A LOOK AT LAST YEAR: 2022
The 2022 Summer Regional Meeting, held on July 26, 2022, was one of celebration. Not only was 2022 the 50th anniversary of the Annual Summer Regional Meetings, it was the return to normalcy after the pandemic. This was the year that SERC returned to an in-person Summer Regional Meeting after an historical, two years of virtual meetings. The working groups came together at the meetings for an opportunity to promote cross-collaboration. This ensured that SERC is purposeful in selecting studies that are relevant and add value for the stakeholders to assist in mitigating Engineering Risks to the grid. A record number of attendees took advantage of the meetings, especially the technical seminar. The focus of the seminar was “ Grid Reliability ” . The presenters were Jay Senthil from PTI, Elliott Hankison Form AECI, Kasun Samarawickrama from Electranix Corporation and John (J.P.) Skeath from NERC. The Planning Coordination Subcommittee (PLCS), the managing body of the meetings, recognized the outstanding work of Patrick Hardwood from the FRCC (SCDWG), James Normansell from TVA (LTWG), Yishan Zhao from Duke Energy Carolina (DWG) and Ellis Lutz from Associated Electric Cooperative (NTWG). Additionally, the PLCS recognized Rey Ramos Southern Company, chair of the Geomagnetic Disturbance Working Group for successfully leading the GMDWG from its creation to its first Geomagnetic Induced Current databank collection. Lastly, the SERC East group made up of Brian Ulmer and Edward Chapman from Dominion Energy South Carolina had an amazing comeback to win the second annual cornhole tournament in a double elimination challenge.
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