Empowering Viewers with Energy Knowledge. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The guest is Jay Fidell. As we recap the series of show and episode highlights, we discuss the benefits of being the vehicle of delivery for this industry knowledge and best practices to the viewers. The hope was always to equip the […]
Power Systems for the Rest of us – Pt 2 (Perspectives on Energy)
Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Power Systems for the Rest of us (Perspectives on Energy)
Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Grid Storage and Blackouts (Perspectives on Energy)
Batteries Used as Grid Forming Resources. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As renewable resource variability has a well-documented impact on grid reliability, and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) still beyond the commercially available horizon, utility scale batteries and their associated inverter-based technologies may not only smooth out that variability, but also serve as […]
Battery Storage and NERC Compliance (Perspectives on Energy)
Navigating New Regulatory Challenges. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Ever since the North American Electric Reliability Corporation lowered the applicability threshold on Battery Energy Storage Systems, Generator Owners (GO) and Generator Operators (GOP) have been increasingly concerned with how this will impact their regulatory compliance risk. With violations potentially into the millions, […]
HALEU – High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (Perspectives on Energy)
A New Era of Nuclear Power is Coming. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission work to get the commercial use of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium – HALEU – on the horizon, many in the legacy nuclear industry are still not quite up to speed […]
NERC Exam Prep – Session 5 (Perspectives on Energy)
Emergency Ops and Restoration – Part 2. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The 5th installment on our ongoing series of NERC Certification exam prep series. This time we discuss more common exam questions that relate to emergency operations, blackout restoration and related topics. Although this is a short session, it should give […]
Inverter Based Resources and NERC (Perspectives on Energy)
Preparing IBRs for New Regulations. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Now that NERC is changing regulations to include Inverter Based Resources (IBR) that were once outside of their applicability, there is plenty of concern and worry among Generator Owners and Generator Operators as to how they will comply with these reliability standards […]
NERC Exam Prep 4 (Perspectives on Energy)
Emergency Ops and Restoration. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The 4th installment on our ongoing series of NERC Certification exam prep series. This time we cover common exam questions that relate to emergency operations, blackout restoration and related topics. It should give the viewer an idea of what the exam questions look […]
NERC Test Prep Exam Practice Questions (Perspectives on Energy)
Contingency Analysis and Reliability. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. In the third installment of this NERC RC Certification preparation series, we cover some of the topics in Contingency Analysis and how simulation helps with understanding these challenging concepts. Given a 63% pass rate, any edge a test-taker can get will be helpful. […]