Powersmiths International, Inc. has been providing consulting services to the Electric Power industry since 1997. We
specialize in Power System Operations, Planning and Engineering.
Title XII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 created Section 215 of the Federal Power Act giving FERC new and broad jurisdiction
over ALL users, owners and operators of the bulk power system.
Powersmiths is prepared to help you identify your extent and degree of compliance and establish the procedures and
infrastructure you will need to meet the new reliability standards and requirements mandated by NERC, FERC and the DOE. We
can conduct mock audits and prepare you to respond to the auditors' inquiries.
We have successfully guided our clients through NERC Audits and have been 100% successful. All audits have resulted
in findings of "NO VIOLATIONS." The auditors have complimented us by stating that "this audit was the best we have ever
conducted."
We can conduct a two to three day on-site Compliance assessment/audit to help you determine the extent to which you comply
with the applicable NERC Standards. The assessment will provide you with a complete listing of your procedures and measures
that address the NERC Standards and the areas where additional documentation is required.
There are 132 new NERC Reliability Standards and the number is increasing each month. These new Standards dictate
over 1000 requirements and sub-requirements to which Transmission Users, Owners and Operators and Generation Owners and Operators
must comply or pay financial sanctions of up to $1 million per day per violation.
Let Powersmiths help you manage these new requirements. Our Excel-based Requirements Management Software identifies
the Requirements that apply to you and lets you set priorities to improve compliance based upon risk. The software also
manages the processes and procedures that are necessary for compliance. The software is updated quarterly to reflect
new Standards and other developments. The Requirements Management Software is available from Powersmiths for $7,500.
Quarterly updates are available for $1,000 per quarter. To order, contact Bill Smith at
bill@opsxpert.com or at (770) 335-1872.
We can also help with wide-area view requirements, training program development, control room upgrades, transmission
system power flow, security constrained economic dispatch, system documentation, process and procedure development and NERC
audit preparation.
Call us today at 770-335-1872 or e-mail us at
bill@opsxpert.com to discuss your needs.
