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By Holden Mann NERC has opened a formal comment period on a draft reliability guideline covering the collection of data on distributed energy resources to run through April 24. The draft guideline was developed by the System Planning Impacts from Distributed Energy Resources (SPIDER) working group and approved for comment...

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 NERC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee (PAS) is preparing a data request to expand the Generating Availability Data System (GADS) to cover solar generation facilities, in addition to increasing the range of data that the system collects from wind and conventional generators. Solar facilities of 20 MW or greater...

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 John Funk MINNEAPOLIS — A frequency response study that NERC engineers began more than two years ago to model the potential impact on the Eastern Interconnection of replacing old coal power plants with wind and solar resources has reached a tentative conclusion that may present market issues to the...

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.