North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
  • Canada and the United States partner through the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to ensure safety, security (physical and cyber), and reliability of the shared electricity grid.
  • The NERC formally began in 2006 and is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority that oversees the interconnected power systems of Canada and the United States, along with a portion of the Baja California Mexican State.
  • The NERC's mission "is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid."
Citation

"About NERC." NERC: North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Accessed on May 19, 2022. https://www.nerc.com/AboutNERC/Pages/default.aspx

Further Readings

For the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding between the National Energy Board and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/about/acts-regulations/other-acts/cooperative-agreements/memorandum-understanding-between-national-energy-board-north-american-electric-reliability-corporation.pdf

Overlapping Topics
Energy and Natural Resources
Policy Sub-Topic
Energy and Natural Resources (Canada-U.S. Relations)
Policy Type
Info Note

X

RECENT POSTS
CATEGORIES