NERC 利益相关方通过 AI 数据中心可靠性标准，待董事会与联邦监管批准
Reliability Standards for AI Data Centers Move Closer to Adoption
北美电力可靠性公司（NERC）利益相关方通过了针对 AI 数据中心、加密矿场等计算负载的新可靠性标准，标准将提交 NERC 董事会投票，若通过再报联邦能源监管委员会最终批准。拟议标准适用于接入电压不低于 100 kV、负载不低于 50 MW 的计算设施，涵盖互联研究与建模、运行数据与通信、负载保护协调与扰动监测等要求。该标准源于 NERC 今年 5 月因数据中心突发甩负荷或需求快速振荡而发布的 Level 3 警报。
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The proposed rules must still be approved by NERC’s board and federal regulators. As written, they would apply to computational loads of 50 MW or more connected at voltage levels of at least 100 kV.Utility DiveInforma TechTarget
October 15, 20262 Min ReadGetty Images
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North American Electric Reliability Corp. stakeholders approved new reliability standards for AI data centers, crypto mining facilities and other computational loads – an important step toward finalization, the grid watchdog said Thursday.
The standards now head to the NERC Board of Trustees for a vote, and, if adopted, will be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for final approval.
The proposed standards build on insights and research related to a Level 3 alert NERC issued in May after several incidents where data centers unexpectedly dropped load or oscillated demand rapidly, threatening the stability of regional grids. The alert included seven actions grid entities “must implement to address immediate risks posed by computational loads” while permanent rules are created, NERC said.
The new standards aim to “establish requirements to support the reliable integration of large computational loads into the bulk power system,” the reliability organization said in a statement.
Electricity demand is increasing after decades of stagnant growth, with data centers, in particular, driving load projections. Summer peak demand across the bulk power system is forecast to grow by 224 GW over the next 10 years, a 24% increase from 2025 peak demand, NERC said in January.
“These loads are reshaping the demand profile and exposing reliability gaps in both operational and planning time horizons,” NERC said on its standards development project site.
Multiple standards for computational loads were developed as part of NERC Project 2026-02, including requirements around interconnection studies and modeling; operational data and communications; and load protection coordination and disturbance monitoring.
Among other requirements, the standards establish modeling data, verification, and reporting procedures “for development of planning horizon cases necessary to support analysis of the reliability of the interconnected transmission system.”
They are designed to ensure transmission operators, balancing authorities and reliability coordinators have computational load site data needed “to plan, monitor, and assess the reliable operation” of the bulk power system, and to establish communication capabilities “with predefined communications protocols to ensure prompt action to prevent or mitigate occurrences that adversely impact the reliability of the Bulk Power System.”
The standards would apply to computational loads greater than or equal to 50 MW, connected at voltage levels greater than or equal to 100 kV.
NERC’s board is expected to consider the new standards in the fourth quarter, based on development timelines in the proposals.
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