juillet 10, 2025

Welcome to TRC’s NERC Compliance Conversations: This is a special series diving into our teams’ NERC Conversations. Produced by the staff of TRC, they will be discussing evolving NERC standards and challenges utilities face as the environment can be unpredictable. 

In this series, we’re joined by TRC’s NERC Compliance Director in the Power Division, Dwayne Stradford. Dwayne leads TRC’s efforts to support utility clients across all three U.S, interconnections as he has over 30 years of engineering experience, transmission operations, planning, and regulatory compliance. Dwayne has navigated TRC to ensure reliable compliance with his expertise in NERC-CIP and NERC O&P. 

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Conversation 2 – Smart Vegetation Management Under FAC-003-5

June 5, 2025

One year into enforcement of FAC-003-5, utilities are rethinking right-of-way strategies to stay compliant and protect grid reliability. The retirement of Requirement 2 and the elimination of IROL-specific categorization have left many vegetation management programs facing mounting risks and massive fines unless they adapt to this new reality. 

In this edition of NERC Compliance Conversation our experts, Dwayne Stradford and Marc Sherman, explore why proactive vegetation strategies are now mission-critical and how utilities can turn compliance into a long-term resilience advantage. 

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Conversation 1 – Cold Weather Preparedness Under EOP-012 and Beyond 

March 18, 2025

As extreme weather events occur more often and are more severe, utilities are under increasing pressure to confine and meet NERC standards. The latest updates to cold weather preparedness requirements under EOP-012 demand a more proactive approach to dealing with severe weather conditions. 

In this edition of NERC Compliance Conversation, our experts Dwayne Stradford and Dylan Achey break down the latest regulatory updates, challenges and best practices to help utilities stay ahead and mitigate risk.