Sustaining Reliability: Balancing Operations and Compliance August 21-23, 2018 W Seattle Opening Night: Monday, August 20, 2018 5:00 p.m. 6:00 8:00 p.m. Conference Registration Opens Welcome Reception and Vendor Fair *Agenda subject to change Day 1: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Bob Fishman CEO, NAES Corporation 8:30 a.m. Day 1 Keynote Address: The ERO Enterprise Vision, Mission, and Strategies Jim Robb President and CEO, NERC 9:15 a.m. Resilient Reliability and Compliance: FERC s Perspective on Issues and Challenges 10:00 10:30 a.m. Break Changes in FERC s approach to reliability compliance oversight Impacts on reliability of new products, markets, and potential Reliability Coordinators in WECC Measuring reliability performance and the value of compliance Mark Hegerle Director of Division of Compliance, Office of Electric Reliability, FERC 10:30 a.m. Highly Effective Reliability Organizations ( HEROs ) The Foundation for a Culture of Compliance MRO s vision as a regulator
Who are HEROs; how do they support that vision; and what are the benefits of being a HERO? Compliance as a byproduct of reliability Sara Patrick Interim President & Chief Executive Officer, Midwest Reliability Organization 11:15 a.m. 2018 Themes and Lessons Learned from CIP Version 5: Pitfalls for Entities to Overcome 12 1:15 p.m. Networking Lunch WECC and RF recently published a joint report to identify themes in CIP violations and suggested potential resolutions Themes discussed will include: development of organizational silos; disassociation of compliance from security; and inadequate or ineffective use of tools Jeff Craigo - Vice President, Reliability Assurance & Monitoring, ReliabilityFirst & David Godfrey Vice President of Entity Oversight, WECC 1:15 p.m. Compliance Opportunities in a Risk-Based Environment Risk-based compliance and professional skepticism The registered entity s incomplete successes Who wrote that Standard? Curtis Crews Director, Compliance Assessments, Texas Reliability Entity 2:00 p.m. Implementing a Region s Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Plan (CMEP) 2:45 3:15 p.m. Break Key CMEP initiatives and entity outreach Regional risk elements and areas of focus An overview of compliance monitoring methods Todd Curl Senior Manager of Compliance Monitoring, SERC Reliability Corporation 3:15 p.m. Demystifying the Balancing Authority (BA) An introduction to the role and functions of the BA How Gridforce supports the BA function BA compliance and operational considerations CJ Ingersoll President, Gridforce 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 2
4:00 p.m. Microsoft s Cloud Implementation Case Study 4:30 p.m. Day 1 Closing Remarks An overview of Microsoft s pilot program to use its Azure platform to support NERC CIP compliance program management Larry Cochrane Utilities Industry Technology Strategist, Microsoft 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 3
Day 2: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Tom Bartolomei President & Chief Operating Officer, NAES Corporation 8:30 a.m. Day 2 Keynote Address: The Electric Reliability Organization s Reliability Risk Priorities Identification of reliability risks and their profiles NERC s heat map of inherent risks NERC s focus areas and recommendations Mark Lauby Senior Vice President & Chief Reliability Officer, NERC 9:15 a.m. Last Minute Thoughts for Low Impact Assets: CIP-003-6 Best Practices and Lessons Learned 10:00 10:30 a.m. Break Reviewing cyber security policies for Low Impact BES Cyber Assets Implementing cyber security plans Aligning CIP-003-006 and CIP-003-7 Darren Nielsen - Manager, Cyber & Physical Security Compliance Audits & Joe Baugh Senior Auditor, Cyber Security, WECC 10:30 a.m. Improving Human Performance: Explain, Predict and Change Human Behavior Improving human performance for operational success is imperative. Likewise, eliminating error precursors at the workplace or organization reduces the frequency & number of active errors The value of NERC s events analysis initiative and use of human performance analysis, lessons learned, and good industry practices to further improve reliability James Merlo Vice President, Reliability Risk Management, NERC 11:15 a.m. Strengthening Human Performance in the Control Room Opportunities and challenges for operators as the control room evolves (big data, new technologies, organizational change) 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 4
12:00 1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch Effectively implementing a human performance improvement plan Michael Legatt CEO & Founder, Resilient Grid 1:00 p.m. EDF Renewable Energy Case Study: Lessons Learned Implementing Compliance Requirements Successfully Interfacing the technical and human aspects of implementing compliance requirements Minimizing the impact on operations when implementing new Standards and building a solid compliance program The value of considering cost, time and resource allocation using a case study Todd Chwialkowski Senior NERC Compliance Specialist & Lyrae Anderson OCC Regulatory Manager, EDF Renewable Energy 1:45 2:00 p.m. AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS SESSION 1: 2:00 2:45 p.m. Break CONFERENCE ATTENDEES SELECT ONE TRACK (A or B) DURING EACH OF THE THREE FOLLOWING SESSIONS TRACK A: An In-Depth Discussion of Market Dynamics Overview of the current state of organized markets Changes in PJM versus the West NAES views on the future of the role and functions of organized markets 2:45 3:00 p.m. Break Wanda Williams Power Market Compliance Services Specialist, & John Branch Power Market Compliance Services Specialist, NAES Corporation TRACK B: An In-Depth Discussion of CIP Exceptional Circumstances (CECs) What constitutes a CEC? How to declare and respond to CECs CEC lessons learned and compliance considerations Lew Folkerth Principal Reliability Consultant, ReliabilityFirst 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 5
