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Power Grid Resilience 2016 ProgramPower Grid Resilience 2016 Program
The Power Grid Resilience summit is back with an exciting three day program designed for utility security executives, government regulators, thought leaders, and academics to identify and tackle the challenges to help you achieve a robust and resilient grid.

Take a peek at the 2016 program for insight into sessions and topics. If you wish to receive a copy via email, contact Maricarmen Gonzales at [email protected] to receive a copy.

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  • Anticipated Attendee SnapshotAnticipated Attendee Snapshot
    Take a look at the energy, security, resiliency and advanced technology experts who we expect to join us again this year at the upcoming Power Grid Resilience event. Will you be there to meet and network with them?
  • Convince Your Boss LetterConvince Your Boss Letter
    Present your boss with this customizable letter detailing the reasons why you should attend the event and you'll be sure to receive approval to join us. 
  • 2015 Power Grid Audience ID2015 Power Grid Audience ID
    This is a detailed list of the top-level executives -- C-Suite, Directors, VPs and more who have joined us in the past and who we expect to attend in the future. Will you be there to meet and network with them?
  • Power Grid Resilience Registration FormPower Grid Resilience Registration Form
    Join us March 21-23 at the Power Grid Resilience Summit. Download and submit your registration form or send it to [email protected]

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  • [VIDEO] Former Chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Discusses Power Grid Security [VIDEO] Former Chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Discusses Power Grid Security

    Addressing the vulnerability of the power grid before terrorists do has become a hot topic – every day in the press, in whitepapers, in utilities across America. With huge regulation changes on the horizon, many utilities are wondering how it will affect them.




    Watch the exclusive interview with Jon Wellinghoff, Immediate Past Chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a formidable expert in this subject to get his take on recent events.

    During this 13 minute video, you will learn Jon’s insights on:

    - What major steps the utility industry still need to take
    - How the new standards from NERC are progressing
    - Why microgrids are something that are an integral part of making the whole system more resilient
    - How will these policy changes affect the utilities
    - And much more

Exclusive ContentExclusive Content

  • InsiderInsider's Report: Power Grid Resilience 2015
    The Power Grid Resilience Summit continues to raise expectations of those in the industry thanks to our Big Idea speakers and our dynamic audience. 
  • Ensuring Compliance vs. Building ResilienceEnsuring Compliance vs. Building Resilience
    We sat down with Christopher Peters, Vice President, NERC/Critical Infrastructure Protection Compliance at Entergy to discuss the implication of the CIP-014, which while still aways off, is causing marked changes throughout the industry.
  • Coordinating a Corporate Response PlanCoordinating a Corporate Response Plan
    CenterPoint Energy can be lauded for many things; chief among them for its Corporate Response Plan. Robert Martinez, the Manager of Risk Control & Business Continuity at CenterPoint, details how their Emergency Operating Procedure allows them to go above and beyond normal capabilities in the event of an issue, how to run the most relevant tests and how their strategy continues to evolve through discussing the findings from drills and tabletops.

PresentationsPresentations

  • Electric Utility Sector Physical Threats & Response PlanningElectric Utility Sector Physical Threats & Response Planning
    Physical and cyber security cannot protect against a determined adversary, says Dale M. Steffes, Senior Security Specialist, American Transmission Company, because the risk is never zero. He covers a host of resiliency issues in this presentation, including response planning, spare equipment as a cost-effective part of all plans, and more.
  • Risk-based Decision Making in an Age of Evolving ThreatsRisk-based Decision Making in an Age of Evolving Threats
    California's Public Utilities Commission has identified five risk categories to its electric utility network: Regulatory, Financing, Competition & Marketing, Operating and Miscellaneous. Arthur Donnell, Supervisor Safety & Enforcement Division Risk Assessment Section, discusses these categories in further detail in this presentation.
  • Cross-Functional Integration & Operational Best Practices for Resilience PlanningCross-Functional Integration & Operational Best Practices for Resilience Planning
    The key to a successful plan is to first define a risk and business impact analysis, according to Dan Daigler, Southern California Edison's Director of Business Resiliency and Corporate Real Estate. This is broken down into four steps: Strategic, tactical and operational plans on top of procedures, which provide a step-by-step guideline for executing a specific function.
  • Government and Private Industry: A Critical Partnership for Infrastructure SecurityGovernment and Private Industry: A Critical Partnership for Infrastructure Security
    The Department of Homeland Security's Kelly Wilson teams up with Michele Campanella at ConEdison to detail the CIP-14's Grid Security Responsibilities. They cover three requirements: Vulnerability assessments, security plans and leveraging and learning from government partnerships.
  • Grid Resilience in the Age of Severe Earth and Space WeatherGrid Resilience in the Age of Severe Earth and Space Weather
    Terry Boston, President & CEO, PJM Interconnection, describes the firm's three focus areas; Reliability, or keeping the lights on; Market Operation, meaning operating fair and efficient electricity markets; and Regional Planning for the future in this presentation
  • Protecting Your Assets from Both Natural Disasters and Physical Attacks Protecting Your Assets from Both Natural Disasters and Physical Attacks

