Software-Defined Plants Need Software-Era Compliance

A firmware update can fundamentally alter a battery's frequency response or a wind farm's voltage control - without any physical changes.

Yet many Generator Compliance Plans (GCP) barely address software change management.

Modern IBR plant is increasingly software-defined. What's impossible for synchronous plant - changing performance characteristics without hardware modifications - is routine for inverters.

Software & firmware changes affecting GPS compliance should be verified with the same rigour as hardware modifications. With COMET supporting continuous monitoring of your plant you can be sure that your GCP and your GPS Compliance approach reflects 2026's technical reality, not 2016's.