NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week Ending 3/20/2026

NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 3/20/2026

 

Upcoming NAGF Conference Calls/Webinars

 

• NAGF Markets & Policy Working Group Monthly Webinar Mar 25th @1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
• NAGF Variable Resources Working Grp Monthly Webinar Mar 26th @11:00 –12:00 pm EST
• NAGF Physical Security Working Group Quarterly Webinar Mar 31st @1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
• NAGF Standards Review Team Monthly Call April 1st @11:00 – 12:00 EST

(Webinar information can be found on the NAGF website Event Calendar).

• Standards, Compliance, and Enforcement Bulletin:  March 23^rd  –  March 29^th, 2026
  • Please click here for this week’s bulletin.

 

• Save the date – NAGF Annual Conference 28 – 30 April 2026
  • Located in Atlanta, Georgia and hosted at the Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters
  • 241 Ralph McGill Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
  • Registration is open on the website.
  • More details are to be published soon. Great speakers and breakout sessions. Speakers include FERC OER Director, NERC Director of Standards, and many more.

 

• Large Load Interconnection, Study, Commissioning, and Operations: Findings from the Level 2 Industry Recommendation. Click here for aggregated report.

 

• SITES Draft Security Guidelines Posted for Industry Comment – SITES is requesting industry comment and feedback on two draft security guidelines. Comment period is March 17, 2026, through May 1, 2026.
  • Security Guideline for Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators Click here.
  • Security Guideline for Inverter-Based Resources Click here.
  • Comment Matrix Click here

 

• NERC Currently Compliant Podcast : Episode Eight | CIP-003 Vendor Remote Access
  • Currently Compliant Podcast | Episode 8 | CIP-003 Vendor Remote Access. Click here.

 

• NERC Training Announcement: GADS Event Report Training
• NERC will be offering virtual training sessions focused on proper event reporting and best practices.
  • Topics to be covered:
  • Choosing the proper cause code
  • What is considered a good description and how to write one.
  • Choosing the proper contributing operating condition
  • Understanding the difference between the lack of fuel cause codes (9130 and 9131).
  • How to properly report lack of natural gas

 

Please choose from one of the sessions below:

March 24, 2026 | 9:00-10:30 a.m. Eastern	March 24, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern
March 26, 2026 | 9:00-10:30 a.m. Eastern	March 26, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern
April 14, 2026 | 9:00-10:30 a.m. Eastern	April 14, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern
April 16, 2026 | 9:00-10:30 a.m. Eastern	April 16, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern

 

• Regional Activities

 

• NPCC

• • NPCC has posted the Criteria Compliance and Enforcement Program (CCEP) – 2029 Implementation Plan. Click here to view.

 

• RF
  • Technical Talk with RF April 20, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm   Technical Talk with RF is a monthly webinar to discuss key reliability, resilience and security topics with our stakeholders.  Click here to learn more.

 

• MRO
  • First Quarter Letter to Members – Click here to view.
  • Generator Owner and Generator Operator IBR Primer Document Available. In support of NERC’s Invert-Based Resource Registration Initiative and the four IBR Risk Mitigation Strategy tenets below, MRO produced a Generator Owner (GO) and Generator Operator (GOP) Primer document. Click here for more.

 

• SERC
  • 2026 SERC Reliability March Members and Board of Directors Meetings. Click here for more information.

 

•  Texas RE
  • Talk with Texas RE Regional Risk Series: Cold Weather 8 April Click here for more information.
  • Spring Standards, Security, & Reliability Workshop – Click here for more information.

 

• WECC
  • WECC Standards Committee Meeting – Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 10:00-11:00 am MDT.  Click here for more information.

 

 Please reach out if you have any questions or comments.

 

James