Stop chasing documents and spreadsheets. data phleet's AI platform automates evidence collection, documentation, and reporting — so your team focuses on strategy, not paperwork.
Many products claim to "automate NERC compliance" — but when you look closer, they're coordination platforms: task trackers, document organizers, reminder systems. data phleet is fundamentally different. Our automation modules actually execute the compliance checks for you.
data phleet goes beyond coordination by actually executing the work:
The outcome for your team:
These tools deliver value by organizing compliance work:
But they don't actually perform compliance:
data phleet isn't just telling you what to do — it's doing it. Where others coordinate compliance, we automate it.
NERC compliance teams are buried in manual work that could — and should — be automated.
Our platform continuously cycles through a proven automation loop — so compliance never falls behind.
AI ingests your NERC standards, equipment docs, protection settings, and plant schematics — accurately recognizing structured and unstructured data alike.
Machine learning identifies discrepancies between regulatory requirements and actual system settings, flagging compliance gaps before auditors do.
RPA automatically prepares evidence packages, compliance reports, and audit-ready documentation — structured, archived, and always current.
With your team's review and approval, the platform continuously monitors, updates, and re-checks — keeping you perpetually audit-ready.
Purpose-built AI modules targeting the most demanding NERC standards. Each solution reads, discovers, and documents — automatically.
AI-driven inventory management for generation, transmission, distribution, IT and other assets. Conduct inventory work faster, more accurately, more frequently, and at a lower cost — freeing your team from asset audits entirely.
Automate protection system monitoring and verification. Meet and exceed PRC-005 compliance requirements automatically. Scheduled, triggered, or ad-hoc checks with automated root cause analysis reporting and archival.
Automatically coordinate voltage and frequency ride-through capabilities. Centralize protection settings, ride-through curves, and supporting evidence. Reduce reliance on conservative defaults through improved data visibility.
Automate critical cyber-asset identification and documentation. Illuminate BES risk exposure automatically. Risk-based assessment reporting built for effective CIP-002 compliance, delivered without the manual lift.
Analyze generating resource protections against defined frequency and voltage excursions. Reads equipment docs, compares against regulatory requirements, and documents compliance concerns for audit-ready records.
Ensure generator and plant auxiliary protection settings are coordinated to prevent tripping during stable power swings. Centralize relay settings, loadability limits, and evidence across protection and planning teams.
Automate verification that protection system communications infrastructure meets NERC PRC-029-1 requirements. data phleet reads your relay communications configurations and network architecture data directly, validates connectivity and redundancy requirements, and produces audit-ready evidence — eliminating the manual coordination typically required between protection engineers and communications teams.
Automate compliance verification for transmission system planned performance during stability events under NERC PRC-030-1. data phleet ingests your relay settings and system model data, validates that protection systems are coordinated to avoid unnecessary tripping during stable power swings, and delivers complete documentation for audit — replacing time-consuming manual coordination studies with machine-driven analysis.
Our library of AI-driven NERC compliance automations continues to expand. More standards, more coverage, less manual work — check back often.
"We are a passionate team of engineers, developers, scientists, and customer fanatics with decades of combined industry experience. Our overriding goal is you — with an insatiable drive to deliver the best outcomes you've ever experienced."
30 years of leadership across finance, sales, customer success, and operations. Co-Founder and CFO of Central Logic and former President of Premier Computing, where he drove major transformations through data management and automation. Ryan brings that same enterprise discipline to solving one of the most pressing challenges in the electric power industry.
Sales and marketing executive with deep expertise in AI-driven enterprise software. Former VP Sales at Central Logic, Sales Director at SaltStack, and VP Sales at IXN. Kevin brings a proven ability to build high-performing sales organizations and take complex technology solutions to market — now focused entirely on serving the electric power industry.
Decades of tech leadership in AI, automation, and decentralized platforms. Co-Founder of Launch.box, building AI middleware for ML workloads on decentralized GPU networks. Former CTO of Elevate, directing DeFi market-making platforms. Architect of data phleet's core automation engine.
Our team has navigated ERP, financial systems, data management, and AI at enterprise scale — bringing that discipline to NERC compliance automation.
Our leadership has built and scaled enterprise software relied upon by hundreds of organizations — from utilities to healthcare systems to financial institutions. We know what it takes to build software that enterprises depend on.
Unlike generic GRC platforms, every feature, every module, and every line of code in data phleet is designed specifically for electric utility compliance teams.
Designed specifically for electric utilities and energy companies — not a generic tool retrofitted for your industry.
A layered automation stack — AI for comprehension, machine learning for detection, robotic process automation for execution.
This isn't about replacing compliance professionals — it's about giving them leverage. Your team reviews and approves. AI does the heavy lifting.
The latest from data phleet — product launches, partnerships, and industry insights.
data phleet announces its PRC-030-1 automation module — continuously validating disturbance monitoring equipment coverage, configurations, and data retention to ensure audit-ready compliance at all times.
