Author name: Kellie Macpherson

ERC compliance is mystifying even for experienced solar developers and owners. In Parts One and Two of this four-part series, we covered common mistakes and NERC registration requirements. Now, let’s discuss the NERC standards that have the most impact during the solar development phase. First, how do you determine which, if any, NERC standards will apply to your solar project? There is […]

Founded in the wake of the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is responsible for ensuring the reliability of the Bulk Electric System (BES). It is an independent self-regulatory organization with a federal mandate to create Reliability Standards—an agreed rule set by which every high voltage generator and transmission line must

Subject: ERCOT May 9th Event and Grid Stability Preparedness On May 9th, 2021; a 345kV lightning arrestor faulted at a substation in Odessa, TX. The fault lasted less than three seconds but still caused a cascade of events resulting in nearly 1,299 MW of lost PV generation across three sites in an instant. Soon afterwards,