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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.
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
Steve Winsett posted a reply on Re: Governance Risk Compliance Tools
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:49 AM
Said: Brad,We recently (in the last couple of years) migrated to Archer for compliance software. We use it for NERC, Sarbanes Oxley, and a few others.
Steve Winsett posted a reply on Re: PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and T...
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:47 AM
Said: Katie,We have a program that's laid out from a compliance perspective, dealing with maximum intervals, any compliance margins (completion before the actual due dates), etc, but we don't specifically have a technical procedure th...
Shannon Ferdinand posted a reply on Re: PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and T...
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 at 5:15 PM
Said: James / Katie, In addition to a narrative internal compliance procedure that speaks to the governance of the more technically focused PSMP and related operations procedure.
Shannon Ferdinand posted a reply on Re: Governance Risk Compliance Tools
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 at 5:13 PM
Said: Hi Brad, We don't use an official compliance software. In our experience, our sites and SMEs were more engaged when we integrated our compliance work into the work planning software they already used and were familiar with. For us...
Blake Huddleston posted a reply on Re: PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and T...
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 at 5:06 PM
Said: Katie, We have a dedicated procedure and program as well that addresses PRC-005. I'd be happy to discuss with you in further detail.
Wayne Sipperly posted a new Topic
Thursday, Apr 8, 2021 at 3:28 PM
Carla Holly posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:59 PM
Job Opportunity: lightsource bp - Regulatory Compliance Program Administrator
Lightsource bp (lsbp) is hiring a Regulatory Compliance Program Administrator to help manage the day-to-day aspects of their compliance program. Lsbp is an exciting place to work as they are continuously adding projects to their solar portfolio. I have worked closely with their regulatory team and all are friendly and fun individuals! See more about the posting here and apply:
Carla Holly posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:42 PM
Job Opportunity: lightsource bp - Regulatory Compliance Program Administrator
Lightsource bp (lsbp) is hiring a Regulatory Compliance Program Administrator to help manage the day-to-day aspects of their compliance program. Lsbp is an exciting place to work as they are continuously adding projects to their solar portfolio. I have worked closely with their regulatory team and all are friendly and fun individuals! See more about the posting here and apply:
Jason Counts posted a reply on Re: FERC Order 842 testing
Thursday, Apr 1, 2021 at 3:35 PM
Said: Thanks Katie.I am fairly new to Renewables and didn't even consider the MOD-027 testing.Relieved that there is not another test plan we need to develop for FERC Order 842.
Katie Iversen posted a reply on Re: PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and T...
Thursday, Apr 1, 2021 at 1:14 PM
Said: Interested in seeing more replies - do responsibilities lay more within a compliance group, maintenance group, or other?
Katie Iversen posted a reply on Re: FERC Order 842 testing
Thursday, Apr 1, 2021 at 1:13 PM
Said: MOD-027 testing
Mike Gabriel posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 at 3:29 PM
Cooper Compliance is hiring - again!
We have two opportunities: Compliance Analyst/Engineer and Application Specialist. Both positions are posted to the Job Board folder in the File Cabinet and can also be found here: https://www.coopercompliance.com/careers
Jason Counts posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 at 2:55 PM
FERC Order 842 testing
Looking for some input on what other utilities are doing from a testing perspective regarding proving compliance with FERC Order 842 for primary frequency response for Renewables assets.
We have our first park that will be required to comply with the Order.
We have the ability within our SCADA system to simulate grid conditions that can test the response of the park, but was looking to see if other utilities have other testing methods that they have applied for proving comp...
We have our first park that will be required to comply with the Order.
We have the ability within our SCADA system to simulate grid conditions that can test the response of the park, but was looking to see if other utilities have other testing methods that they have applied for proving comp...
Leigh Mulholland posted a new Topic
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 at 3:33 PM
CIP-013 working group
Good afternoon members,
As a follow-up to yesterday's quarterly membership meeting, we are forming a CIP-013 working group through the NAGF, with an initial goal to compile resources to support industry readiness on meeting compliance requirements as well as communicate opportunities to members on NERC activities.
If you are interested and/or would like additional information, please reach out to me directly at:
lmulholland@capitalpower.com
I am happy to...
As a follow-up to yesterday's quarterly membership meeting, we are forming a CIP-013 working group through the NAGF, with an initial goal to compile resources to support industry readiness on meeting compliance requirements as well as communicate opportunities to members on NERC activities.
If you are interested and/or would like additional information, please reach out to me directly at:
lmulholland@capitalpower.com
I am happy to...
Leigh Mulholland posted a new Topic
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 at 3:32 PM
CIP-013 working group
Good afternoon members,
As a follow-up to yesterday's quarterly membership meeting, we are forming a CIP-013 working group through the NAGF, with an initial goal to compile resources to support industry readiness on meeting compliance requirements as well as communicate opportunities to members on NERC activities.
If you are interested and/or would like additional information, please reach out to me directly at:
lmulholland@capitalpower.com
I am happy to...
As a follow-up to yesterday's quarterly membership meeting, we are forming a CIP-013 working group through the NAGF, with an initial goal to compile resources to support industry readiness on meeting compliance requirements as well as communicate opportunities to members on NERC activities.
If you are interested and/or would like additional information, please reach out to me directly at:
lmulholland@capitalpower.com
I am happy to...
Steven Mueller posted a new Topic
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 at 9:13 AM
Generator Breaker Flashover Protection
Good Morning,
We are looking at using Method C (Per " Evaluation of Methods for Breaker-Flashover Protection " SEL Tech Paper.) for detecting breaker flashover during synchronizing for a generator application.
Typically we have used Method A (52b AND GSU Current) as most applications have generation connected to a straight bus, but this does not seem like it is as reliable as it could be due to reliance on breaker failure scheme to detect correct breaker. I am wanting to ...
We are looking at using Method C (Per " Evaluation of Methods for Breaker-Flashover Protection " SEL Tech Paper.) for detecting breaker flashover during synchronizing for a generator application.
Typically we have used Method A (52b AND GSU Current) as most applications have generation connected to a straight bus, but this does not seem like it is as reliable as it could be due to reliance on breaker failure scheme to detect correct breaker. I am wanting to ...
Tom Carpenter posted a reply on Re: PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and T...
Thursday, Feb 11, 2021 at 6:53 AM
Said: : We have a dedicated procedure that lays our our compliance program (for our nuclear sites). While most of our PSMP is in our CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management...
James Donohue posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 at 8:44 AM
PRC-005 Protection System Maintenance and Testing Program
Currently our Internal Compliance procedure is designated as the Protection System Maintenance and Testing Program. A question has arisen as to whether a separate, more technically focused, Protection System Maintenance and Testing Program should be developed. How are others approaching this?
Carla Holly posted a new Topic
Friday, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:02 PM
bp Wind Energy is hiring!
I wanted to share that bp Wind is hiring a Regulatory Compliance Manager to manage its electric regulatory compliance program. The link to the job posting is below.
Alan Randolph posted a reply on Re: Decommissioning Advice
Monday, Feb 1, 2021 at 6:45 PM
Said: : Shannon we have a couple of processes and would be willing to discuss with you if you want to contact me. We also have questions about compliance timing and decommissioning...
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