2021 Fall Reliability and Security Seminar

Speaker Biographies

Peter Heidrich 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 Greg Davis As the Regulatory Compliance Manager of Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC), Greg Davis guides GTC in maintaining compliance with the Electric Reliability Organization Standards. He identifies and evaluates all new or modified reliability standards proposed by NERC and SERC, and assists in the evaluation and understanding of each requirement to ensure compliance readiness. Greg also maintains GTC’s program to monitor processes, procedures, guidelines and documentation to ensure compliance. During his time as a Compliance Manager, Greg has represented GTC in NERC and SERC conferences and has been a member of the SERC Protection and Control Sub Committee along with serving on the SERC Standard drafting team for SERC Standard PRC-006-1 Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding Requirements. Over Greg’s 20 year career, he has worked in various Electric Utility disciplines from relay maintenance, system protection, bulk planning, and ERO compliance. Greg is known for his ability to work cooperatively, and has the knowledge and experience to be a valuable member of the Registered Entity Forum.

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