By Leland McMillan, NERC Supervisor NERC provides an annual report to summarize Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) activities as well as key statistics in the prior calendar year. The report for 2024 was published on February 12,...
by Eddie Aveitia, NERC CIP Reliability Specialist Cybercriminals are using a new tactic to trick you into revealing sensitive information. A recent smishing scam involves a text message claiming to be from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), stating that a package cannot...
by William White, Senior NERC Reliability Specialist The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a nonprofit organization responsible for ensuring the reliability and security of the bulk electric system (BES) in North America. NERC’s...
By Mike Moyer, Power Market Compliance Services Specialist Over the past few years, ERCOT has taken several initiatives to improve grid conditions in the Texas electric market. The goal is to have a sufficient supply of generation to meet demand and maintain capacity...
By Stefano Schnitger, NERC Reliability Specialist In its most basic sense, Periodic Data Submittals are requests from NERC for information. This information may be operational data, models, studies, analyses, procedures, documents, or other forms of information. The...
By Shaun Rohret, Senior NERC Reliability Specialist As discussed on the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) website,1,2 significant progress on the EOP-012-3 Reliability Standard, which focuses on extreme cold weather preparedness and...