The North American Electric Reliability Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a strategic partnership to advance research and technical collaboration in support of the reliability and resilience of the North American bulk power system.
The agreement creates a framework for NERC and NLR to share expertise, exchange information, and pursue joint research and technical analysis to address emerging energy challenges.
“By combining NERC’s reliability expertise and NLR’s research capabilities, this partnership will allow us to enhance our organizations’ analytical capabilities, improve coordination on reliability research, and identify new opportunities to address future reliability challenges,” said John Moura, director of Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis.
“This partnership allows us to apply NLR research directly to the reliability challenges facing today’s grid,” said Kate Anderson, director of the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at NLR. “By working alongside NERC, we can turn decades of DOE investment in energy research into practical tools and insights that help keep the lights on for communities across North America.”
