How is NERC funded?
Previously, the Regional Entities funded NERC operations. Today, the U.S. government and Canadian provincial governments have directed NERC to allocate costs to those who benefit from a reliable bulk power system: the end users. NERC allocates its operating costs and those of the Regional Entities to “load-serving entities” those owners, operators and users of the bulk power system responsible for delivering electricity to retail customers — based on how much net energy they need to meet their users’ energy requirements. Funds are then collected from these load-serving entities.