SESSION 2: 3:00 3:45 p.m. TRACK A: Geomagnetic Disturbance Risk Mitigation on Large Power Transformers: NERC TPL-007 Compliance 3:45 4:00 p.m. Break How geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) can impact transformers An overview of TPL-007 as a means to address GMD events Transformer thermal impact assessment requirements and approaches Dom Corsi Senior Principal Engineer, Doble Engineering Company TRACK B: State of the CIP Low Impact Standards A review of current developments and anticipated changes to the CIP Low Impact Standards Potential impacts on registered entities to maintain and demonstrate compliance Michiko Sell Senior NERC CIP Specialist, NAES Corporation SESSION 3: 4:00 4:45 p.m. TRACK A: A Look Back at PRC-019-2 Compliance: Lessons Learned from the NAES Fleet 4:45 p.m. Day 2 Closing Remarks With the passing of the initial deadline of PRC-019-2, lessons learned, best practices and compliance considerations on protection system coordination Deciphering report conclusions and establishing a process to make required changes John Schmoker NERC Compliance Testing Specialist, NAES Corporation & Maysam Radvar Engineering Manager (Power Systems), Ready Engineering Corporation TRACK B: CIP-003 Electronic Security Protections and Controls Overview of the NERC CIP Low Impact electronic security requirements How to evaluate and document common access points to ensure compliance Recommendations to improve your processes and internal controls Allen Kent NERC CIP Specialist, NAES Corporation 6:30 9:30 p.m. Social Event at the Seattle Aquarium 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 6
Day 3: Thursday, August 23, 2018 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Norm Escover Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, NAES Corporation 8:30 a.m. ISO & RTO Compliance: Energy Manager and Generation Plant Interface Overview of operational and compliance considerations in the organized market landscape The value of coordination between the asset manager and generation plant personnel Wanda Williams Power Market Compliance Services Specialist & John Branch Power Market Compliance Services Specialist, NAES Corporation 9:15 a.m. Western Interconnection Reliability the View from States and Provinces 10:00 10:30 a.m. Break The role of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) Overview of key Western reliability issues (reliability coordination, expanded organized markets, changing resource mix and future provision of Essential Reliability Services) WIRAB s 2019 priorities Maury Galbraith Executive Director, Western Interstate Energy Board 10:30 a.m. The Case for Internal Controls: The Region Perspective The importance of internal controls for the registered entity and WECC Integration of internal controls and compliance WECC s Internal Control Assessment process Ruchi Shah Director, Risk Assessment and Mitigation & Jennifer Hart Compliance Risk Analyst, WECC The Case for Internal Controls: The Entity Perspective Developing NERC internal controls in a risk-based compliance landscape 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 7
12:00 1:15 p.m. Networking Lunch The value of a common understanding of controls to improve an organization s operational performance and reduce compliance risk SMUD s efforts to identify, document, evaluate, and report on its internal controls to support NERC compliance Eric Olson Internal Controls Program Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District 1:15 p.m. The Value of an Automated Compliance Tool A case study using Gridforce s implementation of the Versify Solutions platform Compliance and operational benefits of an automated compliance management system CJ Ingersoll President, Gridforce 2:00 p.m. Planning a Capital Improvement Project? A Roadmap to Continuous Compliance 2:45 3:15 p.m. Break An overview on how to maintain compliance throughout the capital improvement process NERC reporting and compliance requirements associated with excitation system upgrades Considerations for VAR-002 and PSS commissioning and tuning in WECC, modeling updates and verification through testing, & PRC-001 and PRC-019 coordination Maysam Radvar Engineering Manager (Power Systems), Ready Engineering Corporation 3:15 p.m. Know Your Vendor: NERC s Regulation of Supply Chain Cyber Security Current status and security objectives of NERC s regulation of supply chain risk management Required activities and implementation considerations under the standards Best practices for supporting compliance and managing supply chain security risk Mark Rabuano Manager, NERC Services, NAES Corporation 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 8
3:45 p.m. The Reliability Coordinator (RC) Perspective 4:15 p.m. Day 3 Closing Remarks A review of Peak Reliability s Compliance Impact Stakeholder Engagement Plan Peak RC s efforts on its IRO-010 and IRO-017 processes as realworld examples Scott Downey Director of Compliance, Peak Reliability 2018 NAES NERC Conference Seattle, WA Page 9