Read more ↗data phleet introduces automated PRC-028 compliance checks for inverter-based resources — continuously verifying disturbance recording coverage, synchronization, and retrieval readiness so you have the data when the grid is stressed.
Read more ↗data phleet announces its CIP-002 automation module — extending the platform beyond PRC standards into cyber asset identification and classification. Automatically ingest asset data, apply CIP-002-5.1a classification logic, flag edge cases, and generate audit-ready evidence continuously.
Read more ↗An inside look at what sets data phleet apart from generic GRC tools — purpose-built NERC automation, deep industry expertise, and a platform engineered check-by-check for the most complex compliance requirements in the energy sector.
Read more ↗A deep dive into PRC-025-2 — why generator and plant auxiliary protection settings that appear compliant can still expose utilities to unexpected tripping during high-load conditions, and how automation removes the guesswork.
Read more ↗data phleet introduces automated checks for PRC-024-3 — analyzing generating resource protections against defined frequency and voltage excursions, comparing settings against regulatory documents, and filing compliance records automatically.
Read more ↗data phleet launches automated PRC-019-2 compliance checks — automatically coordinating verified voltage and frequency ride-through capabilities, centralizing protection settings and supporting evidence, and enabling audit-ready demonstration in seconds.
Read more ↗Successful completion of the first-of-its-kind automated NERC compliance check — dp: PRC-024-3 — in a comprehensive pilot for a multi-generator power plant in the northwest US.
Read more ↗data phleet and NAES Corporation — power generation's largest independent services provider — announce a strategic partnership to deliver AI-driven NERC compliance automation across NAES's portfolio.
data phleet introduces the first-ever automated PRC-005 compliance check, marking a breakthrough in protection system monitoring and verification for electric utilities.
Read more ↗data phleet successfully completes and tests the first-ever solution for automatically generating complete inventory reports for transmission and generator owners and operators.
Read more ↗data phleet's dp: Inventory module automates asset inventory reports for plant mobilizations — completing in minutes what used to take dozens of hours, with no manual data entry required.
Read more ↗data phleet announces the completion and successful testing of the first-ever PRC compliance automation solution for the electric power industry.
data phleet announces plans to sponsor, exhibit, and present at the 2022 NAES NERC reliability conference, showcasing its RPA solutions for the energy industry.
data phleet partners with REGIME, bringing disruptive robotic process automation to transform NERC compliance across the energy sector.
Read more ↗A recap from the NAES Reliability conference in Seattle, where the data phleet team presented on robotic process automation and its transformative potential for grid compliance.
Read more ↗With talent shortages straining compliance teams across the energy sector, data phleet explores how automation can help utilities do more with the people they have.
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Real NERC compliance challenges — sourced from across the industry — and how data phleet addresses each one.
PRC-005-6 requires Transmission Owners, Generator Owners, and Distribution Providers to maintain documented Protection System Maintenance Programs (PSMPs) covering thousands of relays, breakers, and associated components — each with specific maintenance intervals. According to NERC's compliance data, PRC-005 consistently ranks as the single most violated Operations & Planning standard, accounting for over 100 instances of noncompliance in recent annual reporting periods alone. The volume and complexity of required testing intervals makes manual tracking error-prone and resource-intensive.
Source: NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) Annual Reports; NERC PRC-005-6
data phleet's dp: PRC-005 module automates the verification of protection system maintenance records directly — reading source data from your systems, checking component status against required intervals, and generating audit-ready compliance evidence. What typically takes engineers days of manual spreadsheet work is completed in seconds, with machine-generated documentation ready for NERC auditors.
PRC-024-3 requires generator owners to verify that frequency and voltage protection relay settings will not cause generators to trip during grid disturbances — a calculation-intensive process involving relay settings, manufacturer trip curves, and real-time system data. PRC-024 accounted for 74 noncompliances in a recent annual NERC reporting period, split evenly between R1 (frequency protection) and R2 (voltage protection). The core problem: the standard requires coordination of vast amounts of generator-specific data that most utilities still manage manually.
Source: NERC O&P Compliance Data; NERC PRC-024-3; data phleet industry-first PRC-024-3 automated pilot
data phleet's dp: PRC-024 module performs automated compliance checks against the standard's frequency and voltage ride-through requirements — reading relay settings and generator data directly from source systems, comparing against PRC-024-3 requirements, and flagging any settings that fall outside compliant ranges. The industry's first automated PRC-024-3 pilot was completed by data phleet.
PRC-019-2 requires generator owners to coordinate the voltage regulating system capabilities, limiters, and protection settings of each generating unit to ensure they work together correctly. This involves analyzing AVR settings, limiter configurations, and protection relay coordination — often across dozens or hundreds of units. Each check requires pulling data from multiple engineering systems and performing detailed coordination studies that are time-consuming to document and easy to get wrong under time pressure.
