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
NERC’s board and Member Representatives Committee will hold their first meetings of 2021 remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Planning has begun for GridEx VI, which will test response to a coordinated attack from a nation-state adversary, Katherine Ledesma said.
FERC accepted proposed revisions to seven NERC reliability standards, as well as the ERO Enterprise's business plans and budget for 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing NERC and its REs to continue adapting their policies in hopes of helping utilities cope with the outbreak.
Voting is underway through Nov. 4 to fill nine spots on NERC’s Standards Committee that are slated to open at the end of the year.
NERC is set to begin training entities on its new Align tool and Secure Evidence Locker by the end of the year, with MRO and Texas RE going first.
Cyber hygiene and poor-quality modeling continue to head the list of major risks to the stability of the bulk power system.
NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee held a special meeting to wrap up unfinished agenda items from its last meeting.
A 2019 outage involving DERs and offshore wind in the UK exposed gaps in the understanding of the rapidly changing generation portfolio.
NERC completed the second of two compliance filings directed by FERC earlier this year, detailing changes to its Rules of Procedure.
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