Guidance Resources to Streamline Your Compliance Efforts

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...
Alphabet Soup: A NERC Acronym Guide for Beginners

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 acronyms encountered...
How To Stay Off the NERC Hot Seat

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 reliability...
Failed Tubing and Clamping Assemblies Can Lead to Outages

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 they don’t sound very menacing, they...
Successful O&M Assessment in a Developing Country: Part 2

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 the last issue of Technically Speaking, describes the...