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Client Guidance

Short briefs on the rules our clients ask about most.

Briefs from GridStrong engineers for generator owners, for data centers and other large loads, and for every registered entity. Each names its regulator and the standard or docket it covers. Free to read, no sign-up.

Large loads

Briefs for data centers and other large loads

FERC / EL26-67 to EL26-72, RM26-4 / 1-page PDF

FERC's Large-Load Show-Cause Orders: What the Six RTOs Must Answer

FERC's six June 18, 2026 show-cause orders: the four prongs each RTO must answer, where every region stands, and the November 16 and 20 responses.

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ERCOT, MISO, PJM, SPP, CAISO, ISO-NE / NOGRR 282, ER26-3650, ER26-3515 / 2-page PDF

Large-Load Rules by Region, October 2026

ERCOT, MISO and PJM ride-through rules side by side, six regions on reliability requirements and non-firm service, and the dates through mid-2027.

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NERC / CLO-001-1, CLO-002-1, CLO-003-1, Rules of Procedure / 2-page PDF

NERC Computational Loads: Three Proposed Standards for Data-Center Sites

NERC's three proposed computational-load standards, CLO-001-1, CLO-002-1 and CLO-003-1: who would register, what each requires, and when compliance would start.

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Generation

Briefs for generator owners and operators

ERCOT / NOGRR 255, NOGRR 279 / 1-page PDF

Your NOGRR 255 Deadline: The Three Cases

The three cases in NOG 6.1.4(2) as amended by NOGRR 279, the two dates that decide them, and how to read the Resource Commissioning Date.

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NERC / PRC-029-2 / 1-page PDF

PRC-029-2 Is the Standard in Force

FERC's September 30, 2026 approval, what changed in R4, M4 and Attachment 1, and the three clocks that did not move.

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ERCOT / Quarterly Stability Assessment / 1-page PDF

The Real Cost of Missing a QSA Deadline in ERCOT

Why a missed quarterly stability assessment prerequisite, not a NERC penalty, is often the larger exposure, with a worked revenue estimate.

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ERCOT, MISO / Model quality tests / 6-page PDF

Before the Run: The Checks a Model Must Pass

Everything that has to go right with an interconnection model package before a model quality test simulation can begin, from file formats to model families.

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ERCOT, NERC / NOGRR 245, PRC-029-2 / 6-page PDF

NOGRR 245 vs. PRC-029-2: Why an ERCOT IBR Owes Both

Why an ERCOT inverter-based resource owes both: different authorities, curves, measurement points and evidence, and why meeting one does not discharge the other.

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NERC / PRC-029-2 / 1-page PDF

PRC-029-2 Ride-Through: NERC Guidance and Enforcement Discretion

The Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) Practice Guide, revised September 9, 2026: the design element of R1 to R3, and discretion for owners who cannot implement settings in time.

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Everyone

Briefs for every registered entity

NERC / Rules of Procedure Section 810 / 1-page PDF

NERC Alerts: What Each Level Asks of Your Entity

Advisory, Recommendation, Essential Action: what Rules of Procedure Section 810 requires at each level, shown on the 2025 and 2026 large-load alerts.

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NERC / Self-Report and Mitigation Plan User Guide / 1-page PDF

NERC Self-Report and Mitigation: The Clock Starts at Discovery

What a Registered Entity owes its Compliance Enforcement Authority after finding a noncompliance, and when, under NERC's Self-Report user guide.

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NERC / Implementation plans (PRC-028-1 worked) / 2-page PDF

Reading a NERC Compliance Deadline

How implementation plans apply calendar years, calendar months and plain periods, using PRC-028-1 as the worked example, and the two places its dates are most often misread.

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