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By Rich Heidorn Jr. NERC and the regional entities are proposing almost $207 million in spending in 2020, a 3.8% increase. Assessments are projected to increase by 2.9%. The Electric Reliability Organization Enterprise budgets include a 9.8% spending increase for the Midwest Reliability Organization, which is absorbing the former SPP...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. NERC is looking for a new CFO and general counsel, allowing CEO Jim Robb to reshape the organization’s senior management as he enters his second year on the job. The Electric Reliability Organization announced on Tuesday that Scott Jones — its CFO, chief administrative officer and...

ST. LOUIS — Below is a summary of the NERC Board of Directors Technology & Security Committee meeting Wednesday. Australia and New Zealand to Join in GridEx V GridEx V will see increased international participation, including the possible use of "active injects" from Australia and New Zealand to simulate...

ST. LOUIS — The NERC Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve a supply chain report and a new standard on third-party transient electronic devices while eliminating 84 reliability requirements. Below is a summary of the actions on, and discussions of, standards at the May 8-9 meetings of the Trustees...

ST. LOUIS — Below is a summary of operational issues and personnel changes discussed at meetings of the NERC Member Representatives Committee (MRC) and Board of Trustees on May 8 and 9. About 100 stakeholders attended the quarterly meeting of NERC's Board of Trustees and the Member Representatives Committee in...

The standard authorization request (SAR) was prepared by the Inverter-Based Resource Performance Task Force (IRPTF), based on disturbance analyses and the development of the PRC-024-2 Gaps Whitepaper. The IRPTF identified potential modifications to PRC-024-2 to "ensure inverter-based generator owners, operators, developers and equipment manufacturers understand the intent of the standard."...

By Michael Brooks CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was no stated theme to this year’s Transmission Resiliency Summit, held at Electric Power Research Institute laboratories last week, but some common motifs ran through the event. The North American Transmission Forum (NATF), headquartered less than 6 miles west of the EPRI labs,...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — When NERC considers a new reliability standard, it convenes drafting teams heavy on engineering expertise and system operations. But for its eighth annual Human Performance Conference last week, NERC brought in firefighters, psychologists and speakers from the airline industry to provide lessons. "We find...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — The ballroom at NERC’s Human Performance Conference was pin-drop quiet Wednesday as Joseph W. Pfeifer, former chief of counterterrorism and emergency preparedness for the New York City Fire Department, gave an hourlong speech recounting his experience leading firefighters into the World Trade Center...

Overheard at the 161st New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable BOSTON — FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur kicked off her farewell tour with reflections on electricity markets in New England and around the country, NERC CEO Jim Robb shared concerns about fuel security, and a panel of experts discussed the challenges...