CMMS Failure Codes

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 failure codes – or why to set them up, or how to use the...
Inlet Air Cooling Improves Gas Turbine Performance

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 – especially during the peak hours of...
The Emergence of Risk-Based Compliance Monitoring

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 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 of synergies. The...
The Scramble To Get Riverside a New Transformer

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 an alarm. On first inspection, Plant...