Source: NERC PRC-019-2; TRC Companies NERC PRC Compliance Studies
data phleet's dp: PRC-019 module automates the coordination checks required by PRC-019-2, reading generating unit capability data and protection settings directly from source systems. The module validates coordination between voltage regulators, limiters, and protection systems and produces audit-ready compliance documentation — turning a multi-day manual study into an automated check completed in seconds.
PRC-025-2 requires that generator protection relays — particularly loss-of-field and impedance relays — be set to avoid unnecessary tripping during stable power system conditions. Non-compliant relay settings can cause generators to trip during grid stress events, potentially cascading into wider outages. The challenge is that verifying PRC-025-2 compliance requires detailed power system analysis for each protected unit, and many utilities lack the internal engineering resources to perform these studies at scale and frequency.
Source: NERC PRC-025-2; data phleet 'PRC-025-2: The Hidden Risk in Generator Loadability Protection' (2026)
data phleet's dp: PRC-025 module performs automated relay loadability checks against PRC-025-2 requirements, analyzing impedance relay settings relative to generator capability curves and system conditions. The module identifies settings that create loadability risk and generates documentation that satisfies NERC audit requirements — without requiring manual engineering studies for every unit.
Accurate identification and cataloguing of Bulk Electric System (BES) assets is foundational to NERC compliance — if your inventory is wrong, every standard that depends on it is potentially non-compliant. Facility ratings violations (FAC-008) have resulted in penalties including a $150,000 fine against Dominion Energy Virginia and a $96,000 penalty against Long Island Power Authority in recent years. Meanwhile, the rapid addition of distributed energy resources (DERs) is making asset inventories harder to maintain, with FERC's 2025 CIP audit findings citing entities operating over 1,700 MVA of DER capacity that was not properly categorized.
Source: NERC 2024 Enforcement Report; FERC FY2025 CIP Audit Lessons Learned; FAC-008-5
data phleet's dp: Inventory module provides AI-driven asset discovery and cataloguing specifically designed for the electric power industry. It reads directly from source systems to build and maintain an accurate, continuously updated inventory of BES assets — providing the reliable foundation that every other NERC compliance check depends on.
CIP-002-5.1a requires utilities to correctly identify and categorize BES Cyber Systems by impact level — high, medium, or low. FERC's 2025 CIP audit findings found that multiple entities failed to include DERs and distribution-connected generation when determining control center impact ratings, resulting in misclassified systems and missing security controls. As FERC staff noted, 'Proper identification and categorization form the foundation of the Reliability Standards' — get CIP-002 wrong, and every downstream CIP control is built on a flawed foundation.
Source: FERC FY2025 CIP Audit Lessons Learned Report (October 2025); NERC CIP-002-5.1a
data phleet's dp: CIP-002 module automates the BES Cyber System identification and impact categorization process, reading asset data directly from source systems and applying CIP-002-5.1a criteria — including proper accounting for DERs and shared control environments. The result is a defensible, auditable categorization that satisfies FERC and NERC scrutiny.
NERC's 2024 enforcement data shows a 20% increase in penalties year-over-year. The statutory maximum now stands at $1.54 million per day per violation — up from $1 million when the program launched in 2007. FY2025 FERC audits resulted in 63 findings of noncompliance and 260 recommendations for corrective action across just 10 audits. Critically, NERC auditors are trained to cross-check compliance evidence between interrelated standards — meaning a gap in one area can expose violations in others that teams didn't anticipate.
Source: NERC 2024 Enforcement Report; FERC FY2025 Enforcement Annual Report; TRC Companies NERC Compliance Analysis (2026)
data phleet's automated compliance modules produce consistent, machine-generated evidence for every check performed — not manually assembled spreadsheets that vary by engineer or time of year. Because checks run continuously rather than pre-audit, utilities maintain a genuine state of ongoing compliance rather than scrambling to reconstruct evidence when an audit notice arrives.
The NERC standards landscape is accelerating. In late 2024 alone, NERC's Board approved TPL-008-1 (extreme weather transmission planning) and CIP-015 (internal network security monitoring) is advancing through the standards process. FERC's September 2024 guidance added new CIP cybersecurity requirements. Each new or revised standard requires utilities to assess applicability, update compliance programs, and build new evidence workflows — all while maintaining compliance with existing standards. For teams already stretched thin, absorbing new standards manually is increasingly unsustainable.
Source: NERC TPL-008-1 (approved December 2024); NERC 2024–2026 Reliability Standards Development Plan; FERC September 2024 CIP Guidance
data phleet is built as an expandable automation platform — new compliance modules can be added as standards evolve without requiring teams to rebuild manual processes from scratch. As NERC standards change, data phleet's automation adapts, ensuring utilities can absorb new requirements without proportional increases in headcount or manual effort.
Insights drawn from NERC enforcement reports, FERC audit findings, and industry compliance data.