Extreme Weather Webinar
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Please join us for our Extreme Weather Webinar on October 20, 2022. The webinar will mainly focus on cold weather but we will also touch on hurricanes. Kenny Luebbert and Matt Harward from the Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather standards drafting team will speak to the current standard and provide a status update. Heather Polzin and David Huff from FERC will discuss key lessons from the 2021 Cold Weather Event. Johnathon Drake and Jacob Courville from Entergy will discuss Entergy’s experiences and the lessons they learned from the 2021 Cold Weather Event. Adam Simkowski from MISO will discuss weather risk assessments and a brief outlook on the upcoming winter season.
Objectives: • Discuss previous extreme weather events and lessons we have learned • Discuss the ongoing hurricane season • Share the available winter outlook • Discuss cold weather preparations and useful material to aid entities Target Audience: This event will be of interest to Generator Owners/Operators, Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, and Reliability Coordinators, as well as Registered Entity staff that have weather-related duties or a role that is impacted by extreme weather, including compliance, security, and recovery.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2022
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Hassan Hamdar , Program Manager Events Analysis – SERC
9:00a.m.
Introduction and Logistics
Kenny Luebbert , Director – Generation Engineering – Evergy Matt Harward , Manager, Reliability Standard – Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Heather Polzin , Attorney-Advisor and Reliability Coordinator for the Office of Enforcement - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission David Huff , Electrical Engineer, Division of Operations and Planning Standards, Office of Electric Reliability – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
9:10a.m.
Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination
10:00 a.m. 2021 Cold Weather Event Key Lessons
10:30a.m. Break
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Tuesday, October 20, 2022
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Jake Courville , Director of Engineering and Technical Support - Entergy JJ Drake , Chemistry Manager - Entergy
10:45a.m.
Entergy Winter Readiness
Adam Simkowski , Principal Meteorological Risk Analyst - MISO
11:30a.m.
Weather Risk Assessment for MISO Operations
Maria B. Haney , Manager Situational Awareness & Events Analysis - SERC
12:15 p.m.
Wrap – Up
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
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Speaker Biographies
Hassan Hamdar- SERC Hassan Hamdar joined SERC in July of 2019 after the transition of FRCC into SERC. Hassan worked in various roles at FRCC for over 11 years. His main focus at FRCC was event analysis and situational awareness but he was also responsible for misoperations reporting and system operator training. Hassan has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida and is a NERC Certified System Operator.
KennyLuebbert P.E.- Evergy Kenny Luebbert, a Professional Engineer, has 28 years of significant expertise in multiple areas relevant to operations. His experience and accomplishments include overseeing NERC Standards implementation and compliance at generating stations for both O&P and CIP; leading the mechanical portion of a 950 MW plant construction project; advancing generation performance optimization; expert in plant instrumentation, control technology, and assessments; currently supervising the work of 37 engineers focused on generation assets optimization. Kenny received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri and has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Kansas.
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Matthew Harward - Southwest Power Pool, Inc Matthew Harward has worked in the public utility industry for more than 16 years, starting his career in Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) legal department as a staff attorney. He currently works as Manager of SPP’s Reliability Standards department, which facilitates SPP’s coordinated efforts to track the development and implementation of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (“NERC”) Reliability Standards and other documents, and supports SPP’s compliance outreach. During his career, his experience includes regulatory and administrative law matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, open access transmission tariffs and service agreements, wholesale rate recovery for transmission facilities, electricity markets, Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) seams issues, and system planning and operations. Matthew is a member of the drafting team for the current Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination.
Heather Polzin - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Heather is a graduate of James Madison University and the University of Virginia School of Law. A former General Counsel to the Maryland Public Service Commission, she joined FERC in 2010 and has served as co-lead on three blackout inquiries and one near-miss inquiry. She also wrote the report for three of the inquiries, including the November 2021 report on the February 2021 cold weather event in Texas and the south-central U.S.
