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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...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Can You Hear Me Now? COM-001-3and How the New Version Affects Youby Michael Tate — NERC Reliability Specialist, NAES Corporation It wouldn’t be a day in the NERC compliance world without the seemingly most straightforward...
NAES NERC Winds of Change Webinar
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Maintaining Environmental Excellence in a Year of Uncertainty
Maintaining Environmental Excellence in a Year of Uncertaintyby Pamela Berner – Director, NAES Environmental Service There’s always uncertainty with an incoming administration, and the changes at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will take some time...
Root Cause Analysis: Obligation or Opportunity?
Root Cause Analysis: Obligation or Opportunity?by Dave Righthouse – Senior Project Manager, NAES Engineering Services Lately when kicking off Root Cause Analysis (RCA)workshops, I’ve posed this question to the class: Is RCA an obligation or...
Escape to a Low-Stakes Island to Hone Your Skills
Escape to a Low-Stakes Island to Hone Your Skills by Jennifer Koffenberger – Senior Engineer, NAES Engineering Services Imagine for a second that you’re a performer – an aerobatic pilot to be exact. Imagine that...
Approach Codes, Standards and Regulations with Caution
Approach Codes, Standards and Regulations with Caution by Greg Fynan – Senior Engineer, NAES Engineering Services When investigating a code, standard or regulation, it’s tempting to jump right into the fine details in hopes of...
Guidance Resources to Streamline Your Compliance Efforts
Use NERC’s Guidance Resources toStreamline Your Compliance Effortsby Sean Thompson – Senior NERC Reliability Specialist According to NERC’s Compliance Guidance Policy, the success of compliance monitoring and enforcement of mandatory NERC Reliability Standards rests...
Alphabet Soup: A NERC Acronym Guide for Beginners
by Beth Davis, NERC Reliability Specialist NERC provides an extensive Glossary of Terms on its website to us help understand and effectively implement the mandatory Reliability Standards. However, the Glossary does not always address oft-used...
How To Stay Off the NERC Hot Seat
Internal Controls: Or, How toStay Off the NERC Hot Seatby Leland McMillan – NERC Reliability Specialist In accordance with NERC’s FERC-approved Reliability Assurance Initiative (RAI), regional entities are focusing more on ensuring compliance and...
