Spotlight Articles
Spotlight on the NERC/WECC Report on the San Fernando Disturbance
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates the final report of an incident that captured the attention of WECC’s Events Analysis and Situational Awareness team during an oscillation scan, which they routinely perform…
Spotlight on a Draft NERC Reliability Guideline – Battery Energy Storage Systems Modeling Inbox
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at a draft NERC Reliability Guideline advising resource owners, system operators, and grid planners on how they should deploy, configure, and model Battery Energy Storage Systems…
Spotlight on FERC’s Order Regarding Virtualization and Cloud Computing Services
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FERC Order RM20-8-000, which acts on stakeholder responses to last February’s Notice of Inquiry regarding the use of virtualization and cloud computing services in BES operations. In…
Spotlight on the Final 2021-2023 Reliability Standards Development Plan
Today's LiveWire Spotlight runs through NERC's 2021-2023 Standards Development Plan, which provides the latest status of standards development activity and a forecast of the work that NERC expects to process up…
Spotlight on NERC’s 2020 Frequency Response Analysis
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at NERC’s analysis of next year’s Interconnection Frequency Response Obligations (IFROs) for the four North American Interconnections. The ERO continues to see Interconnection-specific variations in the frequency…
Spotlight on Project 2020-06 – Verifications of Models and Data for Generators
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates the initial Standards Authorization Request (SAR) for NERC Project 2020-06, which looks to add validation steps to MOD-026-1 and MOD-027-1 requiring resource owners and planners to simulate…
Spotlight on FERC Docket RM20-16-000 – Managing Transmission Line Ratings
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) declaring their intent to require Transmission Owners to deliver more precise and transparent line ratings. The Commission seeks to update…
Spotlight on the Initial Draft of FAC-008-5
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the initial draft of FAC-008-5, which should close out one of the last remaining items open from Phase 1 Standards Efficiency Review. FERC disallowed the removal…
Spotlight on the Controversy Surrounding the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Shutdown
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the controversy sparked by a complaint to FERC by Californians for Green Nuclear Power looking to prevent the planned shutdown of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. The…
Spotlight on the NERC Standards Taking Effect on January 1
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines four new/updated NERC standards that become mandatory and effective next month. One falls under the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) category and the others are Protection and…
Spotlight on NERC’s 2020-2021 Winter Reliability Assessment
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at NERC's 2020-2021 Winter Assessment, which evaluates the adequacy of BPS generation and transmission systems to deliver projected demand from December through next February. The report…
Spotlight on NERC Lessons Learned – The Impact of Grid Complexity on BES Performance
Today's LiveWire Spotlight reviews two “teachable moments” where complex devices and systems built to enhance electric system performance threatened it instead. In the first Lesson Learned, dozens of SF6 circuit breakers…
Spotlight on FERC’s Order Approving the Standards Alignment with Registration Project
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FERC Docket RD20-4-000 which authorizes NERC’s uncontested filing of seven standards modified in accordance with the Risk-Based Registration (RBR) Initiative. The LSE has been removed as…
Spotlight on NERC’s Proposed Rules Updates to Reflect Present Business Practices
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines NERC’s recent proposal to update their Rules of Procedure (“Rules”). The ERO is looking to modify multiple Rules Sections and Appendices to reflect the latest System…
Spotlight on a NERC Reliability Guideline – Verification of Aggregate DER Models
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the latest support document proposed by NERC centering on the validation of planning models for roof-top solar panel aggregations, stand-alone solar/wind farms, and energy storage…
Spotlight on the Third Quarter Compliance and Enforcement Status Report
Today's LiveWire Spotlight reviews the ERO Enterprise’s Third Quarter Compliance and Enforcement report, which evaluates the organization’s performance using statistics and ancillary information acquired during the months of July-September. Among other topics,…
Spotlight on Project 2020-05 SAR – Modifications to FAC-001-3 and FAC-002-2
Today's LiveWire Spotlight looks at the Standards Authorization Request (SAR) for Project 2020-05 - which emerged from a comprehensive review of every standard to identify gaps in those governing renewable…
Spotlight on the Board of Trustees Policy Input for November, 2020
Today's LiveWire Spotlight evaluates feedback given to NERC's Board of Trustees (BOT) Policy prior to their November meeting from the Member Representatives Committee (MRC), industry trade organizations, the ISO/RTO Council,…
Spotlight on System Operating Limits – FAC-014-3 Draft 4
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines FAC-014-3 Draft 4, which looks to tidy up the few residual deficiencies preventing the completion of Project 2015-09: Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits (SOLs). The update…
Spotlight on the ERO Enterprise’s 2021 CMEP Implementation Plan
Today's LiveWire Spotlight examines the latest annual Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) operating plan issued by NERC and the Regional Entities – the thirteenth since they began a programmatic approach…
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