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
MISO
E-ISAC Updates NERC Committee on GridEx VIII Scenario
Members of the Reliability and Security Technical Committee heard updates on the upcoming GridEx VIII security exercise, and voted to approve a white paper and reliability guideline at their quarterly meeting.
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NERC Standards Committee Tackles Final Order 901 Tranche
NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post two inverter-based resource-related standard authorization requests for industry comment at its monthly meeting.
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Trustees: NERC ‘Front and Center’ Addressing Reliability Challenges
NERC's trustees approved next year's budgets while urging stakeholders to continue collaborating with the ERO as the industry faces an ever-growing set of challenges.
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NERC ‘Leaning into AI’ for Online Assistance
The NERC board's Technology and Security Committee heard updates on the ERO's intentions for the use of artificial intelligence, along with threat information from the E-ISAC.
Duke Energy Renewables
NERC Posts IBR Standards for Comment
NERC's new standards aim to satisfy FERC's directive to develop reliability requirements for inverter-based resources.
EMC Engineering Services
NERC Plans to Register 720 IBRs by May 2026
NERC will begin registration of Category 2 IBRs within the next few months, according to the ERO.
FERC
NERC Requests Clarity on FERC’s INSM Order
NERC asked FERC for additional clarity on a key term in its order directing modifications to the latest critical infrastructure protection standard.
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NERC Task Force Members Share Standards Modernization Progress
Members of a NERC task force working on updating the ERO's standards development process shared proposals from an upcoming white paper in a webinar.
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NERC Details Performance Metrics in FERC Filing

NERC outlined the metrics it plans to use to evaluate itself for its next performance assessment, in keeping with a 2024 FERC order.

Entergy
NERC Standards Committee Reviews Project Prioritization

Members of NERC's Standards Committee discussed the ERO's efforts to streamline its standards process at their quarterly in-person meeting.


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