ReliabilityFirst posts 2026 Draft Business Plan and Budget for 30-day comment

On Thursday, the ReliabilityFirst (RF) Board of Directors approved the organization’s 2026 Business Plan and Budget, Draft, Version 1, for publication for 30-day industry comment and release to NERC.

Annually, the Regional Entities are required to develop their Business Plan and Budget (BP&B) for the following year to provide adequate time for the Regional Boards, the NERC Board, and FERC to each approve the documents in succession. NERC and the Regional Entities developed a set of strategic and operating objectives in order to develop their individual BP&B with a common foundation. These strategic and operating objectives are set forth in the ERO Enterprise Long Term Strategy. Any unique objectives that apply only to RF are expressly noted in the BP&B. In developing the 2026 BP&B, management considered the common assumptions, conducted manpower analyses, considered efficiency gains attributable to new processes and maturing systems, and examined projected future workloads.

Please review the 2026 BP&B and provide any comments to beth.dowdell@rfirst.org.