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
A NERC official said Standards Committee members may jeopardize the ERO’s effort to win recertification by balking at inclusion of staff on drafting teams.
SaskPower briefed the NERC Operating Committee on the mass outage event in which heavy rime ice caused shield wires to sag and contact the phase conductors.
It’s musical chairs for those seeking to join NERC’s new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with 35 stakeholders vying for 14 seats.
The standards drafting team revising the requirements for determining and communicating system operating limits said it may have broken an impasse.
A simulated social media hack was among the surprises at GridEx V, the latest NERC exercise testing industry preparedness for cyber and physical attacks.
NERC's Board of Trustees promoted Sonia Mendonca to general counsel following a nationwide search.
Stakeholders discussed if it is feasible to apply cost-benefit analyses to reliability standards during a briefing on the ERO Enterprise Long-Term Strategy.
NERC’s trustees accepted the EMP Task Force's report but did not endorse the panel’s suggestions, saying it will consider them after reviewing comments.
NERC's board approved the merging of the Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees and named Greg Ford as chairman.
Much work remains to be done to ensure consistent adherence to supply chain standards, NERC said.
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