North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC ) is an organization whose members are drawn from all segments of the electric industry: investor-owned utilities; federal power agencies; rural electric cooperatives; state, municipal and provincial utilities; independent power producers; power marketers; and end-use customers in the United States, Canada, and a portion of Baja California Norte, Mexico. NERC sets standards for the reliable operation and planning of the bulk electric system and monitors, assesses, and enforces compliance with those standards.