RCM for Power Generation Facilities

RCM solutions tailored for Reliability Consulting for Power Generation Plants operations.

47% Reduction in unplanned downtime
85% Faults detected before failure
3-6mo Average fault lead time
5:1 Typical program ROI

Context

Challenge & Approach

The Reliability Challenge

Forced outage economics drive strategy selection. BOP failures may have disproportionate outage impact relative to equipment value. NERC reliability compliance requires documented maintenance program justification. Outage consequence varies by season and dispatch position.

Our Approach

We rate failure mode consequences by forced outage hours and replacement power cost, assign strategies optimized for generation economics, identify failure modes where BOP equipment warrants intensive monitoring due to disproportionate outage impact, and produce documentation supporting NERC reliability compliance.

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Common Questions

FAQ

Questions our clients ask most often about this reliability program.

In power generation operations, our SAE JA1011-compliant RCM analysis program focuses on turbine generators, boiler feed pumps, forced/induced draft fans, cooling water pumps, and coal handling conveyors. We measure functional failures, failure consequences, and applicable maintenance tasks for each asset function to identify maintenance tasks that don't address actual failure modes, and failure modes with no current mitigation before they progress to functional failure. Power Generation facilities present specific challenges: planned outage windows are limited and scheduled years in advance; any scope additions must be justified with condition data. Our program is designed around these constraints, delivering RCM decision logic worksheets with task selections justified by failure consequence and applicability that your maintenance team can act on within the scheduling realities of power generation production.

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