WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ERO Enterprise is excited to announce the Release 2 launch of Align across industry as of July 19, 2021. Align is designed to process and track all compliance monitoring and enforcement activities with the goal of improving security and standardizing processes across the ERO Enterprise.
Release 2 includes Technical Feasibility Exceptions (TFE), Periodic Data Submittals (PDS), Attestations and Self-Certifications functionalities in Align, as well as the use of the ERO Secure Evidence Locker (SEL) to collect registered entity-provided evidence to support these activities. Release 2 builds on Release 1, which included self-reporting/self-logging, enforcement processing and mitigation functionality in Align. Subsequent releases will introduce new functionalities to the platform throughout 2021 and 2022.
Please note that while Release 2 functionality is now available in Align, go-live dates will vary by Region and functionality, as listed below:
- MRO: TFE functionality goes live on July 19, 2021; PDS and Self-Certifications functionalities go live on October 1, 2021.
- NPCC: TFE functionality goes live on July 19, 2021; PDS and Self-Certifications functionalities go live on October 1, 2021.
- ReliabilityFirst: TFE functionality goes live on July 19, 2021; PDS and Self-Certifications functionalities go live on October 1, 2021.
- SERC: TFE functionality goes live on July 19, 2021; PDS and Self-Certifications functionalities go live on October 1, 2021.
- Texas RE: TFE, PDS, and Self-Certifications functionalities go live on July 19, 2021.
- WECC: TFE functionality goes live on July 19, 2021; PDS functionality goes live on August 2, 2021; Self-Certifications functionality goes live on September 1, 2021.
The NERC Training Site contains all Align and ERO SEL training materials, including training videos and the Start, Stop, Continue Guide as well as Align and ERO SEL user guides.
