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· Application · 07/22/2026
NSEB Board Member requests contact particulars for IBR owners as part of NERC Q4 2025 reliability standards application review
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- Board Member Richard J. Melanson is reviewing Nerc Matter M12717 (Q4 2025), which proposes amendments to the NERC Glossary of Terms establishing a "Category 2" registration requirement for owners/operators of non-BES Distributed Energy Resources Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) with aggregate nameplate capacity ≥20 MVA connected at ≥60 kV [M12717 Exhibit N-1, p.8].
- According to IESO-Nova Scotia data, 10 existing IBRs — including wind farms such as Glen Dhu (66.7 MVA) and Nuttby Mountain (51 MVA), and BESS facilities such as Spider Lake and Bridgewater (50 MVA each) — may meet the new Category 2 criteria [M12717 Exhibit N-2, p.3].
- An additional 16 planned IBRs, including large wind projects such as IR686 Windy Ridge (336 MVA) and IR670 Kmtnuk (94.4 MVA), could also be captured by the revised definitions [M12717 Exhibit N-2, p.5].
- The Board notes that many existing and planned IBR owners are not NS Power or IESO-Nova Scotia and are not currently registered with NERC, potentially creating new reliability obligations for non-public utility entities under the revised definitions.
- The Board has directed Ns Power and Ieso Nova Scotia to provide contact particulars for all listed IBR owners by August 7, 2026, so those parties can receive notice of both the Q4 2025 (M12717) and Q1 2026 (M12882) applications.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 102877 Board letter re: names and contact particulars for the owners of the IBRs