NATF

Programs

Peer Reviews

NATF peer reviews help our members “raise the bar” for their own operations from good to great. Review teams comprise subject matter experts and staff that review selected practice areas and cross-functional topics. The teams’ final reports include noteworthy positives that we share with other members, and improvement recommendations for the host to implement.

Assistance

Assistance visits are tailored to a particular member’s request or needs. NATF subject-matter experts and staff visit host companies to help them develop action plans to improve on selected topics or issues.

Training

The goal of this new program is to offer membership-wide training on topics that may be a better fit for the NATF to provide rather than individual members.

Practices

The NATF’s groups of subject-matter experts hold monthly web meetings and annual workshops, and write NATF practices.
  • Asset Management
  • Cyber Security
  • Human Performance Improvement
  • Lines Equipment
  • Modeling and Planning
  • Operating Experience
  • Operational Technology Networks
  • Operations Tools
  • Operator Training
  • Physical Security
  • Transmission Resilience
  • Risk, Controls, and Compliance
  • Safety Practices
  • Substations Equipment
  • Supply Chain Risk Management
  • System Operations
  • System Protection
  • Vegetation Management

Initiatives

The Initiatives Program encompasses resiliency and emerging reliability risk areas, where the NATF coordinates internally and externally, as appropriate, to address key industry topics and issues. NATF members are uniquely positioned to identify transmission system risks and help focus industry resources on the most important topics.

Knowledge Management

The NATF supports the exchange and management of operating experience and reliability data. Secure and effective program tools include databases, scorecards, indices, performance reports, surveys, lessons learned summaries, and an operating experience library.

These offerings, along with regular working group meetings, facilitate internal peer benchmarking, dissemination of objective performance information, and awareness of key reliability trends and risks. The result is a continuous improvement environment, where members are self-critical and open to constructive peer challenge.

RESTORE

The NATF’s Regional Equipment Sharing for Transmission Outage Restoration (RESTORE) Program is designed to enhance the resiliency and reliability of the energy grid by identifying sources and facilitating replacement of equipment following disastrous events. This optional, self-funding program is available to NATF members for a minimal additional cost.  Program Overview | FAQs

For questions about this program, please e-mail info@natf.net.

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