Download Free: High Standards: Challenges with Reliability Standards Facing Utility Companies Today
Reliability standards have created a frenzy over the last few years for corporations in various industries, including pipelines, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and oil
and gas, but none of these has been more predominant than in the power industry. The most recent of which is the mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
standards issued by the North American Reliability Commission (NERC). This article addresses some of the challenges that power companies will face with respect to these standards and how they should approach compliance.
As published in:
Next Generation Power & Technology
October 2008