Fortnightly Magazine - March 2010

NERC Today and Tomorrow

Living in the new world of mandatory reliability standards.

Mandatory reliability standards put in place by NERC three years ago give reason for optimism concerning their success. But the organization struggles with standards development, compliance, enforcement and transparency.

Integrating Renewables

Opportunity for advancement or exercise in futility?

The power grid has been slow to embrace renewable energy sources. In order to allow renewable energy sources to evolve into a solution rather than a headache, new tools and processes will need to be developed to forecast and control renewable production capabilities.

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