North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC)
NERC released its State of Reliability report, which found the bulk power system remains highly reliable and underlying performance metrics such as frequency response and misoperation rates are improving or remain stable.
At the quarterly meeting of NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee, NERC Chief Engineer Mark Lauby reminded members that the industry is facing “a busy time” dealing with the growing number of risks to grid reliability.
MISO Monitor David Patton called NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment inaccurate for labeling the RTO a high-risk area.
NERC will open ballots soon on the latest standard aimed at satisfying FERC's order to address reliability of inverter-based resources.
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.
NERC answered several objections raised by a nonprofit group in reaction to the ERO's proposed cold weather standard.
A NERC manager emphasized that the ERO's new compliance abeyance policy is meant to be used only in rare circumstances.
NERC submitted the penalties against the two utilities for violating the ERO's facility ratings standards in its monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty.
NERC CEO Jim Robb said political and economic "uncertainty" led the ERO to delay work on a new three-year plan until 2026.
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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