Adding Value Through Quality Improvement by Brian Beatty – Director, Engineering Services Early in my career, I was skeptical of formalized processes for quality improvement. I sided with those who argued that there’s just not enough time or people to spare for that...
by William White – NERC Reliability Specialist, NAES Corporation You’ve received the audit notice, and panic starts to set in: ‘Am I ready? What will the auditor want to review? Will they find a hole in our program?’ These concerns are all valid, but are they...
by C. J. Ingersoll – President, Gridforce Energy Management LLC We were excited to join the NAES family of companies in July of this year. From our headquarters in Houston, we help power generators and other entities maintain a consistent, reliable flow of electric...
by Joe Bennett – Senior NERC Reliability Specialist, NAES Corporation A geomagnetic disturbance (GMD), also known as a geomagnetic storm, is a major event in Earth’s magnetosphere. It’s caused by a very efficient transfer of energy from solar wind into the space...
Don’t Neglect Your Protection Systems by Gregg Massar – Performance Engineer, Engineering & Technical Services Protective relays and their associated components play a critical role in a power-generation facility. We all understand their basic purpose, which is to...
