North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Consortium

Develops and enforces reliability standards for the bulk power system in North America.

Sector: standards
HQ: VA, US
Founded: 1968
Stories: 20 on MGRID.org

Stories about North American Electric Reliability Corporation (20)

NERC 2026 Summer Assessment: 58 GW Added

June 1, 2026 · Analysis

4 sources NERC's 2026 Summer Reliability Assessment found 58 GW of new capacity added since 2025, flagging New England, Pacific Northwest, and MISO South at elevated risk.
Solid-State Transformer Cybersecurity: The New Attack Surface Under Active Power Electronics on the Distribution Grid

May 4, 2026 · Power Electronics

3 sources Conventional iron-core transformers have no cyber attack surface; SSTs introduce a software + network control plane. Attack vectors: false data injection (FDI most common), network topology, jamming, GPS…
NERC Issues Rare Level 3 Alert After 1

May 4, 2026 · Policy & Markets

5 sources The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a rare Level 3 Essential Actions alert on May 4, 2026, impacting balancing authorities, transmission operators, transmission planners, planning coordinators,…
NERC Inverter-Based Resource Registration Deadline Hits May 15

May 1, 2026 · Policy & Markets

4 sources The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) inverter-based resource registration deadline lands on May 15, 2026, with penalty exposure of up to $1 million per day per violation.…
NERC PRC-030-1 Sets New Compliance Bar for Solar and Wind Operators

April 7, 2026 · Policy & Markets

4 sources NERC has finalized PRC-030-1, a new reliability standard that holds inverter-based resource operators accountable for ride-through performance during grid disturbances. The rule responds to a multi-year history of…
NERC May 15 Enforcement Deadline Targets Hundreds of Solar

April 2, 2026 · Policy & Markets

3 sources Hundreds of solar, wind, and battery storage facilities that have operated outside federal reliability oversight are facing a hard regulatory deadline.
NERC CIP-003-9 Vendor Remote Access Enforcement Begins April 2026

April 1, 2026 · Data Centers

North American Electric Reliability Corporation mandates evidence-based vendor remote-access controls for Low Impact BES Cyber Systems under Standard NERC CIP-003-9. The change affects renewable and storage operators.
NERC Project 2026-02: Large Loads Face New Standards

March 22, 2026 · Power Quality

4 sources The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has accepted the Standard Authorization Request (SAR) for Project 2026-02, focusing on computational loads. This initiative aims to address reliability concerns…
FERC Approves NERC CIP-003-11 for Virtual Grid Security

March 19, 2026 · Grid Services & Demand Response

4 sources FERC voted unanimously on March 19, 2026 to approve three NERC reliability standards that extend cybersecurity requirements to virtualized grid infrastructure and lower-tier bulk electric system assets.
Geomagnetic Disturbance Survivability: Why Distribution-Class Solid-State Transformers Are Likely Less GIC-Vulnerable Than Iron-Core Equivalents

February 20, 2026 · Power Electronics

4 sources GICs are quasi-DC currents in grounded power-system portions from geomagnetic disturbances (solar storms). Iron-core transformer GIC vulnerability: core saturation → reactive power absorption + harmonics + hot-spot heating…