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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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OE-417 Electronic Disturbance Events forms
: "Hi all,
I am looking for opinions on the OE-417 form - specifically as it relates to generators and criteria #5:
Generating Entities - Entities who have 300 MW or more ofgeneration dedicated to one or more end-use customers (e.g.,retail or industrial customers) are required to file the form under criterion number 5.
Criteria #5: Uncontrolled l..."
Temporary Grounds Sizing
: "Temporary Grounding Single Line 2.pdfOSHA 1910.269(n)(4) requires temporary grounds to be sized to carry the maximum short circuit available current for the time necessary to clear the fault.There are 2 philosophies on this requirement for working on switchgear for bus cleaning & inspections:Philosophy 1: Assumes all breakers are available, and..."
PRC-002-2 Attachment 1 R1 Questions
: "I just sent this blast:
PRC-002 Interpretation Question and Diagram.docxIn regards to PRC-002-2 Attachment 1, Requirement R1 states "For the purposes of this standard, a single BES bus includes physical buses with breakers connected at the same voltage level within the same physical location sharing a common ground grid. These buses may be mo.."
Event Reporting vs CIP Incident Response Plan Requirements - Wind Farms
: "We recently experienced an event where staff identified that a single wind turbine at one of our wind farm contained several bullet holes. The turbine remained fully operational and we do not know for sure when the event occurred. Whereas the individual turbine is considered a BES Element per the BES Definition Reference Document, it appears ..."
Post AVR Replacement Tests and Coordination Reviews
: "NAGF'ers,
We are planning to replace an obsolete GE EX 2100 AVR with a newer GE front end. We would like to get other's perspectives on what should be done from a NERC compliance perspective. A couple of issues we are looking at.
Tuning the PSS
Reconfirming the AVR and Generator model parameters. Since the industry is moving from the GENROU..."
CIP-013 Supply Chain Risk Management Progress
: "Hi all,
I know CIP-013 compliance was pushed back a bit... but I am wondering where all of our medium and high impact peers are sitting with this? Same question for our Low-Impact peers.
Do you have your Cyber Security Risk Management procedure created?
Are you using a 3rd party consultant to help?
What kind of scorecard are you using?
Tha..."
Senior Compliance Analyst Opportunity, Austin TX
: "RWE Renewables has an opening for a senior compliance analyst to join our growing team. The position is focused on ops & planning standards. This is a terrific opportunity to join one of the world's largest owners of renewable power projects, with more than 3,600 MWs of renewable solar, energy storage and wind capacity developed and construct..."
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