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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.

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Jason Counts posted a reply on Re: Peer Review Group

Thursday, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:48 PM

Said: : "Bradley, I have experience with Peer Reviews from plant evaluation and accreditation aspects with INPO. Jason"

Bradley Collard posted a new Topic

Thursday, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:11 PM

Peer Review Group

: "I am looking for individuals that have Peer Review experience, either with INPO, NATF, or another group. There appeared some excitement in developing a Peer Review Program at NAGF and I need people to help with the following:

Identify Program Principals
Identify Technical Areas
Identify Technical Areas' Principals of Operating Excellence
Develo..."

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Sergio BaÃ±uelos posted a new Topic

Tuesday, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:55 AM

VAR-501-WECC-3 R3 Survey

: "All,
There has been a fair amount of dialogue on how to demonstrate compliance with R3 of the modified WECC standard VAR-501-WECC-3. If you are a Generator Owner in the WECC region, please respond to the survey in the link below by Nov. 10th. NAGF will compile the results. If the survey results indicate enough concern or interest, NAGF will coor..."

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Mike Gabriel posted a new Topic

Friday, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM

NAGF 2017 annual meeting survey, presentations and WebEx recordings

: "NAGF members,
The presentations have been uploaded into the file cabinet, here: http://nagf.groupsite.com/file_cabinet/folders/257967
The WebEx Presentation links are here:
Day 1 technical: https://nerc.webex.com/nerc/lsr.php?RCID=88b672eb542f457e1125d1e0d38e3db4
Day 2 technical AM: https://nerc.webex.com/nerc/lsr.php?RCID=093fbe36404dc40984a07d..."

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Mike Gabriel posted a new Topic

Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:40 AM

FERC Proposes New Security Management Controls for Grid Cyber Systems

: "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today proposed new cyber security management controls to further enhance the reliability and resilience of the nation's bulk electric system. These include mandatory controls to address the risks posed by malware from transient electronic devices like laptop computers, thumb drives and other device..."

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Bradley Collard posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:47 PM

Said: : "Thanks Thomas, I appreciate the input. Looks like I might had some verbiage to my presentation."

Thomas Breene posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:33 PM

Said: : "It would be an extraordinary case to come anywhere near the maximum fine considering it compounds daily. As far as what to go by it depends on your context. The ROP is NERC's set of procedures and doesn't restrict FERC. The maximum FERC...

Bradley Collard posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:09 PM

Said: : "So the ROP says one thing and FERC can impose higher fines if desired? I saw the FERC order, I just figured the ROP are the enforceable since NERC and FERC approved them. Section 2.15 or 2.16 has not been changed. As far as I know, FERC h...

Thomas Breene posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:51 PM

Said: : "See FERC order 826. FERC is obligated by law to increase their maximum fine amount for inflation. I believe this has been required since 1990 and they have just made up for the years of overlooking that statute."

Rhonda Jones posted a reply on Re: BAL 005 R1

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:37 PM

Said: : "Thank you Brad, Mark, and JC. Your feedback and guidance was very helpful."

Bradley Collard posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:06 PM

Said: : "Someone stated the fine amounts increased. I know of no changes to Section 2.15 in the ROP. I think the person deleted the post, but here is what the current Section states: In the United States, the maximum Penalty amount that NERC or a ...

Brenda Hampton posted a reply on Re: NERC Segment 5 Representative Elections

Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 7:05 PM

Said: : "William Winters has been nominated for the 1-year term, running unopposed. Yee Chou and Chris Shepherd are nominated for the 2-year term, so your decision would be between these two. I don't know Chris. He is a consultant working for a ...

Dwayne Preston posted a new Topic

Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 5:02 PM

NERC Segment 5 Representative Elections

: "Hi all,

Does NAGF or anyone have any comments or recommendations as to who would be best for Segment 5 Representative. Thanks you can respond to me directly if that would be more convenient.

Segment 5:

Chris Shepherd

William Winters

Yee Chou

Thank You,

W. Dwayne Preston
_________________________________________________..."

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Allen Kent posted a reply on Re: NERC Awareness Training

Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:50 PM

Said: : "OMG, I love that Dilbert! Thanks for sharing."

Bradley Collard posted a new Topic

Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:44 PM

NERC Awareness Training

: "As promised last week, I have stripped out company related information from my NERC Awareness training and posted it in the File. I am submitting this only as information only. Please review the information for accuracy."

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Jaclyn Massey posted a reply on Re: BAL 005 R1

Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 10:39 AM

Said: : "We are vertically integrated, so we just use letters of attestation from the LBA. This has always been sufficient. Also - through trial and error, we have determined that getting a single letter from a fleet perspective is more effective ...

Mark Pratt posted a reply on Re: BAL 005 R1

Friday, Oct 13, 2017 at 9:55 AM

Said: : "Rhonda, I agree with Brad's response. We usually point to the Interchange Agreements, one-line diagrams showing metering, and/or point assignment sheets for RTUs transmitting metered generation to the BAs. You could always supplement t...

Mike Gabriel posted a reply on Re: NERC Alert - Supply Chain Risk & Kaspersky

Friday, Oct 13, 2017 at 8:24 AM

Said: : "GridSME has created a tool to help with this NERC alert: Kaspersky NERC Alert: Free Verification Tool https://gridsme.com/news/ I haven't tried it yet, but will post my experiences afterwards. Mike"

Bradley Collard posted a reply on Re: BAL 005 R1

Thursday, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:57 PM

Said: : "Hi Rhonda, If your single line diagrams show the meters normally placed at generation facilities going to the BA, that could work. Normally, you would have Meters indicated on the single line diagram and those meters are normally monitore...

Rhonda Jones posted a new Topic

Thursday, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:21 PM

BAL 005 R1

: "Performing an internal review of BAL-005, R1 and trying to identify ideal evidence for this Requirement because this Standard does not include a Measuring recommendation.
(1) What type of evidence has your GOP used?
(2) The implementation schedule suggest R1 for GOPs will retire 12/21/2018
Thoughts?
Thank You

R1: "Each Generator Operat..."

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Midwest Reliability Organization

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