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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...
FAC-008: Why Methodology & MVAs Matter – Part 2
By Michael Tate, NERC Reliability Specialist It is no secret that Generators are falling under a microscope with Reliability Entities. This is primarily due to the scrutiny that Transmission undergoes when it comes to facility ratings....
NERC Cold Weather Project
By Shaun Rohret, Senior NERC Reliability Specialist It looks like a new NERC Cold Weather standard may be on its way. Here is some background and a summary of the latest information provided by NERC:...
How Do You Manage Your NERC Program?
by Daniel Jenkins, NERC Reliability Specialist I have been consulting and managing NERC programs for the last five years here at NAES and I have observed and learned a few things that help plants maintain...
Winter Preparedness Following the Polar Vortex
by Richard Schulte, NERC Reliability Specialist Fall has arrived here in the US, and Winter is not far behind.  It is time to prepare for the coming cold weather, and the chance that extreme cold conditions...
Cyber Incident Response & Recovery Best Practices
by Sean Thompson, NERC Services Supervisor Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) on September 14, 2020 published a report on cyber planning for response and recovery...
FAC-008: Facility Ratings – How WalkDowns Impact IROLs -Part 1
By Michael Tate, NERC Reliability Specialist EAs with every generating station comes a great deal of responsibility. On the day to day basis, you are tasked with a large list of NERC compliance items. Everything from voltage schedule matching verification to protection system operations...
GridEx Musings
By Richard Schlottman, NERC Senior Reliability Specialist GridEx is a NERC exercise that takes place every two years. It allows utilities to demonstrate how they would respond in the event of cyber or physical security incidents. It allows...
Back to Basics
By Wanda Niemann-Marshall, Power Market Compliance Services Specialist With thirteen years of mandatory NERC compliance in the rearview mirror, it’s time to take a step back and review one of the basic tenants of good compliance. Compliance managers tend to focus their time on the NERC standards that are...
Ideas to Ease the Burden of Compliance
By Troy Dahlgren, NERC Reliability Specialist With the ever more technical nature of NERC Standards and the required technical knowledge to ensure compliance is maintained, entities are finding that the burden of compliance is increasing. This could lead to...
