NERC
The North American body setting and enforcing mandatory grid reliability standards, including critical-infrastructure rules.
Current numbers
≥50 MW @ ≥100 kVproposed CLO/CLOP registry threshold: Computational Load Site total connected load ≥50 MW, supplied through equipment connected at ≥100 kV (NERC posting 2026-08-19; pending FERC approval)
Dec 31, 2026FERC RD26-7-000 (July 16, 2026): NERC must file Phase I computational-load standards and registry criteria by this date; Phase II workplan due March 1, 2027
July 1, 2028CIP-002-8 future enforcement date in NERC’s June 2026 bulletin