Agenda Topics: Inflation Reduction Act Maria Robinson – Director, Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy (DOE) Maria will discuss the Inflation Reduction Act plus Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, highlighting tax credits and investment opportunities impacting the electricity sector including clean energy, expanded transmission and electrification of consumer vehicles. She will discuss opportunities, risks, challenges and opportunities... Read more »

Agenda topics include the ReliabilityFirst 2023-2027 Strategic Plan and 2023 Kickoff and a resource assessments summary.

Agenda Topics:  CIP Themes Roundtable Discussion Facilitator – Tom Scanlon – Managing Enforcement Counsel, RF Panelists: Lew Folkerth – Principal Reliability Consultant, External Affairs, RF Tony Freeman – Principal Analyst, Risk Analysis & Mitigation, RF Zack Brinkman – Manager, CIP Compliance Monitoring, RF Robert Vaughn – CIP Auditor, SERC ​RF will be hosting a roundtable... Read more »

Agenda Topics:  Establishing and Communicating System Operating Limits – Upcoming Changes Dean LaForest – Project 2015-09 Chair 2019-2021 and Manager of Real-Time Studies at ISO-NE Vic Howell – Project 2015-09 Chair 2015-2019 and Director of Reliability Risk Management at WECC Stephen Whaite – Technical Auditor, Operations & Planning Compliance Monitoring, RF Please join RF and... Read more »

Agenda Topics:  Substation Physical Security Mike Hughes, Manager, Entity Engagement, RF Mike Hughes will provide an overview of physical security practices that can help enhance the reliability, security and resilience of the Bulk Power System. Physical attacks on our critical infrastructure can result in sustained outages beyond traditional planning criteria, plus the need to implement... Read more »

Agenda Topics: ​South Australia Case Study – Renewable Integration and November 2022 Islanding Event Mark Thompson, Senior Engineer, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) Cathryn McDonald, Network Emergency Manager, South Australia (SA) Power Networks Australia is a global leader in renewable energy integration. In November of 2022, they experienced a wind event that resulted in islanding... Read more »

Agenda Topics​​: Level 3 NERC Alert – Cold Weather Preparations for Extreme Weather Events Darrell Moore, Director, Situation Awareness, NERC Extreme weather, specifically winterization and cold weather preparation is one of the major challenges that the RF region faces annually. In light of some recent events, NERC issued a Level 3 (essential action) NERC Alert.... Read more »

Agenda Topics​​: The 2003 Northeast Blackout: What the Bulk Electric System was like before this event, what's changed since and the path forward.  Joseph McClelland, Director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, FERC David Nevius, former Senior Vice President (retired), NERC Joe McClelland and Dave Nevius will each share their industry perspective at the... Read more »

Intended Audience: State lawmakers, commissioners, and staff  Policy makers engaged in state energy regulation  National associations of regulatory commissioners  Utility regulatory and government affairs personnel  Transmission planners plus anyone interested in the reliability and socio-economic impacts of the changing and diverse generation mix Agenda Topics: We will be discussing the aspects of the Energy Trilemma,... Read more »

Agenda Topics: Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Cybersecurity Training for the Utility Workforce Cynthia Hsu – Cybersecurity Program Manager, Rural and Municipal Utilities, Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) Cynthia will provide an update on upcoming cybersecurity training events hosted by CESER... Read more »