Practical perspectives on the evolving electricity sector

Three new Reliability Standards — CLO-001, CLO-002, and CLO-003 — head to industry ballot on August 19 and a new registration category for large data centers is expected to take effect in 2027. We are sharing what computational load developers, owners, and operators need to be focused on and why it is a smart move is to start building a compliance program now. For years, large electricity customers (not just data centers) have occupied a regulatory gray zone. They draw lar

A review of the Emerging Large Load Technical Conference and key takeaways.

Sing Tay Lead NERC Compliance Specialist Elevate Energy Consulting FERC Order No. 909 (issued July 2025) approved PRC-029-1 (IBR ride-through performance) and PRC-024-4 (synchronous generator protection) and directed NERC to resolve three major issues with PRC-029-1: (1) legacy equipment limitations; (2) HVDC-connected IBR challenges; and (3) long-lead-time equipment constraints. NERC’s November 4, 2025 workshop gathered industry feedback to inform required rule refinements a

By: Sirisha Tanneeru, Lead Engineer, Power Systems Studies and Modeling, Elevate Energy Consulting As we approach the end of 2025, the generation interconnection cluster study process for the North American grid will officially adopt the annual cluster interconnection process mandated by FERC Order No. 2023, and the Cluster Request Window will be the only opportunity to submit new interconnection applications. While some ISOs like SPP and MISO anticipate no immediate chan

Ryan D. Quint, PhD, PE President and CEO, Elevate Energy Consulting President and Chief Engineer, GridStrong On July 24, 2025, the...

Ryan D. Quint, PhD, PE President and CEO, Elevate Energy Consulting President and Chief Engineer, GridStrong At Elevate Energy...

Authors: Jiecheng Zhao, Senior Engineer Nick Giffin, Lead Engineer Kyle Thomas, VP of Engineering and Compliance Services Power lines...

(Source: Dennis Schroeder/NREL) Author: Goodarz Ghanavati, Principal Engineer, Power System Studies and Modeling, Elevate Energy...

There is a lot happening in the IBR space right now, particularly in the context of the directives from the Federal Energy Regulatory...

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