Follow these steps to submit a U.S. Footprint Change Request:For Generator Owners and/or Generator Operators, please follow these steps to submit a footprint change request in CORES.
1. Go to the NERC ERO Portal.
2. Sign into your ERO Portal Account by selecting “My Account” and then “Sign In.”
3. Access the Centralized Organization Registration ERO System (CORES) for your entity by selecting the “My Entity” option and then “CORES” from the dropdown menu.
4. Click on “Comments and Attachments” and then enter and save a comment with a description of the changes to your footprint(s) associated with any of your entity’s reliability function(s), devices, and/or assets. Include a completed Generator Registration
Questionnaire and associated documentation.
5. Send email to
[email protected] notifying WECC you’ve entered a comment in CORES with a description and documentation of your Footprint Change Request.
6. Respond to any subsequent Registration Data Requests from WECC to provide additional information or documentation needed to process the request.
For new entities registering as a Generator Owner and/or Generator Operator, please follow these steps to submit a registration request.
1. Go to the NERC ERO Portal.
2. Sign into your ERO Portal Account by selecting “My Account” and then “Sign In.”
3. Access the Centralized Organization Registration ERO System (CORES) by selecting "Entity Registration Requests".
4. Add a completed Generator Registration Questionnaire and associated documentation in the "Comments and Attachments" section.
5. Submit the request.
6. Respond to any subsequent Registration Data Requests from WECC to provide additional information or documentation needed to process the request.
The ERO Portal is the application for managing your own NERC account information and request access to various NERC resources through the User Management and Records application.
CORES: Use the Centralized Organization Registration ERO System (CORES) for New Entity registration requests or to make changes to existing Registered Entities. For more information, visit
NERC’s Centralized Organization Registration ERO System (CORES) Technology Project webpage.
CFR Portal: Use the Coordinated Functional Registration (CFR) Portal for submitting new or updated files. For more information, visit
NERC’s Entity Registration CFRs End User Guide.
BESnet
Registered Entities should use the BESnet application to request to include or exclude an Element from the BES on a case-by-case basis. These applications are currently managed separately from the ERO Portal. For more information, visit
NERC’s Bulk Electric System (BES) Definition, Notification, and Exception Process webpage.
