Speaker Biographies
Peter Heidrich - SERC Peter joined the SERC Reliability Corporation in July 2019 as the Senior Coordinator of Certification and Registration. Peter is responsible for the administration of the SERC Functional Entity Registration and Certification processes, and is also responsible for the implementation and continued maintenance associated with the NERC Glossary of Terms definition of Bulk Electric System (BES) and administration of the Rules of Procedure (ROP) BES Exception Process. Previously Peter was with the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc. (FRCC) from August, 2008 to June 2019. As the FRCC Director of Reliability Performance & Registration, Peter was responsible for leading the Programs within the FRCC Region to enable the assessment and improvement in reliability performance of the FRCC BES. Responsibilities included Registration and Certification, Events Analysis and Situation Awareness, Reliability Standards Development, and System Operator Training. Within this capacity, Peter was responsible for the administration of the FRCC Functional Entity Registration and Certification processes, and was also responsible for the implementation and continued maintenance associated with the NERC Glossary of Terms definition of BES and administration of the ROP BES Exception Process. Peter served over eight years in the United States Navy in the Nuclear Power Program. Following his military service, he joined DTE Energy (Detroit Edison) in 1992 as a Nuclear Power Plant Operator at the Enrico Fermi II Power Plant (Newport, MI). In 1995, Peter transferred to the System Operations Department where he qualified as a System Operator, and obtained his NERC System Operator Certification. Peter also served in the position of Control Room Supervisor. From 2004 to 2008, Peter served as Manager- Protection Authority with the responsibilities of managing the Hazardous Energy Controls (Red Tag Protection) programs for the corporation. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, graduating with Honors, from the University of Phoenix. Peter has been a NERC Certified Reliability Coordinator since 2000 Justin Kelly - SERC In September 2019, Justin joined SERC Reliability Corporation as a Senior CIP Auditor. In September 2021, Justin joined the Risk Assessment and Mitigation group as a Senior CIP Engineer. Previously, Justin Kelly was an Electrical Engineer with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. He was a sub-team lead for both CIP Version 5 and CIP-014 FERC-led audits. Justin has also been involved in monitoring Standard Drafting Teams, drafting FERC Orders, reviewing CIP related sanctions filed or posted by NERC, and observing regional entity audits. He primarily focused on CIP Reliability Standards during his time at FERC, but also was a technical team lead for Geomagnetic Disturbance and Electromagnetic Pulse research and standards projects. Justin received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in 2009. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Maryland and is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).
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