North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)

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MISO IMM Blasts NERC Long-term Assessment, Says RTO in Good RA Spot
MISO Monitor David Patton called NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment inaccurate for labeling the RTO a high-risk area.
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Balloting on New IBR Standard to Begin Soon

NERC will open ballots soon on the latest standard aimed at satisfying FERC's order to address reliability of inverter-based resources.

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SERC Says Most Subregions Prepared for Summer Heat

SERC said all subregions should have enough resources to handle normal summer conditions, but the Central subregion may see energy shortfalls during periods of extreme heat.

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NERC Replies to UCS’ Cold Weather Standard Criticism

NERC answered several objections raised by a nonprofit group in reaction to the ERO's proposed cold weather standard.

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NERC Compliance Director Clarifies New Abeyance Rule
A NERC manager emphasized that the ERO's new compliance abeyance policy is meant to be used only in rare circumstances.
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Florida, Mississippi Utilities to Pay SERC $140K in Penalties
NERC submitted the penalties against the two utilities for violating the ERO's facility ratings standards in its monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty.
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2026 to be ‘Bridge Year’ for NERC Budget
NERC CEO Jim Robb said political and economic "uncertainty" led the ERO to delay work on a new three-year plan until 2026.
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NERC Standards Committee Rejects IBR Definitions Request
NERC's Standards Committee moved forward with multiple standards development projects, while rejecting one standard request as proposed by a development team.
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ACORE Panelists Call for ‘New Era’ in Energy Policy
Former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee and other panelists in an ACORE-hosted webinar warned that grid stakeholders need to put aside old ways of thinking to address growing reliability challenges.
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Texas RE’s Albright Hopes to Learn from Iberian Outage
Texas Reliability Entity CEO Jim Albright sees similarities between the issues facing the U.S. and European grid and hopes to learn from the recent Iberian Peninsula outage.

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