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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...
Electronic Access Controls for Low Impact Bulk Electric System Cyber System (BCS) owners
by Michiko Sell, Supervisor NERC Services NAES NERC has been actively evaluating the network security controls implemented by third party OEMs of Industrial Control Systems for several registered entities. Recently E-ISAC released a Cyber Bulletin...
WECC 2040 Clean Energy Sensitivities Study
by Richard Schulte, NERC Reliability Specialist Concerns about climate change have countries looking for alternatives to using fossil fuels for our energy needs. President Biden has announced a goal for the US to achieve net...
The Road to Cyber Security
By Michiko Sell, Supervisor NERC CIP Services I recently read this quote by Sufi poet Rumi who wrote, Life is “your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can...
Winterization Recommendations
By Leland McMillan, Supervisor NERC Services The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and NERC’s Regional Entities have issued their final report examining the impact of the First Quarter...
What are you managing for?
By Jack Jackson, NERC Senior Reliability Specialist When looking at the verb manage there are number of different possible definitions that can be applied. And while compliance is certainly something to be managed, it is...
Reliability Risk Factors
By Shaun Rohret, NERC Senior Reliability Specialist On December 3, 2021 The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) released its Comprehensive Reliability Plan. It concludes that the New York State bulk power system will be able...
Odessa Disturbance: NERC’s Path Forward
By Troy Dahlgren, NERC Reliability Specialist On May 9th, 2021, a small, ordinary line-to-ground fault at a combined-cycle facility near Odessa, TX exposed a major reduction in active power production from solar plants throughout the...
Can Solar Energy Dethrone Natural Gas Dominance?
By John Branch, NERC Power Market Compliance Services Specialist Over the past decade natural gas has been crowned king in the energy industry. However, renewable energy has made great leaps and bounds to solidify a...
Odessa Disturbance, NERC Report of Key Findings
By Richard Schlottmann, NERC Senior Reliability Compliance Specialist The Joint NERC and Texas RE Staff Report regarding the Texas events of May 9 and June 26 evaluates the first disturbance involving a widespread reduction of...
