INTRODUCTION

Fundamental standards must be met by a generation maintenance organization if it is to be successful over time in maintaining the performance of the generating assets. This document highlights these important performance standards and provides a set of assessment guidelines to facilitate evaluation of the performance of the organization with respect to each standard. . The standards were developed in conjunction with Appendix A, Maintenance Guidelines for Electric Generating Facilities, which will provide additional insight in to how to meet a standard.

The purpose of this document is to define the standards for generating asset owners to use in the self-assessments and certification of their maintenance program. CPUC auditors will also use this document during the audit of a facility to determine the adequacy of its maintenance program. The standards address both line organization and functional performance areas. The line organization performance areas focus on the traditional departmental performance, primarily for the maintenance organization. The functional performance areas focus on processes and behaviors that cross-organizational boundaries and that address maintenance department organizational integration and interfaces. Operations, engineering, and chemistry have been included at the functional levels, to the extent that those activities are integral to the larger concept of maintenance. There clearly is some redundancy in the assessment guidelines between the performance standards as a result of addressing both organizational and functional requirements. The functional categories interwoven into the performance standards include:

· Safety

· Problem Resolution and Continuing Improvement

· Equipment Performance and Monitoring

· Work Management

· Plant Status and Configuration

· Training

For each performance standard there is a set of assessment guidelines intended to provide a sense of the breadth and depth of the standard. These represent of a collection of "Best Practices", and not an exclusive set of criteria to demonstrate that a standard is being met. Those performing audits and assessments must keep in mind that the assessment guidelines may not be all inclusive of activities associated with the performance standard. It may be beneficial to the user of this document to refer to Appendix A, Maintenance Guidelines for Electric Generating Facilities, to gain additional insight regarding how to satisfy a particular performance standard. Generating asset owners may use different approaches to meet the standards. Given that the assessment guidelines represent only a means to an end, the certification process emphasizes achievement of the performance standards.

Generating asset owners are to use this document in performing the self-assessments required for initial certification and periodic re-certification that their programs meet the intent of the Generation Maintenance Standards and Assessment Guidelines. During the certification process, each asset owner must document in summary format how each standard is being met. In cases where a standard is not being satisfied, the asset owner must provide an action plan and time line for achieving the standard, or adequately justify its alternative to the standard.