North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)

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WECC, Members Grapple with Strategic Vision
A proposed update to WECC’s long-term strategy has sparked a debate over whether the organization should describe itself as “The Voice of Reliability in the West.”
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FERC Proposes Further Cybersecurity Measures
FERC issued two NOPRs indicating it will direct NERC to develop new cybersecurity standards.
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New IBR Standard to Finally Go to Ballot
NERC's inverter-based resources ride-through standard will go out for industry comments and ballots, Standards Committee Chair Todd Bennett told members.
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NERC RSTC Approves Charter Revisions
NERC's Reliability and Security Committee approved changes to its charter and endorsed a standard authorization request aimed at inverter-based resources at this week's meeting.
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Webinar Examines How FERC Could Use Interregional Transmission Study
Congress and FERC will need to act to update its rules on interregional transmission planning, and likely permitting, if NERC’s Interregional Transfer Capability Study is going to be of any use, experts said on a webinar hosted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.
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NERC, Industry Discuss IBR Issues in Technical Conference
NERC held a technical conference hoping to address the issues that have blocked the passage of a standard on ride-through requirements for inverter-based resources.
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NPCC, NYSEG Agree to Settle Control Center Violation
NYSEG acknowledged its primary and backup control centers shared too many communication links in a settlement approved by FERC.
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NERC Examines Transfer Capability in Draft ITCS Installment
NERC released the first installment of the federally mandated ITCS in draft form this week.
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FERC Report Identifies CIP Audit Lessons Learned
In a new report on compliance with NERC's CIP standards, FERC identified several areas for improvement from recent audits of registered entities.
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Cold Weather Standard Fails Second Ballot
Industry stakeholders again rejected a proposed reliability standard dealing with transmission planning for extreme weather.

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