Power Operations Training Center Course Schedule

Presented by Operator Educational Services - North America
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This 3-day course is composed of three training modules covering the areas of communications, critical thinking, and restoration. The course consists of lecture, group and individual exercises, and use of a power system simulator. The workshop culminates with a group exercise utilizing the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) PowerSimulator™ to restore the identified systems. This course is intended for real-time system operators and support personnel operating on the Bulk Electric System who wish to expand their knowledge and to enhance their related skills. It is intended to provide attendees with the necessary training to understand the concepts and utilize the skills in performing their day-to-day tasks. The intended audience includes those operators who have less than 5 years experience operating on the electric system in system operations.

Credit Hours:
NERC Total CEHs - 22
NERC Emergency Operations – 22
NERC Standards - 0
NERC Simulations - 6

Presented by Operator Educational Services - North America
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This class is delivered over a 2-day period. The class is intended to provide participants with necessary decision making skills that can be utilized in fulfilling their everyday role in real-time operations. Participants are expected to already possess the basic principles of operating in an interconnected system. The participants will be required to utilize their knowledge of system operations and apply this knowledge while integrating the concepts identified for making decisions. The class has been designed to allow for all lectures to occur in the morning followed by small group decision making exercises throughout the afternoon on both days. Some small group exercises may require the utilization of the PowerSimulator™ system. The situations presented in the exercises will deal with various system events.

Credit Hours:
NERC Total CEHs - 16
NERC Emergency Operations – 16
NERC Standards - 0
NERC Simulations - 8

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Presented by Operator Educational Services - North America
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This 2-day course is intended to provide system operators with knowledge and operating principles to survive the daily challenges of operating in the control center. This course includes topics related to Transmission Operations, Generation Operations, and System Switching. The course includes the following content: Operator Responsibilities, Generation Control Concepts, Resource Scheduling, System Reserves, Disturbance Control Standards, Transmission Control Concepts, Voltage Control, Thermal Control, Generation Shift Factors, Switching Considerations, Switching Order Prep, Contingency Analysis, and Emergency Outages. This course delivery includes extensive interaction with both tabletop exercises and simulator scenarios.

Credit Hours:
NERC Total CEHs - 16
NERC Emergency Operations – 16
NERC Standards - 2 NERC Simulations - 8