NERC Compliance Management Training Course – Las Vegas

September 22 @ 8:00 am – September 24 @ 5:00 pm

NERC’s mission is to ensure that the bulk electric system (BES) in North America is reliable, adequate, and secure. In 1997, NERC developed a set of Operating and Planning (O&P) standards for use throughout the North American industry. Since then, the body of standards has continued to grow in both size and complexity. Accordingly, personnel throughout the industry must maintain a thorough understanding of the current regulatory requirements to ensure BES reliability while maintaining compliance. Further, insight into proposed regulations allows personnel to be prepared for future changes to their operations and compliance needs.

COURSE DURATION: 3 Days

COST: $2,600 per person

DATES: September 22-24, 2026

TIMES:  T-W-Th (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

LOCATION: Embassy Suites Las Vegas, 4315 University Center
Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89119

AT A GLANCE: The course is designed for power plant management technicians and engineers, as well as compliance specialists. The content will focus on the currently enforceable O&P standards that have been issued by NERC. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The NERC Compliance Management course is designed to instruct technicians, managers, engineers, and compliance specialists, on the regulatory and reliability requirements. The course covers power generation specific content, but also focuses on best practices associated with NERC compliance management. This training will familiarize attendees with the requirements of the latest NERC regulations and help them identify their role in meeting these requirements, as well as areas within their organization which may benefit from additional growth.

Each requirement will be reviewed using the following approach:

• Review NERC standard requirement language.
• Understand subject matter expert interpretation of regulatory language.
• Discuss implementation/fulfillment of requirements.
• Identify possible audit evidence for the requirement, including understanding RSAWs and audit guidance.
• Industry best practices and internal controls that shifts towards a more proactive approach to compliance rather than reacting to potential issues.
• Review applicability to overall compliance management.

The course provides interactive in-person classroom-based instruction. This course provides an exceptional approach to compliance management through practical application, best practices, internal controls, and a detailed understanding of each standard’s importance in the reliability and sustainability of the BES.

Procedures and training are vital elements in robust compliance programs. Explore options for coordinating standards into concise, practical procedures and training modules.

Discover compliance management tools that will guide audits and help plant personnel develop strong internal controls.

MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The US Energy Policy Act of August 2005 contains provisions that made compliance with NERC standards mandatory and enforceable. The reliability standards that will be included in this training (listed by standard number) are:

• COMMUNICATIONS

• • COM-001-3: Communications
  • COM-002-4: Operating Personnel Communications Protocols

• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & OPERATIONS

• EOP-004-4: Event Reporting

• • EOP-005-3: System Restoration from Blackstart Resources
  • EOP-012-2: Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations

• FACILITIES DESIGN, CONNECATION, & MAINTENANCE

• • FAC-001-4: Facility Interconnection Requirements
  • FAC-002-4: Facility Interconnection Studies
  • FAC-003-5: Transmission Vegetation Management
  • FAC-008-5: Facility Ratings

• INTERCONNECTION RELIABILITY OPERATIONS & COORDINATION

• • IRO-001-4: Reliability Coordination – Responsibilities
  • IRO-010-4: Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection

• MODELING, DATA, & ANALYSIS

• • MOD-025-2: Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability

• MOD-026-1: Verification of Models and Data for Generator Excitation Control System or Plant Volt/Var Control Functions

• • MOD-027-1: Verification of Models and Data for Turbine/Governor and Load Control or Active Power/Frequency Control Functions
  • MOD-032-1: Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis

• PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND QUALIFICATIONS

• PER-005-2: Operations Personnel Training

• PER-006-1: Specific Training for Personnel

• PROTECTION AND CONTROL

• PRC-002-4: Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

• PRC-004-6: Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction

• PRC-005-6: Protection System, Automatic Reclosing, and Sudden Pressure Relaying Maintenance

• • PRC-012-2: Remedial Action Schemes
  • PRC-017-1: Remedial Action Scheme Maintenance and Testing
  • PRC-019-2: Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection
  • PRC-023-6: Transmission Relay Loadability
  • PRC-024-3: Frequency and Voltage Protection Settings for Generating Resources
  • PRC-025-2: Generator Relay Loadability
  • PRC-026-2: Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings
  • PRC-027-1: Coordination of Protection Systems for Performance During Faults

• TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS

• TOP-001-6: Transmission Operations

• TOP-003-5: Operational Reliability Data

• TRANSMISSION PLANNING

• • TPL-007-4: Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events

• VOLTAGE AND REACTIVE

• VAR-002-4.1: Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules

VAR-501-WECC-4: Power System Stabilizer (PSS)COM-001-3: Communications