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
If NERC’s latest proposed cold weather standard fails another ballot round, the ERO’s Board of Trustees may have to take matters into its own hands, Chair Ken DeFontes warned at the board’s quarterly meeting.
NERC's RSTC decided this week not to endorse a proposed standard authorization request relating to distributed energy resources.
NERC has at least 11 standards projects that must be finished by the end of 2024, staff told the Standards Committee.
In their final report on Winter Storm Elliott, FERC and NERC said congressional action on natural gas reliability is needed.
Parag Mitra of EPRI warned that the growth of data centers and cryptocurrency mining has created new risks for system modelers.
NERC's MRC reviewed its efforts to improve effectiveness at its quarterly meeting.
NERC's Board of Trustees accepted the latest proposed cold weather standards, which will now be sent to FERC for final approval.
FERC issued a final rule Thursday directing NERC to develop standards to improve the reliability of inverter-based resources.
The NERC Standards Committee elected Todd Bennett and Troy Brumfield as its new chair and vice chair, respectively.
FERC and NERC called for completing winterization standards and strengthening natural gas infrastructure in response to widespread outages last Christmas.
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