"Electric Power System Reliability -2012" is updated
to include the material included in the 2011 exams and the new 2012 exams and is particularly structured to address application
and analysis type questions. It includes the latest new and the revised NERC
Standards (those effective October 1, 2011) and some new questions to promote understanding. Chapters 4 and
7 addressing Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IROL) and Transmission Operations have been restructured
to better explain the NERC Standards.
We have updated the CIP Standards to include version 3 as well as the CIP-002 version 4 Standard recently
passed by the NERC Board.
The text is designed to serve as an aid to power system professionals preparing for
the NERC System Operator Certification Exams.
This book is organized in seventeen chapters (290 pages) each addressing a fundamental
of Power System Reliability. Rather than present the Reliability Standards strictly in the NERC alphabetic
Standards blocks, the Standards are presented in the context of the appropriate power system fundamentals. This
organization is designed to provide the technical information required to understand the Standards and
provide relevance and perspective to highlight the purpose of each Standard or group of Standards. This
presentation format is designed to frame each group of standards so that information can be more easily assimilated and retained
by electric power system operating personnel.
Each chapter is designed around a fundamental
of Power System Reliability and its associated NERC Standards. Background information is presented to explain
the purpose, intent and technical relevance of the Standards in that group. Key requirements of the Standards
are summarized. Finally, any remaining requirements from the Standards group are presented for completeness.
Questions are presented at the end of most chapters to allow the reader to test for comprehension.
Click the link below to access the 2012 the NERC Guide for the new NERC Exam.
You will see that the new exam will stress analysis type questions even more than previously. That is precisely
why we organized our text the way we did. We stress presenting the Standards in the context of Power System Fundamentals.
