"Electric Power System Reliability -2007" is updated to include the
material included in the new 2008 exam and is particularly structured to address application and analysis type questions.
It includes the new, the
anticipated and the revised NERC Standards as well as the original Standards and some new questions to promote understanding.
It is
designed to serve as an aid to power system professionals preparing for the NERC System Operator Certification Exams.
Recognizing
that this is a time of transition for NERC with respect to developing a new test, no material was deleted from the 2006 edition.
Since the original and new and revised Standards are presented, the book will serve as an aid for either test.
This book is
organized in sixteen chapters (306 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 2008 NERC Prelimary Guide for the new NERC Exam. You will see that the new exam will stress application
and analysis type questions. That is precisely why we organized our text the way we did. We stress the presenting
the Standards in the context of Power System Fundamentals.
While the 2007
edition was written a year ago in anticipation of a change in the test last year (that has been delayed to this year), we
have not changed the text or developed a new edition because we do not think it would make it a better aid in preparing for
the new exam. The 2007 Standards that are included in the new test are presented in this edition.
