Shortage of Required Skillsets:
Stakeholders across SERC’s footprint are facing a shortage of skilled professionals in operations, planning, cybersecurity, and advanced technologies. Workforce shifts and increased demand for expertise in cybersecurity, renewables, and emerging technologies are widening the talent gap across the industry.
Expanded training programs, educational partnerships, and enhanced recruitment are vital to address this gap.
Why It Matters
A shortage of skilled workers in electrical operations, cybersecurity and planning creates risk for the reliability of the bulk power system. With experienced professionals retiring and fewer new entrants, utilities and regulators are struggling to maintain a pipeline of qualified, knowledgeable personnel.
What SERC Is Doing
SERC highlights workforce development as a critical focus area. The organization offers targeted training through SERC University, hosts outreach events, and partners with academic and workforce organizations to encourage new talent. It also develops learning paths tailored to technical roles and provides industry data to identify and address skill gaps.
What You Can Do
Encourage your teams to participate in SERC University learning paths.
Collaborate with peers to identify training opportunities.
Support industry efforts to attract and retain skilled professionals.
Resource Downloads
SERC University
All SERC training is available in SERC University, our secure, easy to access learning management system.
Outreach and Training
Communication of risks and strategies to manage, monitor, and mitigate risk, comprise the bulk of the work performed by the Outreach and Training organization.
2024-2034 LongTerm Relilability Assessment
SERC Reliability Corporation’s (SERC) mission is to ensure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the bulk power system (BPS).
What You Can Do
Improve renewable generation forecasts and incorporate them into planning
Collaborate with balancing authorities and system operators on coordination strategies.
Stay involved in SERC’s working groups on variable generation integration.
Resource Downloads
Renewables Integration and New Technologies
Renewables Integration and New Technologies
Based on the 2023-2033 SERC Annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment Report, the existing total internal generation capacity for the SERC Region is 309.6 GW (323.1 GW winter capacity).
2024-2034 Long Term Relilibity Assessment
RM10-11-001 Integration of Variable Energy Resources
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