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LCRA chief says transmission office earned clean NERC audit with no findings
Summary
Chief Operating Officer Chris Kildner told the Lower Colorado River Authority board the 2025 NERC compliance audit by Texas RE found no recommendations, areas of concern or findings for the prior three-year period and praised staff and a governance tool that supported the result.
Chief Operating Officer Chris Kildner told the Lower Colorado River Authority board that the organization’s 2025 North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance audit concluded with no recommendations, areas of concern or findings for the prior three years.
Kildner said Texas Reliability Entity (Texas RE) — the regional monitor for compliance within the ERCOT footprint — conducted the audit and “the 2025 audit … resulted in no recommendations, areas of concern, or findings for the prior 3 years.” He described the three-year audit cycle as a recurring, comprehensive review that the organization prepares for well in advance.
Why it matters: NERC sets reliability and critical infrastructure protection standards the electric industry must follow to help ensure grid stability. A clean audit reduces near-term regulatory risk and signals to regulators and customers that the authority’s transmission operations met applicable reliability standards during the review period.
Kildner credited extensive, cross-department work to prepare for the review, saying transmission, regulatory and market compliance, legal and cybersecurity teams provided objective evidence, subject-matter interviews and tours of operations centers. He also highlighted the organization’s use of a governance, risk and compliance platform, Archer, saying auditors “positively noted our implementation” of the tool and its role in maintaining evidence and tracking obligations.
Kildner framed the result as reflecting an ongoing culture of compliance and training rather than a once-every-three-years push: “We’re not thinking about compliance just every 3 years. We live it day in and day out,” he said. He asked staff who contributed to the audit to stand for recognition before concluding his remarks.
No formal board action or vote on the audit was recorded during the update. The board offered brief thanks and the meeting proceeded to the next agenda item.
