Inlet Air Cooling Improves Gas Turbine Performance by Sanjeev Jolly, PE – Senior Engineer, Engineering Services An inlet air cooling (IAC) system offers one of the most cost-effective ways to improve gas turbine (GT) performance – especially during the peak hours of...
The Emergence of Risk-BasedCompliance Monitoringby Daniel Jenkins – NERC Reliability Specialist The Realization NERC has in recent years adopted a risk-based Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP), motivated by the realization that its enforcement...
E3 Taps NAES Bench Strength forChilean Interconnection Projectby Mary Prendergast – Manager, E3 Marketing Communications When NAES acquired E3 Consulting in April 2014, leaders on both sides predicted the acquisition would spark a number of synergies. The...
Engineering Services Team Scrambles To Get Riverside a New Transformer by Doug Cantwell – EnergyLine Editor At 1:34 am on Thanksgiving Day 2016, NAES staff at Riverside Generating in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, were rudely awakened by an alarm. On first inspection, Plant...
Know Your Vendor: NERC CIP-013-1Addresses Supply Chain Cyber Risks by Mark Rabuano – Manager, NERC Services NERC’s targeted expansion of its oversight of cyber security could significantly impact the industry by next year. On January 19, 2017, NERC issued a draft of...
