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ATLANTA — NERC’s Operating, Planning and Critical Infrastructure Planning committees gathered this week for their last face-to-face meetings before turning their functions over to the new Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC) in June. PC Discusses Distributed Energy White Paper In an unusual move, the Planning Committee opened up the...

By Holden Mann ATLANTA — NERC’s new Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC) held its first meeting Wednesday with a focus on introducing the body’s membership and laying the groundwork for beginning operations in June. NERC’s Board of Trustees approved the creation of the RSTC last year, merging the Planning,...

By Holden Mann ATLANTA — It’s musical chairs for those seeking to join NERC’s new Reliability and Security Technical Committee (RSTC), with 35 stakeholders vying for 14 seats in seven sectors. The 34-member RSTC next year will take over the duties of the Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees,...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ATLANTA — The NERC Board of Trustees last week approved the merging of the Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees and named Greg Ford as chairman of the panel that will replace them. MISO’s Dave Zwergel will be vice chair of the Reliability and Security...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — NERC’s Board of Trustees got to hear first-hand some of the concerns over the proposed merger of the organization’s three technical committees during the Aug. 14 Member Representatives Committee meeting. The proposal by NERC’s Stakeholder Engagement Team (SET) would merge the Planning,...

By John Funk and Rich Heidorn Jr. NERC’s plan to streamline its top technical committees appears to face limited opposition, although officials indicated Thursday they are considering proposals to increase sector representation and lengthen the transition. The new structure, to be discussed in detail at NERC’s quarterly meeting in Québec...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ORLANDO, Fla. — NERC is likely to merge its Planning, Operating and Critical Infrastructure Protection committees into a single "Reliability Council," committee members learned last week. NERC announced in May that a Stakeholder Engagement Team (SET) was reviewing the ERO’s structure after 10 years of operations.

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ORLANDO, Fla. — NERC’s task force on electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) will hold its first face-to-face meeting at the ERO’s offices in D.C. on June 12, but if you’re not already signed up, it’s too late to attend in person. Director of Engineering and Standards Howard Gugel...