NERC Compliance Services

We possess in-depth knowledge of NERC PRC transmission standards including PRC-003, PRC-004, PRC-006, PRC-007, PRC-008, PRC-009, PRC-010, PRC-011, PRC-012, PRC-013, PRC-014, PRC-015, PRC-016, PRC-017, PRC-18, PRC-020, PRC-021, PRC-022, PRC-023, PRC-026, and PRC-027.

We have a wealth of experience in providing NERC generator services including NERC PER-006, PRC-002, PRC-005, PRC-019, PRC-024, and PRC-025.

We can help review systems and recommend improvements such that generating units remain compliant to the defined requirements outlined by each NERC standard.

We offer innovative automation solutions for PRC-023 and PRC-027.

SynchroGrid can offer a well-designed solution to meet compliance requirements by combining our expertise in system protection analyses and our progressive modeling and simulation features using ASPEN and other tools developed in-house.

SynchroGrid’s SARA, a premier setting automation relay assistant, in collaboration with Doble’s PowerBase™, offers state-of-the-art automated solutions that successfully address time-consuming, cost-prohibitive challenges presented by NERC PRC-027-1 compliance requirements.

Addressing Requirement 1

Requirement 1 (R1) states that power and utility companies need to have a well-defined and well-documented relay setting development process.

• SARA and PowerBase™ empower utilities to establish a streamlined process for relay setting development by automating the conventional workflow and simplifying the review process. This new, automated workflow involves SARA retrieving information from PowerBase, communicating with the short-circuit model (such as ASPEN OneLiner or PSS CAPE) to auto-calculate faults, and generating a relay setting file, along with user-friendly reports, for NERC compliant documentation.

Addressing Requirement 2

The purpose of Requirement 2 (R2) is to avoid misoperations caused by dynamic changes in the power system by performing wide area coordination (WAC) studies at regular intervals.

• SARA and Doble’s PowerBase™ provide an efficient, automated solution for conducting WAC studies by facilitating the rigorous task of validating the model, analyzing the data, and tracking violations. And for enhanced recordkeeping, PowerBase™ tracks, stores, and retrieves the latest settings, which minimizes unnecessary time spent on retrieving data.

Read more about our integration with PowerBase™ here.

SynchroGrid uses standardized templates and automation processes to generate customized reports for each client, greatly simplifying the documentation-compliance process