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October 2026
Three Fronts, One Driver: Load
October 2026 Grid Brief covering new firm generation,
transmission upgrades, data center load growth, permitting,
interconnection and grid reliability.
September 2026
Grid Capacity, BESS & Transmission
September grid developments covering energy storage,
transmission capacity, grid investment and engineering
considerations for new projects.
August 2026
Power Grid Engineering & Industry Updates
Keentel Engineering insights covering grid reliability,
interconnection, transmission and evolving power-system
requirements.
January 2026
Navigating NERC Compliance in the Era of Inverter-Based Resources
A comprehensive overview of the IBR Registration Initiative,
new PRC/CIP standards, and what asset owners must do now to
remain compliant heading into 2026 enforcement.
July 2025
Grid Reliability, IBR Compliance & Engineering Readiness
NERC's 2025 State of Reliability report, the new IBR
Registration Initiative for GOs and GOPs, energy adequacy
rethink, and upcoming NERC compliance deadlines.
May 2025
Industry NERC News – May 2025 Update
Cold weather preparedness deadlines, IBR modeling deficiency
alert exposing 15,000+ MW of risk, ballot results, and upcoming
NERC standards taking effect 2025–2027.
April 2025
Keentel Power Pulse – Engineering the Future of the Grid
Global energy trends, IEEE 2800 and NERC PRC-006-5 compliance
updates, BESS going mainstream, 345 kV interconnection projects,
and digital substation innovations.
Engineering guide to PRC-028 disturbance recording, PRC-029 ride-through and PRC-030 event detection for inverter-based resources.
A practical guide to SSO classification, SSR, PEDI, Wind-SSCI, EMT analysis, mitigation and protection based on CIGRE TB 909.
Learn ERCOT generator testing for PFR, MOD-025 and MOD-026/027, including staged tests, capability verification, dynamic models and field testing.
Learn how PV string I-V curve testing identifies hidden solar performance losses, including soiling, shading, mismatch, degradation, and wiring faults.
Learn how active harmonic filters work, how to size AHF systems, reduce VFD harmonics, calculate losses, and meet IEEE 519 TDD limits at the PCC.
Learn power electronic device interactions (PEDI), including CI-N and CI-D, weak-grid stability, SCR, EMT studies, impedance analysis and mitigation for IBRs.
Learn how data center coolant distribution units (CDUs) work, including FWS and TCS loops, heat transfer, sizing, redundancy and liquid cooling for AI data centers.
Compare Data Center Tiers I–IV, including redundancy, uptime, Tier III concurrent maintainability, Tier IV fault tolerance, UPS, generators and power design.
Learn how BESS supports grid stability through fast frequency response, voltage support, oscillation damping, black start, grid-forming controls and EMT studies.
Learn how data center digital twins combine BIM and agentic AI to optimize power, cooling, maintenance, capacity, resilience and facility operations.
Learn motor protection and relay coordination using TCC curves, IEEE standards, transformer damage limits, CTI settings and a 138/13.8 kV example.
Learn NERC and ERCOT compliance requirements for natural gas power plants, including GO/GOP obligations, O&P standards, GADS reporting, and audits.
