Episode 13 - NERC Lessons Learned

PANDEMIC RESPONSE PT. 3: A NEW NORMAL

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https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20211001_Pandemic_Response.pdf

Chris Sakr: Welcome back to Pandemic Response. I'm your host, Chris Sakr. Over the last two episodes, we've gone from COVID-19 landing in North America in January of 2020 throug…

Episode 12 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

PANDEMIC RESPONSE PART 2: LIGHTS STAYED ON

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https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20211001_Pandemic_Response.pdf

Chris Sakr: Welcome to part two in our three part series on pandemic response. Now, if you missed part one, that's okay. You should be able to follow along just fine. Feel free…

Episode 11 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

PANDEMIC RESPONSE PART 1: EARTH STOOD STILL

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https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Lessons%20Learned%20Document%20Library/LL20211001_Pandemic_Response.pdf

Chris Sakr: For most customers, electricity's just a bill we pay so our stuff keeps working. I've rarely heard anyone outside the power industry highlight how critical its…

NERC Lessons Learned - Episode 10

COLD WEATHER OPERATION OF SF6 CIRCUIT BREAKERS

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 Chris Sakr: Talking to Power Pool's Greg Park about this Lesson Learned, he said something that really struck me.

Greg Park: These are some of the simple…

NERC Lessons Learned - Episode 9

MIXING RELAY TECHNOLOGIES

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Chris Sakr: One of my all time favorite comedic moments happens in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I'll set the scene. Indy's been captured by the Nazis who were tryi…

NERC Lessons Learned - Episode 8

SINGLE PHASE FAULT PRECIPITATES LOSS OF GENERATION AND LOAD

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Rich Hydzik: If you have one of these events, you're going to find everybody else's problems, and that was the t…

Episode 07 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

UNANTICIPATED WIND GENERATION CUTOFFS DURING A COLD WEATHER EVENT

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chris Sakr: It's another windy morning in Yorkshire. One kid wakes up and the firs…

Power Insights: Episode 1 - DER Data Collection For Modeling And Tran…

The following is a transcript of our Power Insights podcast, Episode 1 DER Data Collection For Modeling And Transmission Studies. 

Dave Angell: I'm Dave Angell and I'm with the Northwest Powerpool and this is a podcast on the NERC DER data collection for modeling and transmission studies. And this is based on a guideline published by NERC in September of 2020. We have three panelists here today to have this ... starting this conversation, and they are Ryan Quint from N…

Power Insights podcast: Episode 2 - San Fernando Event.

The following is a transcript of our Power Insights podcast, Episode 2 San Fernando Event.

Dave Angell: Well, good day to you. This is Dave Angell from the Northwest Power Pool and today, I'll be talking with some folks representing NERC and we're going to talk about the San Fernando Disturbance. I just want to let everyone know that I actually lived the first nine years of my life in San Fernando, so I am familiar with the area. I have with us today Rich Bauer, and Rich Ba…

Episode 06 - NERC Lessons Learned Podcast

PREVENTING EEAS

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chris Sakr: My Uncle Kenny has hobbies. A retired surgeon, he drives fast, fishes, hunts, tends his property, works on cars, like his World War II Combat Jeep equipped with a plugged 50 …