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Welcome to the North American Generator Forum


The North American Generator Forum (NAGF) was founded in 2009 as a vehicle for generator owners and/or operators to address issues related to registration, compliance, standards development and other NERC-related topics. In 2013, the North American Generator Forum, Inc. became a non-profit, dues-based corporation.

We provide entities who are generator owners and operators in North America a means to collaborate and communicate with FERC, NERC, the Regional Entities, the Canadian Provinces and other organizations with missions similar to ours, with the ultimate goal of improving the reliability of the bulk power system. 

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RECENT ACTIVITY

Said: : "I've been asked by one of our Generation Technical leads who support the PRC Standards to pose a couple of questions to the group. Is the NAGF familiar with the PRC-027 guideline being created by the NATF? Since GOs will be required to c...
Said: : "We are avoiding frequent notifications by adopting monitoring of 30 min average of the voltage and 10 min average of the plants' output (to identify start-up exemptions), which has been working very well."
Said: : "The voltage schedule you receive from your TOP will (or should) contain details on how/when they want to be notified for voltage deviations at your generating facility. If you have facilities in several different TOP areas be sure to know...
Said: : "VAR-001, beginning with the -4 version on 10/1/2014 and continuing on to the -6 version, states in Requirement R5 that information regarding contacting the TOP if the voltage schedule is not maintained is to be included in the Voltage Sch...
Said: : "I recently had a conversation with someone in regards to this. The basics of R2 are that you maintain your voltage schedule "unless exempted by the TOP". There is nothing in the standard that specifies how and when you notify the TOP an...
Said: : "Hi Steve, You can call me at 425-281-7691 and I can share what I have seen in different regions. These topics would be great for a NAGF call where lots of people could join in to share their experiences..."
Said: : "Are there any other entities that would like a peer review conducted on their program or at a specific generation station? The Peer Review WG is now offering the ability to tailor the review to specific standards if desired, as well as to...
Said: : "Thanks Rouslan."
Said: : "Our teams are trained to respond identically to Mark's description of the approach at the Southern Company: unusual requests are received and subsequently verified using the phone number we have on record for the issuing entity."
Said: : "Thanks Mark, very helpful! Mike"
Said: : "In our annual NERC training to plant operators, we discuss the various entities that may issue an OI to them directly. Most OIs are issued via a secure internal messaging system, but the plant operators understand that they may also recei...
Said: : "I will be asking the REs to cover CIP Low Impact audits/self certification expectations. Since there is no requirement for an inventory of BCAs, how will they expect to be shown that all the BCAs at the plant have been properly protected?...
Said: : "Dave: I do not think that there is necessarily a conflict in the two. -027 is concerned with having and executing a process for new/revised relay settings with a maximum 6 year interval between checking the coordination. It also requir...
Said: : "CIP-003 Reportability Evaluations I would like dialogue around CIP003 Physical Security breaches. In the industry, many of us are taking credit for perimeter fencing as a physical security control under CIP003 . Are utilities in the indus...

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