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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...
Cold Weather Preparedness and Texas
By Troy Dahlgren, NERC Reliability Specialist Cold weather preparations have been a hot topic for regulators around the country. Beginning in 2019, NERC began revising Standards to address cold weather preparedness, intent on avoiding unwanted...
Grid Disturbance Trends: The Evolving Reliability Landscape
By John Schmoker, NERC Compliance Testing Specialist As we all know, electricity transitioned from luxury to necessity a long time ago. Since our daily lives are so intertwined with the supply of reliable power, grid...
NERC Reports Areas of Concern for Winter 2022-2023
By Renee Davidson and Dale Tarr, NERC Reliability Specialists With most of the country having already experienced bouts of severe weather, there are several valuable take-aways from the recently published NERC 2022-2023 Winter Reliability Assessment....
NERC Winter Reliability 2022 – 2023 Warning
By Renee Davidson – Moeller, Power Market Compliance Services Specialist NERC Reports Areas of Concern for the Reliability of the North American Bulk Power System (Winter 2022-2023) NERC warns of potential power Generation and Transmission...
NERC Winter Reliability Assessment
By Dale Tarr, NERC Reliability Specialist With most of the country having already experienced bouts of severe weather, there are several valuable take-aways from the recently published NERC 2022-2023 Winter Reliability Assessment. The assessment is...
Transient Cyber Assets, Removable Media and PRC-005
Author: Jack Jackson In 2020, NERC’s revision 7 to CIP-003 added protection requirements to the standard for Transient Cyber Assets (TCA) and Removable Media (RM) when connecting to the Bulk Electric System Cyber System (BCS)....
A look back at the Winter of 2021
By Mark Henry, Director of Reliability Services & Registration, Texas RE Power plant operators in the southern United States can generally expect mild winters but occasionally face deep, prolonged cold and icy precipitation. Winter storm...
NERC Tools
Author: Leland McMillan, NERC Supervisor The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued new training and onboarding tools aimed to assist industry participants ensure that their personnel are up to date with software applications...
NAES Corporation Partners with Convergint to Strengthen Security in the Power and Energy Sector
Contact: Torin RoherCorporate Communications Specialist425-270-6237 ISSAQUAH, Wash. (Oct. 11, 2022) – Seeking to bolster its capabilities to meet the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) physical security requirements, NAES Corporation is partnering...
