Commitment: Too often, old power organizations see new power as an occasional, peripheral, and intermittent activity. But getting the best results requires a willingness to cultivate the energy and enthusiasms of a community of people over an extended period, which NERC had no plan or intention to do. If new power enthusiasm is simply a flavor of the month, or the passion project of an unsupported mid-level millennial, it is much less likely to succeed.
