NERC Compliance

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) was formed in 1968, in response to the widespread blackout in the Northeast in November 1965, to promote the reliability of the bulk electric system in North America. Reliability standards for planning and operating the bulk electric system have been developed and implemented over a number of years through the voluntary and cooperative efforts of NERC's member Regions. NERC, through its Regions, is embarking on a program to assess and enforce compliance with its reliability standards. Each of the NERC Regions have implemented their own Regional Compliance Enforcement Programs to assess their members compliance with the new mandatory NERC standards.