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4th Annual Regulatory Compliance Final Agenda
1. 4th Annual
Managing Regulatory Compliance
for Electric Utilities
Implementing and Standardizing a Comprehensive Internal
Compliance Program to Minimize Violations and Penalties
April 25-27, 2012
Sheraton Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
Examining FERC’s and NERC’s Perspectives On the Regulatory
Landscape to Better Plan Future Compliance Tactics.
Chairman: Featuring Case Studies From Leading Regulatory Compliance Experts:
John Rhea Gary Guy Mike Beer Jodi Moskowitz
Compliance Officer & Attorney Chief FERC Counsel Vice President, Federal General Regulatory
OGE Energy Baltimore Gas & Electric Regulation and Policy Counsel – Operations
LG&E and KU Energy LLC and Compliance & NERC
Richard Dewey Compliance Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Mary-James (Jami) Young PSEG
Attending This Premier marcus evans Information Officer Senior Compliance & Regulatory
Conference Will Enable You To: New York ISO Counsel Jeffery B. Erb
• Ensure compliance success from MISO John Rhea Vectren Corporation Assistant General Counsel
Compliance Officer & Attorney Pacificorp
by integrating organizational compliance models across Deanna Phillips
OGE Energy
various business units Senior Electrical Engineer Jana Utter
• Understand how LG&E-KU Energy LLC is meeting Renee Thorne Bonneville Power Director, Corporate Compliance
Attorney- Advisor Administration & Risk Management
the strict EPA regulations affecting generation FERC, Office of Enforcement MISO
• Hear PPL Corporation's CIP compliance lessons Division of Investigations Bob Lane
learned and stay informed of Version 5 updates Bob Hoopes
Director, FERC CISO & Compliance Thomas Wrenbeck
• Prepare for audits through Vectren Corporation's San Diego Gas Director, Regulatory Strategy
Senior Director, NERC Compliance
& Electric ITC Holdings
guide on audit survival and success PPL Corporation
Michael Mertz Andrew Ginter John Hepokoski
Director NERC Compliance Director of Industrial Security Regulatory Compliance Manager
Who Should Attend: PNM Resources Waterfall Security Solutions ComEd
marcus evans invites C-Level Executives, VP's, Directors Sidney Davies Nipa Patel Claudia Kuzma
and Managers from leading electric utilities with Assistant General Counsel- Tariff Senior Vice President Vice President
responsibilities in: California ISO Sath Technologies Business Development
• Regulatory Compliance Sath Technologies
Andrew Gallo Aisha L. Jolly
• Regulatory Policy / Affairs / Strategy Director, Reliability Compliance IT Compliance Point of Contact / Robert V. Eckenrod
• Associate / Assistant General Counsel Austin Energy Lead Analyst Senior Counsel
• Regulatory or Corporate Counsel Exelon Business Services PJM Interconnection LLC
Daniel Simon
• NERC / FERC Compliance Partner
Ballard Spahr
• CIP Compliance
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2. Day One | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Day Two | Thursday, April 26, 2012
12:00 Registration and Coffee 8:00 Registration and Morning Coffee
12:45 Chairman's Opening Address 8:20 Chairman's Opening Address
John Rhea, Compliance Officer & Attorney, OGE Energy John Rhea, Compliance Officer & Attorney
OGE Energy
1:00 Interactive Workshop
8:30 Case Study
Assessing the Current Generation Reliability Issue Due
Integrating Methods to Build, Communicate and Demonstrate
to Stringent EPA Regulations
a Culture of Compliance
The future of generation reliability has been questionable due to recent EPA • Defining a "culture of compliance"
regulations regarding air emissions for power generators. This has been • Utilizing strategies to build, communicate, and demonstrate
an ongoing issue for many companies who are under strict deadlines a culture of compliance
to meet these requirements. Determining the projected cost implications • Identifying the roles of a culture of compliance in mitigation
and power availability are serious uncertainties for many organizations. Andrew Gallo, Director, Reliability Compliance, Austin Energy
Prepare for these industry changes in this interactive workshop.