    Building resiliency and redundancy into the electric system reduces risk and, according to Richard Wernsing, Manager of Asset Strategy at PSE&G, it can be achieved through a feedback loop of continuous improvement within a Security Risk Framework. Richard discusses the Security Risk Framework the company implements to tackle the three prong risks of physical, cyber and weather-related attacks in this past presentation.

  • Ensuring the Grid is Ultra Reliable Today and in the FutureEnsuring the Grid is Ultra Reliable Today and in the Future
    To increase the resiliency of the electrical grid, utilities need to implement a five-prong approach: Knowledge, Awareness, Prevention, Defense, Mitigation and Restoration. Santiago Grijalva, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology says this approach will help companies determine what can happen, better detect if something is happening, avoid short- and long-term causes, deter causes, reduce consequences and quickly restore components and systems.

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WhitepapersWhitepapers

  • The Pillars of Power Grid SecurityThe Pillars of Power Grid Security
    Grid security is a responsibility that electric utilities have always taken seriously. Now, the industry is taking its leadership to an historic new level to protect against a widening range of threats. The electric power sector’s major grid-security efforts reveal an industry in action. These building blocks—mutual assistance agreements, equipment redundancy, year-round training, and cooperation with government— are being scaled up to work at a national level. This magazine explains how.

  • Securing ICS Infrastructure for NERC Compliance and BeyondSecuring ICS Infrastructure for NERC Compliance and Beyond
    System downtime, data loss, and facility control breakdowns quickly become business critical issues for Utilities and their customers. Further, NERC violations may lead to costly sanctions and remedial action directives that must be immediately addressed. Moreover, NERC can assess fines of up to a million dollars a day per violation. With oversight by NERC and Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), cyber security standard compliance has become an increasing priority for the power utility industry.
  • The Unique Challenges of Securing Industrial Control SystemsThe Unique Challenges of Securing Industrial Control Systems

    Measurement and control systems have been utilized by energy
    producers, mining operations, utility companies, transportation
    systems, and similar organizations since the 1960s when the first programmable logic units were used to control systems at industrial plants. Since then more critical systems have become more automated and connected. Download the whitepaper to learn about those systems.

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Market Forecast 2014-2024Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Market Forecast 2014-2024
    The safety and security of national critical infrastructure is currently of paramount concern for many nation states, as operators and organisations scramble to both secure their existing assets from a new range of threats, while at the same time invest in new developments which can boost economic growth. Cybersecurity issues in particular have emerged as the dominant factor in many Western nations’ homeland security posturing in recent years, dominating much of the new response planning and impacting on how private operators fit into overall defensive frameworks.
  • Utilities Infrastructure Security Market Forecast 2014-2024Utilities Infrastructure Security Market Forecast 2014-2024
    The security of utilities infrastructure has always been important for governments and operating authorities alike, particularly after the events of the early 21st century. Yet now more than ever, there is renewed emphasis for protection as a result of the way in which cyber security issues have come to dominate new security thinking and planning in this sector.
  • Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery SystemTerrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System

    This in-depth research report authored by The National Research Council reveals that a piecemeal approach to disaster planning is insufficient and partial analysis of challenges is likely to misinform and misdirect. Utilities companies need to implement all encompassing strategies to tackle their toughest challenges, not piecemeal patches.

  • Ensuring the Resilience of the U.S. Electrical GridEnsuring the Resilience of the U.S. Electrical Grid
    As we've learned from past disruptions, the North American power grid faces great risk of being rattled by adverse events. This whitepaper, courtesy of the Lexington Institute, details the three main categories of investment for utility companies as they work to update and replace existing infrastructure.  

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Ensuring the Resilience of the U.S Electrical Grid

The North American power grid is a modern engineering marvel, and yet at the same time it is increasingly a system facing great risk of being disrupted by adverse events. Download this Lexington Institute whitepaper now.