Posted on June 15, 2026

After registration, your IBR compliance date isn’t something you look up. It’s something you derive.

Among newly registered IBR owners, one date keeps getting circled: October 1, 2026. For many Generator Owners, that is not the date — …

Posted on April 26, 2026

By James C. Crawford III, Managing Director & Senior Partner, Regulatory Energy Partners 

Most of the Category 2 registration conversations treat May 15, 2026 as a finish line. Registration complete, check the box, move on. 

It is not …

Posted on April 8, 2026

Introduction

For years, many owners and operators of smaller inverter-based resources (IBRs)—solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities—operated outside the reach of NERC’s mandatory reliability standards. That changed in …

Preparing Generator Owners and Operators for a New Era in NERC Compliance

As the electric grid evolves, the integration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) such as solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) is rapidly increasing. This transition …

Posted on July 30, 2025 

As energy systems become increasingly digitized, the sector faces a heightened risk of sophisticated cyber threats that challenge both operational efficiency and national security. This digital transformation demands more than …

Posted on July 27, 2025 

Maintaining business continuity in the energy sector requires more than meeting regulatory obligations—it demands strategic alignment between compliance and operational resilience. As energy companies face increasingly complex standards …