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June 13, 2025

NERC & Committees

The North American Electric Reliability Corp., a not-for-profit authority, regulates reliability and security standards for the bulk power system in the continental U.S., Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico. NERC is subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and governmental authorities in Canada
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NERC Standards Committee Reviews Project Prioritization

Members of NERC's Standards Committee discussed the ERO's efforts to streamline its standards process at their quarterly in-person meeting.

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NERC State of Reliability Report Highlights Progress and New Challenges

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.

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NERC RSTC Tackles Priority Projects in Quarterly Meeting
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.
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MISO IMM Blasts NERC Long-term Assessment, Says RTO in Good RA Spot
MISO Monitor David Patton called NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment inaccurate for labeling the RTO a high-risk area.
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Balloting on New IBR Standard to Begin Soon

NERC will open ballots soon on the latest standard aimed at satisfying FERC's order to address reliability of inverter-based resources.

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NERC Standards Committee Rejects IBR Definitions Request
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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Deadline Approaching for ERO Cold Weather Reports
Registered entities have until May 15 to submit required information about their generating units' cold weather performance.
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NERC Offered to Help with Iberia Outage Investigation, Robb Says
NERC's Board of Trustees heard updates on the ERO's response to April's outages in Spain and Portugal, while approving updates to its regional delegation agreements and a Level 3 alert on inverter-based resources.
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E-ISAC Reports on Cyber, Physical Threats
Leaders from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center updated NERC trustees on the physical and cyber security threats facing electric utilities.
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Stakeholders, NERC Respond to FERC Large Loads Investigation
Stakeholders urged FERC to consider reliability and consumer costs when weighing approaches to co-located large loads.

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