By Miguel Bojorquez, NERC Reliability Specialist In recent years the bulk power system has seen the generation mix significantly transform. Inverter-based resources such as wind, solar, PV, battery energy storage systems, and hybrid plants have seen a substantial...
by Leland McMillan, NERC Services Supervisor The rapid interconnection of Bulk Power System (BPS)-connected inverter-based resources is one of the most significant drivers of grid transformation and poses a high risk to BPS reliability. NERC has developed an...
By Rob O’Connell, NERC Reliability Specialist NERC is launching a new product called Reliability Vignettes, which are intended to capture current operating incidents of interest and project the circumstances of the incidents into the future as think pieces for system...
By Shaun Rohret, Senior Reliability Specialist, NERC Services As the winter of 2022-23 is approaching, there is a lot of activity at NERC based around a new Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness Standard. EOP 11-2 has been implemented with an effective date of April 1,...
By Jack Jackson, Sr NERC Reliability Specialist The landscape of Cyber Security is one of continuous change as more and more devices and components become “smart.” And the more “smart devices” there are deployed, the greater the opportunity is to lose control of one’s...
