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Level 3 alert for solar inverters from nation’s power grid reliability council

NERC has a warning: Certain solar inverters may pose risks to grid stability, NERC said in a recent report, suggesting transmission owners assess and mitigate potential problems. (PV Magazine)

  • NERC offered four “essential actions” to improve how solar inverters respond to complex grid events and prevent the system from attacking itself or shutting down—among them? Enhancing existing criteria and policies in generator interconnection and planning activities, upleveling modeling and study practices, and more.