Mike Beer, Vice President, Federal Regulation and Policy 9:15 Case Study
LG&E-KU Energy LLC Standardizing an Internal Compliance Program Across
the Company's Business Units
2:30 Networking Break • Ensuring executive involvement and effective documentation
for various policies and procedures
• Creating consistency across the organization by standardizing
ENHANCING INTERNAL COMPLIANCE
processes and training
MODELS AND PROGRAMS
• Promoting extensive communication between the business units
to execute enterprise wide compliance
3:00 Case Study John Hepokoski, Regulatory Compliance Manager, ComEd
Comparison & Contrast: NERC or Regional Entity Compliance Audits
and FERC Reliability 10:00 Networking Break
• Understanding the different needs of performance audits
vs. compliance audits 10:30 Case Study
• Examining reliability standards audit worksheets (QRSAWs) vs. FERC Compliance Process Management – A Key Foundation
data requests of a Robust Compliance Program
• Assessing schedules and timelines • Managing compliance processes for standardization, optimization
• Breaking down SME Interviews vs. SME collaborations and efficiency gains
and overarching goals • Promoting a culture of compliance by documenting and automating
• Reviewing FERC audit litigation hold and documentation compliance processes
update requirements • Measuring the compliance program by assessing process
• Looking at the perspectives of a sprint vs. a marathon performance and adherence
Deanna Phillips, Senior Electrical Engineer • Reducing risk of non-compliance by continued training and
Bonneville Power Administration communication strategies
Nipa Patel, Senior Vice President, Sath Technologies
3:45 Case Study
Ensuring Effective NERC Documentation Management Claudia Kuzma, Vice President Business Development
& Addressing the Ever Changing NERC Requirements Sath Technologies
• Maintaining adequate operational compliance documentation
Aisha L. Jolly, IT Compliance Point of Contact/ Lead Analyst
(quality & quantity)
Exelon Business Service
• Standardizing operational compliance documentation with
an eye towards NERC audits 11:15 Case Study
• Keeping track and understanding the differences and value Reducing Risk of Tariff Non-Compliance
between the various "tools" NERC offers • Identifying and documenting tariff requirements and business
• Identifying additional resources for best practices around unit responsibility
NERC compliance • Documenting business processes that implement tariff requirements
John Rhea, Compliance Officer & Attorney, OGE Energy • Ensuring appropriate controls are incorporated as part
of the business processes
4:30 Closing Remarks of Chair and End of Day One • Implementing an ongoing process to correct tariff errors and remove
anachronistic tariff language
Sidney Davies, Assistant General Counsel– Tariff, California ISO
12:00 Luncheon
1:00 Case Study
A Field Guide to Audit Preparation: How to Survive and Succeed
in a Reliability Audit
• Recognizing the key elements for successful audit preparation
• Mapping an audit preparation strategy
• Securing officer and subject-matter expert buy-in to the preparation process
SPONSORSHIP INFO • Managing audit logistics
Does your company have solutions or technologies that the conference delegates would • Delivering effective, accurate and persuasive audit presentations
benefit from knowing? If so, you can find out more about the exhibiting, networking Mary-James (Jami) Young, Senior Compliance & Regulatory Counsel
and branding opportunities available by contacting: Darrin Grove at 312 894 6345 Vectren Corporation
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3. Day Two | Continued Day Three | Friday, April 27, 2012
1:45 Case Study 8:30 Registration and Morning Coffee
Developing a Robust Organizational Compliance Model
to Ensure Compliance Fulfillment 8:50 Chairman's Opening Address
• Understanding the concept that compliance is a means John Rhea, Compliance Officer & Attorney, OGE Energy
to an end result of reliability and security for the bulk power system
• Maturing compliance activities to ensure there is a well-designed 9:00 Case Study
program in place that is process-focused and meets business unit needs Identifying the Methods to Overcome the Common Struggles
• Putting processes in place that allow information to flow of CIP Compliance
up and down the chain of command • Comprehending the breadth of the business and number of assets
• Utilizing a gap analysis compliance program design that are impacted by CIP compliance
• Establishing an IT assisted compliance support to build sustainability • Determining how to manage the zero tolerance policy across a wide
Jana Utter, Director, Corporate Compliance & Risk Management, MISO range of assets
• Implementing a communication strategy across all the different
2:30 Networking Break departments to ensure adequate compliance coordination
Richard Dewey, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
3:00 Case Study New York ISO
Ensuring Documents Tell the Story You Want Them to During
Compliance Activities STAYING AWARE OF CRUCIAL INDUSTRY
• Assessing the 2011 sufficiency review of compliance documentation
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
• Understanding lessons learned with evidence that must
demonstrate compliance
