Compliance

ERCOT complies with the requirements of the ERCOT Protocols and Operating Guides and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards. ERCOT is registered with NERC as the region's balancing authority, interchange authority, planning authority, reliability coordinator, resource planner, transmission operator, and transmission service provider.

Texas Regional Entity (Texas RE), an independent division of ERCOT, works to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system in the ERCOT region by monitoring and enforcing compliance with NERC Reliability Standards; and monitoring and reporting on compliance with the ERCOT Protocols. Please visit TexasRE.org  for documents, forms, and information related to Texas RE's activities in compliance, enforcement, NERC registration, and NERC and regional standards, as well as Texas RE contact information .

Among other information, locate the following on TexasRE.org:

• Compliance with NERC Reliability Standards and ERCOT Protocols and Operating Guides
  • Compliance Audit  and Audit Schedule
  •    Self-Certification
  •    Self-Reporting
  •    Data Submission
  •    Schedule Control Error Compliance
  •    ERCOT Protocols – Overview of Requirements for Compliance
  •    Compliance Analysis of Events and Complaints
• Enforcement
  •    Posted Violations - ERCOT Protocols and Operating Guides
  •    Posted Violations - NERC Reliability Standards  (on NERC.com)
  •    Mitigation Planning - NERC Reliability Standards
  •    Mitigation Planning - ERCOT Protocols and Operating Guides
• NERC Entity Registration
  •    NERC Joint Registration Organizations (JROs)
  •    NERC LSE Registration Working Group
• NERC and Regional Reliability Standards
  •    Regional Reliability Standards Development
  •    Reliability Standards Committee
  •    SAR-001 Standard Drafting Team
  •    SAR-002 Standard Drafting Team
  •    SAR-003 Standard Drafting Team 

To view the status of regional reliability standards and standard authorization requests and participate in the process, visit the Texas RE Regional Reliability Standards Tracking  site.

The Texas RE Portal  is the vehicle through which many aspects of the NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program and NERC registrations are conducted. Each NERC-registered entity has an account on the portal. Send portal-related questions to Texas RE Information .