of a standard on ride-through requirements for inverter-based resources.
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