Grid Security and Modernization: Grid Hardening
This series is an opportunity to learn how the Midwest is safeguarding and improving the region’s electric grid and how we can work together to improve resiliency. An important component of modernizing the grid is a “fix it first” approach. The MGA is hosting a conference, Grid Security and Modernization: Hardening the Midwestern Grid. This series is an opportunity to learn how the Midwest is safeguarding and improving the region’s electric grid.
Grid Security and Modernization: Hardening the Midwestern Grid
October 30-31, 2017
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An important component of securing and modernizing the grid is a “fix it first” approach. The MGA hosted its seventh annual conference, which provided an opportunity to learn how the Midwest is safeguarding and improving the region’s electric grid. Topics covered at this meeting included disaster preparedness, micro grids, distributed generation, and cybersecurity.
Speaker Documents
- David Boyd, MISO
- Brian Amundon, Xcel Energy
- Alison Silverstein, Independent Consultant
- Cliff Haefke #1
- Cliff Haefke #2
- Bob Lasseter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Jerome Malmquist, University of Minnesota
Meeting Sponsors
Webinars
In the lead-up to the summit, the MGA hosted a series of webinars to highlight critical components of the topic.
October 19, 2017
Cybersecurity
Ensuring our grid is protected from cyber threats is and will continue to be a vital way to ensure the electric grid is strong.
- Tom Alrich, Tom Alrich Consulting
- Matt Luallen, Cybati
- Karen Weigert, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
September 7, 2017
Introductory Webinar
As we look at modernizing the Midwestern electric grid, an important component is to also take a “fix it first” approach by hardening the grid we already have. On this webinar we will help define grid hardening and highlight some great work already underway.