BIOGRAPHIES
Joel Rogers Joel Rogers joined SERC Reliability Corporation as a Compliance Auditor in June 2014.
Previously, Mr. Rogers was the Compliance Administrator for Cooperative Energy formerly known as South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) in Hattiesburg, MS. In this role, Joel provided counsel to management and directed operations, planning, and critical infrastructure protection staff regarding NERC Reliability Standards compliance. Before taking on the Compliance Administrator role, Joel worked in operations planning for 3 years and Transmission Planning for 1 year. During this time, Joel performed engineering studies, prepared publications, and trained System Operators on peak loading, blackstart restoration, and abnormal transmission system conditions. Joel maintained power system models for both operations and transmission planning and he participated in the development of long-range transmission plans. Joel represented Cooperative Energy on SERC’s Long Term Study Group, Operations Planning Subcommittee, and Near Term Study Group. Prior to joining Cooperative Energy, Mr. Rogers worked for Southern Company Services in Transmission Planning and Mississippi Power Company in Distribution Engineering and Operations. Mr. Rogers graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis in power, in December 2005. Joel is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Mississippi, a NERC Certified System Operator at the Reliability Coordinator level, and a Certified Government Auditing Professional. Mr. Rogers served in the U.S. Navy from 1995 to 2000 as an aviation electrician on the F/A – 18 Hornet.
Dulce Plaza Dulce returned to SERC as Legal Counsel in the Legal and Enforcement departments. Prior to rejoining SERC, Dulce acted as a litigation associate in one of Charlotte’s prominent insurance defense firms. Dulce’s passion for regulatory and compliance matters stemmed from the time she spent as a legal intern for a large utility company from 2012 – 2013, and for SERC from 2013 – 2014. Dulce is an active member in the ERO Enterprise Enforcement Group (EG), and serves as Co-Chair on the EG Risk Alignment project team. She also volunteers her time with the Mecklenburg County Bar (MCB), where she is serving a three-year term on the MCB Board of Directors and has been serving on the MCB’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s Pipeline Programming subcommittee since 2015.
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