ATLANTA, GEORGIA - The 2019 State of Reliability report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) says that the state of North America's bulk power system remains highly reliable, while ongoing performance measures show positive trends in generation, transmission, and protection and control performance.

According to the report, the electricity industry is undergoing significant change, which presents both new challenges and opportunities for the reliability and security of the bulk power system.

NERC's report encourages continued vigilance as the evolving resource mix and cyber and physical security threats continue to present critical challenges.

This year's assessment identified seven key findings, with extreme weather events being identified as the leading contributors to transmission, generation and load loss.

The full report can be viewed here.

Source: NERC