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Kinder, Gentler NERC? Reforms on the Way, Says New CEO
By SGN Staff
Mar 2, 2010 - 10:41:32 AM

There has never been a better time to interact with NERC and recommend changes and improvements. Thanks to the advent of a new CEO, it is especially open to suggestions.

This week's edition of the Public Power Daily suggests changes are afoot with the Jan. 1 arrival of President & CEO Gerry Cauley (pictured here).

Prodded by the American Public Power Association and others, NERC is on a path to:

Lighten its heavy-handed ways
Recommend improvements rather than just penalizing mistakes
Become less a creature of FERC and more of a collegial body that interacts with all the regional associations

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