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FINDING THE ECONOMIC OPTIMUM IN POWER PLANT O&M
WHY THE LOWEST O&M BUDGET IS RARELY THE MOST PROFITABLE By: Robert Wolfe, Director of Asset Optimization, NAES Executive Summary. O&M budgets should be evaluated by the operating margin they enable, not by cost adherence alone. The optimal investment level...
Mitigating Risk to Grid Reliability
by Walt Bukowski, NERC Reliability Specialist The 2023 RISC Report has identified five significant risks that have evolved in the world today and identified in the 2023 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report. The following five...
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on IT Security
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful force in reshaping the landscape of IT security. As organizations increasingly rely on technology to drive their operations, cyber threats have grown in complexity and sophistication. In...
AVR Applicability to PRC-005
By Leland McMillan, NERC Supervisor The North American Generator Forum (NAGF) authored a Standard Authorization Request (SAR) in 2019 which ultimately resulted in the following industry need: The SAR proposes revisions to PRC-005-6 to provide...
Soon To Be: GADS Solar Reporting
By Laura Christensen, NERC Reliability Specialist Perhaps you’ve heard the news or maybe you’re hearing it for the first time now. Solar GADS opens soon with a 3-year implementation. In year 1 there will be...
Market Manipulation
By Mike Moyer, Power Market Compliance Specialist Market Manipulation is the process of artificially inflating or deflating the price of a security. In the case of the wholesale electric markets, market manipulation occurs when the...
Off-Shore Wind Farms and Allowable Kills To Wildlife
By Joshua Brantley, NERC Reliability Specialist As renewable rights activists push for a cleaner green energy, animal rights activists push for an energy that will not cause harm to wildlife. Wind farms seemed to make...
Introducing the NAES Spotlight Service
by John Schmoker, NERC Compliance Testing Program Manager As many of you know, NAES NERC Services has been actively engaged in the Reliability Industry since NERC’s inception. Our growing team of nearly 30 reliability professionals...
AI and Phishing
By Trystan Schlottmann, NERC Reliability Analyst It goes without saying that the world of phishing is a rapidly evolving world full of skullduggery and manipulation. But as technology evolves, malicious individuals can utilize these developments...
Resources for New Contacts and New Entities
By Abby Fellinger – Manager, Registration and Certification Program at Texas RE The Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Enterprise, which is comprised of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the six Regional Entities, is...
