October 8, 2024

North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)

FERC
FERC Approves Extreme Weather Assessment NOPRs
FERC approved two NOPRs on Thursday aimed at improving utilities' planning for the long-term impacts of climate change to the bulk power system.
Sunwatt Solar
NERC Posts Inverter, DER Guidance Documents
NERC added two new reference documents to its website in an effort to consolidate its work on inverter-based resources and distributed energy resources.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
DOE Initiative Aims to Make Interconnection ‘Simpler, Faster, Fairer’
The DOE's message is clear: interconnecting solar, wind and other clean energy projects to the grid must be made simpler, faster and fairer.
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NERC RSTC Briefs: June 8-9, 2022
NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee agreed to endorse two new standards projects at its meeting this week, while rejecting another.
NERC
COVID Continued to Drive ERO Budget Savings in 2021
NERC and the regional entities said the ongoing shutdown of business travel and remote work postures from COVID-19 helped fuel budget savings in 2021.
ERO Warns Inflation, Cyber Investments to Keep Boosting Budgets
Finance officers across the ERO Enterprise said that inflation and cybersecurity investments will be major drivers of budget increases in 2023.
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Texas RE Knocks AEP for Communication Breakdown
FERC approved Texas RE's settlement with AEP over communication failures during a 2018 load loss incident.
NERC
NERC Plans Big Budget Hike for 2023
NERC’s draft 2023 budget shows expenses are set to rise by more than 13%, fueled by increasing headcount, a return to in-person and rising operating expenses.
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Cold Weather Standards Team Seeks Industry Support
The team developing NERC's cold weather standards provided a preview of the new requirements in an industry webinar.
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MRO Annual Reliability Conference Spotlights Need for Generation and Transmission
MRO’s annual reliability conference emphasized the inevitability of the transition to clean energy and avoiding future supply shortfalls with more generation.

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