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
Ensuring access to testing and PPE for frontline workers is one of the key challenges to reliable operation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NERC.
FERC has agreed to NERC's request to defer the implementation of seven reliability standards scheduled to take effect this year.
Utilities must prepare for the reliability challenges that increased penetration of inverter-based resources will pose, according to a NERC white paper.
The release of NERC’s Align software project has been pushed back again, from this year to the first quarter of 2021.
Members of NERC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee questioned the exclusion of severe weather events from the ERO's annual State of Reliability report.
NERC has requested FERC delay the implementation of several reliability standards that are scheduled to take effect this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bob Cummings, NERC’s senior director of engineering and reliability initiatives, has retired from the organization after 24 years, NERC said.
NERC is confident the electric industry is “taking aggressive steps to confront” the COVID-19 pandemic, based on responses to its recent Level 2 alert.
FERC granted NERC another extension on the deadline for two compliance filings so the organization can focus on its response to COVID-19.
Bruce Scherr, a former NERC vice chair and member of SPP’s Board of Directors, died on March 29.
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