NERC Compliance

Simplify NERC Compliance and Improve Performance with AEMS

 Violations of reliability standards can result in penalties of up to $1 million per day per violation.

     Although many companies have good procedures in place, NERC and regional entities have found their documentation of these procedures to be “lacking”.  A tool that the FERC has at its disposal is the ability to enforce a compliance plan(s) on a company in violation.  As part of its commitment to compliance, FERC will measue the company’s internal compliance measures.  Some of these compliance measurements include looking at the “current system and protocols for monitoring, identifying, and correction of possible violations”.  Another consideration taken in determining the amount of a civil penalty includes evaluating a company’s compliance culture, specifically, a mangement culture that encourages compliance among company personnel.  AEMS can satisfy this stipulation due to the fact that one of the features of our compliance program is task sign-off/delegation of actions to various site personnel via email.  Not only does the email contain the action needed to be taken to satisfy a requirement, but also goes a step further to list the associated condition and support documents, allowing the user to fully understand what action needs to be taken.  FERC also looks to see if the company has the tools and training in place to enable emploees to comply with commission requirements.  One of the best aspects of AEMS is the ability to serve as a multi-faceted system, allowing not just a compilation of rules and regulations, but for the flexibility of the management of all regulations, permits, company rules, and company or industry policies.  All of these “drivers” are formatted with the information and coding that allows all users to simply click as applicable or potentially applicable and instantly build the compliance tracking for that specific driver.  AEMS includes a repository of the following rule categories with the “drivers” pre-formatted for click-and-build functionality:

               *Permits     *Federal Rules     *Local Rules     *Air Rules     *Water Rules     *RMP     *NERC

      *OSHA     *State Rules     *ISO Standards     *Waste Rules     *Reporting Rules     *Recordkeeping Rules

                                             *Training Requirements     *Industry Standards

AEMS allows for compliance manuals to be built instantly, the assignment and change of responsible parties as desired, and allows it’s users to reap the benefits of an evergreen system.  AEMS also has the ability to serve as a training tool by sending out emails to certain personnel and allowing them to sign-off after they have completed certain requirements deemed appropriate by upper management/regulatory entity.  The emails themselves specify exactly what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and also includes supporting documents (if any) as attachments that can be opened and reattached when completed.

     AEMS goes above and beyond to satisfy the aspects of a compliance program that NERC, FERC, DOE, and other regional entities look for when deciding the magnitude of an internal compliance program as a factor in reducing a penalty.  With over 10,000 NERC rules already in place, AEMS is more than ready to be implemented as your company compliance program.  This is not simply a rule repository and it is not a run-of-the-mill task management system.  AEMS provides you with comprehensive compliance information and builds your manuals and task reminders by simply identifying the individual rules or rule categories that apply.  So, why wait for something to go wrong before implementing the premier compliance system?  There is absolutely nothing that comes close to the manitude and capabilities of AEMS.  Take complete control of the way you look at compliance!