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
The NERC board's Technology and Security Committee heard updates on the ERO's intentions for the use of artificial intelligence, along with threat information from the E-ISAC.
NERC's new standards aim to satisfy FERC's directive to develop reliability requirements for inverter-based resources.
NERC will begin registration of Category 2 IBRs within the next few months, according to the ERO.
NERC asked FERC for additional clarity on a key term in its order directing modifications to the latest critical infrastructure protection standard.
Members of a NERC task force working on updating the ERO's standards development process shared proposals from an upcoming white paper in a webinar.
NERC outlined the metrics it plans to use to evaluate itself for its next performance assessment, in keeping with a 2024 FERC order.
Members of NERC's Standards Committee discussed the ERO's efforts to streamline its standards process at their quarterly in-person 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.
NERC will open ballots soon on the latest standard aimed at satisfying FERC's order to address reliability of inverter-based resources.
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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