National Center for Reliability Engineering
North American Electric Reliability Council The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) was formed in 1968 in the aftermath of the November 9, 1965 Blackout that affected the Northeastern United States and Ontario, Canada. NERC's mission is to promote the reliability of the electricity supply for North America. In short, NERC helps electric utilities and other electricity suppliers work together to keep the lights on. It does this by reviewing the past for lessons learned, monitoring the present for compliance with policies, criteria, standards, principles, and guides, and assessing the future reliability of the bulk electric systems.
Reliability Analysis Center (RAC) The Reliability Analysis Center is a Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Center (IAC), sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). RAC's mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate data and information in reliability, maintainability and quality. RAC is operated by IIT Research Institute.
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