Technical Talk with RF
July 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Event Information
Monday, July 15, 2024 2:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Meeting number: 2303 366 7774
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Agenda Topics
“Christmas in July” – a look back at system performance during the 2023-2024 winter and a look ahead to this upcoming winter, as we work together to mitigate risks due to extreme cold weather.
System Performance Review of the January 2024 Arctic Storms
Matt Lewis, NERC Manager of Event Analysis
Kiel Lyons, NERC Senior Manager, Compliance Assurance
Chanel Chasanov, Attorney-Advisor in FERC’s Office of the General Counsel
Robert Clark, Electrical Engineer in FERC’s Office of Electric Reliability
- Extreme cold weather events have shown the need for the natural gas and electric systems, and the underlying infrastructure that supports their operations, to continue to prepare for extreme cold weather. The NERC and FERC team will provide a recap of system performance during Winter Storms Gerri and Heather, which impacted our region from Jan. 10 to 17, 2024, plus review recommendations from FERC-NERC-Regional Entity joint reports.
ReliabilityFirst Cold Weather Winterization and Small Group Advisory Sessions
Mike Hughes, Manager, Entity Engagement, RF
Tim Fryfogle, Principal Engineer – Resources, Engineering & System Performance, RF
- The RF team will provide an overview of our Cold Weather Winterization program, plus a look back at our site visits from this past winter and performance in the RF region. The team will also touch upon NERC’s recent Small Group Advisory Sessions (SGAs) which provided an educational opportunity for registered entities to meet with NERC and the Regional Entities to discuss cold weather preparedness Reliability Standards including EOP-011, EOP-012, and TOP-002.
Intended Audience
These presentations are especially relevant for RTOs, utilities, and generators facing reliability risks due to extreme cold weather. State commission staff and others in regulatory affairs may also be interested in the steps that NERC and the regions are taking to enforce new Reliability Standards, share best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations from previous events to drive continuous improvement in mitigating these risks.