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,...