The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking today proposing to approve the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s vegetation management standard (FAC-003-2).
Most of North America has sufficient resources available to meet summer peak demands, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2012 Summer Reliability Assessment finds.
In a joint effort, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), Department of Energy (DOE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) developed a simulation tool for the electric industry to analyze geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) on their systems.
NERC President and Chief Executive Officer Gerry Cauley is pleased to announce that Charles A. Berardesco will join NERC as the new general counsel, effective July 2.