NERC (www.nerc.com) has specified reliability standards for the planning and operation of the North American bulk power system. Every utility and independent operator must adhere to these reliability standards; because of this, information about these standards is critical to the operation and planning of power systems.

CompuSharp is knowledgeable about the NERC standards, which cover:

	Resource and Demand Balancing (BAL)
	Communications (COM)
	Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
	Emergency Preparedness and Operation (EOP)
	Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance (FAC)
	Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT)
	Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination (IRO)
	Modeling, Data and Analysis (MOD)
	Protection and Control (PRC)
	Transmission Operations (TOP)
	Transmission Planning (TPL)
	Voltage and Reactive (VAR)