NERC has opened a formal comment period on a draft reliability guideline covering the collection of data on distributed energy resources.

NERC’s Operating, Planning and Critical Infrastructure Planning committees gathered for their last meetings before turning functions over to the new RSTC.

NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee held its first meeting with a focus on introducing its membership and laying groundwork for operations.

NERC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee is preparing a request to expand GADS to cover solar and increase the range of data.

It’s musical chairs for those seeking to join NERC’s new Reliability and Security Technical Committee, with 35 stakeholders vying for 14 seats.

NERC's board approved the merging of the Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees and named Greg Ford as chairman.

A NERC study concluded that wind and solar generators can respond to frequency disruptions far more quickly than a traditional synchronous machine response.

NERC’s Board of Trustees got to hear first-hand some of the concerns over the proposed merger of its three technical committees,

NERC’s plan to streamline its technical committees faces limited opposition, although officials are considering proposals to increase sector representation.

NERC is likely to merge its Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees into a single Reliability Council.