DESCRIPTION:
Every year, electric and gas utilities' assets are threatened by the impact of climate change, and cybersecurity attacks. This poses substantial long-term risks to the reliability of utility service, also to public safety. This panel will explore how energy utilities and regulators can take a broad view of vulnerabilities and use collaboration, creativity, and resilience to overcome these challenges.
KEY QUESTIONS:
1) What are the essential resilience requirements for a rapidly evolving grid?
2) What is the regulator’s role?
3) How can we increase Distributed Generation while improving its resilience?
