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
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NERC and the REs signaled support for FERC’s proposal to change transmission planning and cost allocation, calling the move “essential" for modernizing the BPS.
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NERC's Finance and Audit Committee sent the final ERO Enterprise business plans and budgets to the organization's Board of Trustees for approval.
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At the first in-person meetings of NERC’s board and MRC since the pandemic's start, attendees reflected on changes experienced since they last saw each other.
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The North American Energy Standards Board confirmed it will launch a forum aimed at addressing concerns raised after the winter storm of February 2021.
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A joint report by NERC and the Texas Reliability Entity shared lessons learned from a disturbance to ERCOT’s wind generation fleet earlier this year.
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NERC’s SPIDER Working Group warns that traditional approaches to power system planning analysis may not be adequate for the spread of DERs.
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Leaders of the North American Energy Standards Board said Monday they are working on a response to FERC and NERC's call for a forum on natural gas reliability.
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FERC approved settlements in SERC, Texas RE and ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC's facility ratings standards stretching back to 2007.
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Staff from Texas RE warned utilities not to wait on setting up a plan for compliance with NERC's new critical infrastructure protection standards.
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In a Lessons Learned report, NERC warned that unauthorized climbing of transmission towers poses risks both to public safety and electric reliability.
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