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NERC Computational Load Standards: FERC Sets December 2026 Deadlines
Policy Pulse Patrick Miller Policy Pulse Patrick Miller

NERC Computational Load Standards: FERC Sets December 2026 Deadlines

FERC did not accelerate NERC's timeline, it made the calendar a directive and moved registration onto the critical path. The order creates the computational load entity, sets the December 31 and March 1 deadlines, and leaves the AI Reliability Boundary, the line between what the grid must command and what it leaves to private contract, for Phase II to draw. What is settled, what is not, and what to do in the next ninety days.

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