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 is likely to merge its Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees into a single Reliability Council.
A NERC subcommittee says the Jan. 11 Eastern Interconnection oscillation event has identified the need to improve data sharing and guidance for responding.
NERC’s task force on electromagnetic pulses will hold its first face-to-face meeting at the ERO's offices in D.C. on June 12.
A roundup of NERC's June 4-5 Planning Committee meeting, including discussions on the import of reliability guidance documents.
NERC's Operating Committee approved several guidance documents during its two-day meeting in Orlando, the last for outgoing Chair Lloyd Linke.
NERC and the regional entities are proposing almost $207 million in spending in 2020, a 3.8% increase, while assessments are projected to increase by 2.9%.
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GridEx V will see increased international participation, including the possible use of “active injects” from Australia and New Zealand to simulate a “worldwide assault … on Western civilization.”
The NERC Board of Trustees approve a supply chain report and a new standard on third-party transient electronic devices while eliminating 84 requirements.
NERC’s board approved its Five-Year Performance Assessment with FERC, its argument for FERC should recertify as the ERO under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
The NERC Standards Committee unanimously approved the opening of a 45-day comment period on revised inverter rules in reliability standard PRC-024.
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