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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...
Enhanced Data for a Comprehensive Event Analysis
By Miguel Bojorquez, NERC Reliability Specialist In recent years the bulk power system has seen the generation mix significantly transform. Inverter-based resources such as wind, solar, PV, battery energy storage systems, and hybrid plants have...
NERC Publishes Inverter-Based Resource Strategy Document
by Leland McMillan, NERC Services Supervisor The rapid interconnection of Bulk Power System (BPS)-connected inverter-based resources is one of the most significant drivers of grid transformation and poses a high risk to BPS reliability. NERC...
A Reliability Vignette: Future Wind Planning Informed by Current Operating Experience
By Rob O’Connell, NERC Reliability Specialist NERC is launching a new product called Reliability Vignettes, which are intended to capture current operating incidents of interest and project the circumstances of the incidents into the future...
Winter Weather Standard Update
By Shaun Rohret, Senior Reliability Specialist, NERC Services As the winter of 2022-23 is approaching, there is a lot of activity at NERC based around a new Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness Standard. EOP 11-2 has...
OT and IoT – Threats Can Follow You Between Home and Work
By Jack Jackson, Sr NERC Reliability Specialist The landscape of Cyber Security is one of continuous change as more and more devices and components become “smart.” And the more “smart devices” there are deployed, the...
6 Reasons Power Plants Need to Implement an Industrial Cybersecurity Program Now
By Ian Bramson, Global Head of Industrial Cybersecurity at ABS Group In the last year, a surge of unprecedented cyber attacks has thrust industrial cybersecurity into the spotlight, making it a top priority for organizations...
Engineering Drawings Review and Update
Are your drawings hard to read, missing information, or simply outdated? Do they contain illegible revisions, incorrect labeling, or confusing redlines? Outdated drawings create substantial operational risk to personnel and property. Updating your drawings will inevitably save time, energy, and money...
A Key to Avoid Missed Compliance Deadlines.
Does being bogged down by multiple programs for tracking Reliability and NERC-related tasks ever lead to missed deadlines & follow-up work? Your Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system could be the solution. Using Preventive Maintenance applications...
Key NERC Projects in Development
by Richard Schulte, NERC Reliability Specialist Recently, activity surrounding NERC standards has been very busy. FERC orders, changes in technology, and historical events are causing several NERC standards to be reviewed and revised to address...
