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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...
Failed Tubing and Clamping Assemblies Can Lead to Outages
Failed Tubing and Clamping Assemblies Can Lead to Forced Outages…or Worse by Dave Righthouse – Senior Project Engineer, Plant Operations A recent spate of tubing clamp and grommet failures have made the industry news. While...
Successful O&M Assessment in a Developing Country: Part 2
How to Complete a Successful O&M Assessment in a Developing Country: Part 2 by Andrew Markle, PE and Sanjeev Jolly, PE – Senior Engineers, NAES Engineering Services Part 1 of this article, which appeared in...
CMMS Failure Codes
CMMS Failure Codes: Two Schools of Thought by Megan Matthews – Project Engineer, CMMS Services One of the most common questions we get from plants, both new and well-established ones, is how to set up...
Inlet Air Cooling Improves Gas Turbine Performance
Inlet Air Cooling Improves Gas Turbine Performance by Sanjeev Jolly, PE – Senior Engineer, Engineering Services An inlet air cooling (IAC) system offers one of the most cost-effective ways to improve gas turbine (GT) performance...
The Emergence of Risk-Based Compliance Monitoring
The Emergence of Risk-BasedCompliance Monitoringby Daniel Jenkins – NERC Reliability Specialist The Realization NERC has in recent years adopted a risk-based Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP), motivated by the realization that its enforcement...
E3 NAES Chilean Interconnection Project
E3 Taps NAES Bench Strength forChilean Interconnection Projectby Mary Prendergast – Manager, E3 Marketing Communications When NAES acquired E3 Consulting in April 2014, leaders on both sides predicted the acquisition would spark a number...
The Scramble To Get Riverside a New Transformer
Engineering Services Team Scrambles To Get Riverside a New Transformer by Doug Cantwell – EnergyLine Editor At 1:34 am on Thanksgiving Day 2016, NAES staff at Riverside Generating in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, were rudely awakened by...
Know Your Vendor
Know Your Vendor: NERC CIP-013-1Addresses Supply Chain Cyber Risks by Mark Rabuano – Manager, NERC Services NERC’s targeted expansion of its oversight of cyber security could significantly impact the industry by next year. On January...
Successful O&M Assessment in Developing Country: Part 1
How to Complete a Successful O&M Assessment in a Developing Country: Part 1 by Andrew Markle, PE and Sanjeev Jolly, PE – Senior Engineers, NAES Engineering Services In the global marketplace, decision-makers must transcend borders...
