NERC Highlights Future Reliability Questions in EPA Impact Report
As reported by Daily Energy News and Energy Washington Week:
“The NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) report on the reliability impacts of proposed EPA air, water and other rules called for EPA to give utilities “sufficient time to construct new capacity or retrofit existing capacity” in its schedule for implementing the rules.
The NERC report ties reliability to the ability to replace capacity from plants that will be “retired or lost because of implementation of these rules” and highlighted the obstacles to effectively “managing, coordinating, and scheduling an industry-wide environmental control retrofit effort.”
About NERC:
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) mission is to ensure the reliability of the North American bulk power system. NERC is the electric reliability organization (ERO) certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system. NERC develops and enforces reliability standards; assesses adequacy annually via a 10-year forecast, and summer and winter forecasts; monitors the bulk power system; and educates, trains and certifies industry personnel. ERO activities in Canada related to the reliability of the bulk-power system are recognized and overseen by the appropriate governmental authorities in that country.
