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Capability Testing: Done Right, It Yields Tangible Benefits

Capability Testing: Done Right, It Yields Tangible Benefits

by Gregg Massar – Performance Engineer, Engineering & Technical Services Generator capability testing for both real and reactive power is required by many Independent System Operators (ISOs), power pools, and other transmission entities. It’s performed for a...
Two Years Injury-Free, Quail Run Celebrates

Two Years Injury-Free, Quail Run Celebrates

On April 25, Quail Run Energy Center (Odessa, Texas) celebrated a major safety milestone: two years without a recordable injury. Operations Director Rob Simmerman and Safety Operations David Jackson were on hand from NAES Corporate to present a plaque commemorating...
PJM: More Than 3,600 MW Will Retire in 2018

PJM: More Than 3,600 MW Will Retire in 2018

Data from regional transmission organization (RTO) PJM Interconnection shows about 630 MW of power generation will be taken offline in the grid operator’s territory in April, with more than 3,600 MW scheduled to be retired this year, according to the organization’s...
U.S. says Russian hack did not compromise power grid, plants

U.S. says Russian hack did not compromise power grid, plants

WASHINGTON — A Russian government hacking operation aimed at the U.S. power grid did not compromise operations at any of the nation’s power plants, federal regulators and the industry said Friday. Corporate networks at some of the 99 nuclear power plants licensed by...