By John Branch, Power Market Compliance Services Specialist In 2011 Texas experienced an extreme cold weather event however, 2021 proved to be a forced to be reckoned with for Texas and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) this past February. Texas is usually...
By Shaun Rohret, Senior NERC Reliability Specialist Here is an update and summary of the latest information provided by NERC: On March 22, 2021, the Board acted without a meeting to direct the completion of proposed Reliability Standards under Project 2019-06 Cold...
By Beth Davis, NERC Project Coordinator The past year has caused companies to be creative in executing their business obligations due to quarantine rules and travel restrictions. NERC and the six Regional Entities have adapted by performing virtual audit and spot...
By Sean Thompson, Supervisor NERC Services Battery energy storage is able to provide essential services to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system, but the system requires more planning analysis in order to integrate higher levels of storage into the grid,...
By Richard Schulte, NERC Reliability Specialist Having adequate resources available to meet the electrical demand is important to ensuring the reliability of the Bulk Electric System. Entities perform analysis of resources available and projections of load to ensure...