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David Huff - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission David (Dave) Huff currently serves as an electrical engineer for the Division of Operations and Planning Standards, in the Office of Electric Reliability at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Dave joined FERC in 2008 and served as group manager for the Office of Electric Reliability’s Division of Reliability Standards, and as deputy director for the Division of Logistics and Security. He began his electric utility industry career in 1986, and held numerous leadership positions over the years in both system operations and transmission planning, with associated responsibility for the NERC-registered functions of balancing authority, transmission operator, transmission planner, and transmission service provider. While working in the industry, Dave also participated on the Interregional Transmission Coordination Forum’s “General Agreement on Parallel Paths” (GAPP) Committee from 1991 to 1997 to develop a method to reliably manage bulk power grid loop flows, prior to the methodology being adapted by NERC for development of the Interchange Distribution Calculator and Transmission Loading Relief procedures. In his current position, Dave co-led FERC-NERC-Regional Entity joint staff inquiries into both the January 2018 and February 2021 cold weather Bulk Electric System events. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Akron, and is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member. Jake Courville – Entergy Jake Courville is the Director of Engineering and Technical Support for Entergy’s Power Generation business. He is responsible for supporting Power Generation in pursuit of its key results through fleet-level asset management, major component assessment, and programmatic chemistry and engineering applications. In this role, he is also a member of Entergy’s Incident Response Team for extreme weather. He’s held a variety of roles in his 22-year career at Entergy, most recently serving as General Manager of Nelson Station in Louisiana, a three-unit solid fuel generating station. Jake is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Louisiana, a member of IEEE, and holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration. Jake and his wife are also proud parents of three daughters.
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JJ Drake - Entergy JJ. Drake is the Flee Chemistry Manager at Entergy, a position he has held since 2019. JJ has been employed by Entergy for 22 years. He has held various positions starting in 2000 as a Chemistry/Environmental Technician at White Bluff SES. In 2004 he was appointed Chemistry Supervisor at White Bluff, and held this position until 2012. From 2012-2014 he was Process Superintendent for Hot Spring Energy Facility and then went on to become Process Owner Hot Spring, Calcasieu, and Acadia. From 2015 until 2017, he was Production Superintendent at Attala, then became Plant Manager at Gerald Andrus until 2019.
Adam Simkowski - MISO Adam Simkowski is responsible for meeting MISO’s operational load and renewable energy forecasting needs. Adam’s load forecasts are used in MISO’s resource commitment and dispatch processes to balance supply and demand. Adam is leveraging his meteorological background to determine how weather can impact load and renewable generation in a way to reduce uncertainty for MISO’s control room operations. He tracks load forecast accuracy and provides recommendations for process improvements and enhancements. Prior to working at MISO, Adam worked as a meteorologist supporting Power and Natural Gas trading desks at ACES, an energy services company, for 9 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from Purdue University and a master’s degree in Applied Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
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Maria B. Haney - SERC Maria Haney is the Manager of SERC Reliability Corporation’s Situation Awareness and Events Analysis Program. Maria joined SERC in 2007 and served in many roles within SERC and the ERO. She’s facilitated, chaired and represented SERC on multiple stakeholder teams and committees (e.g. various SERC Technical Committees, ERO Reliability Assessment, Situation Awareness, Events Analysis, Crisis Management, IT and Security Groups) to assess and promote the reliability of electric grid operations in North America. Her contributions in the industry ranges from reliability assessments, transmission analysis, events analysis, situation awareness, performance analysis, risk management and special policy projects and initiatives. Maria worked alongside multiple stakeholder teams to develop and address recommendations resulting from multiple severe events on the bulk power system. This includes the February 2021 cold weather event in Texas and the south-central U.S., where she served as a member on the joint FERC-NERC-Regional Entity team. Prior to joining SERC in 2007, Maria served as a transmission planner and project manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Southern Company. Maria holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. She is a licensed engineer in North Carolina, a certified Project Manager Professional, and Risk Management Society - Risk Management Professional
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