• Realizing there are multiple procedures for accomplishing the same task 9:45 Case Study
• Overcoming the struggle of assembling documentation Reviewing the FERC Office of Enforcement's Role in Reliability
and producing records • Examining the Office of Enforcement and the reliability staff's functions
• Determining the next steps to standardize procedures across multiple • Sharing lessons learned from the Annual Report
business units • Identifying what FERC looks for within utilities' compliance programs
• Ensuring that production of "artifacts" remains consistent, • Assessing NOPS and recent reliability investigations to prepare accordingly
in circumstances where procedures can not be standardized Renee Thorne, Attorney- Advisor
Bob Lane, Director, FERC CISO & Compliance, San Diego Gas & Electric FERC, Office of Enforcement, Division of Investigation
10:30 Networking Break
REVIEWING CIP BEST PRACTICES AND UPDATES
11:00 Interactive Panel Discussion
3:45 Case Study Evaluating Regulatory Requirements for Generator Acquisitions,
Creating the Appropriate Strategies to Transition from Dispositions, and Retirements
CIP Version 3 to Versions 4 and 5 • Identifying FERC requirements for acquiring or selling a generator
• Understanding what needs to be done to move forward from • Evaluating NERC reliability standard risks when acquiring or retiring
Version 3 to Versions 4 and 5 a generator
• Setting up direction with the CIP compliance department and • Understanding how an ISO/RTO evaluates and addresses a generator's notice
management to follow the new standards of retirement and its implications
• Discussing the differences between the three versions Moderator:
and how to respond to them Daniel Simon, Partner, Ballard Spahr
Bob Hoopes, Senior Director NERC Compliance, PPL Corporation
Panelists:
4:30 Case Study Jodi Moskowitz, General Regulatory Counsel- Operations
CIP Asset Identification: Avoiding Scrutiny at Audit and Compliance & NERC Compliance Officer
• Reviewing common pitfalls of critical asset and critical cyber PSEG
asset identification
• Addressing co-owned / shared assets Robert V. Eckenrod, Senior Counsel, PJM Interconnection LLC
• Understanding applicable compliance application notices (CAN's),
interpretations, and guidelines 11:45 Case Study
• Identifying the "other" cyber assets Ensuring the Standards of Conduct Issued By FERC Order 717
• "Newly" identified assets, particularly while preparing for versions Are Being Met
4 and 5 • Keeping the marketing and transmission functions separate to stay
Michael Mertz, Director NERC Compliance, PNM Resources in line with the FERC Order 717 requirements
• Making sure compliance groups and any other affected business units
5:15 Closing Remarks of Chair and End of Day Two are aware of their obligations to meet the FERC Order 717 requirements
• Understanding the training tactics going forward that are needed
to comply with the Order 717 rules
Jodi Moskowitz, General Regulatory Counsel- Operations
and Compliance & NERC Compliance Officer
PSEG
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
marcus evans has requested CLE accreditation from all appropriate states. marcus
evans certifies that this conference has been pre approved for CLE credits by the
Pennsylvania, California and West Virginia State continuing legal education authorities
and also approved for New Jersey and Colorado CLE credits via reciprocity. To qualify for
CLE credits you are required to sign-in with your state bar number for every conference
day that you are in attendance. CLE credits are subject to final approval from the individual
state boards and certificates will be issued 6-8 weeks after the conference is held.
4. Day Three | Continued SILVER SPONSORS:
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1:30 Case Study and physical security solutions to the electric utility
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• Participating in the required regional transmission planning
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Implementing and standardizing a comprehensive
• Identifying the regional and interregional concerns and needs when internal NERC CIP Compliance program aids to minimize violations and penalties. At Sath,
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• Recognizing the struggles in meeting the deadlines set by FERC administration and business process improvements.
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2:15 Case Study SCADA systems, Remote Monitoring and Segregated Networks, enabling secure
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TESTIMONIALS:
"Fantastic opportunity to learn from other professionals and to network."
OGE Energy
"Thank you for organizing this event; one of the few I have found of its kind."
WHY YOU MUST ATTEND: National Grid
"Excellent program with very good speakers, very applicable to my situation. I picked up
Electric utilities today face many challenges when complying with the constantly changing
many good ideas to further pursue."
regulatory landscape. It is crucial for compliance and regulatory professionals to have
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the right organizational compliance programs in place to avoid penalties without delaying
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