Online registration is
closed. To register, email Tram Nguyen at
tnguyen@mnbars.org or
you can register at the
door.
Registration and lunch will begin
at 12:00 pm. The program will begin at 12:30 pm. Box lunches will be
provided to those that attend in person. Special meal requests need to be
received no later than May
19th.
Please join the MSBA Public Utilities
Law and Tech Law Sections for a discussion with experts from around the country
on how to get a handle on how laws around cybersecurity, technology, and data
affect the energy
transition.
We are especially delighted that we
have two incredible Keynote Speakers that will join for a moderated discussion
following their remarks. Neil Chatterjee is a former Commissioner and Chairman
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prior his service as
Chairman, Neil served as an advisor to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). He currently
serves as a Senior Advisor in the Washington, D.C. office of Hogan Lovells. We
are also excited to welcome Eric Stephens, Executive Director Security Controls
and Engagement at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). Eric has deep
experience with legal, regulatory, and cybersecurity issues and has served
previously as the Deputy General Counsel at MISO as well as Vice President
Compliance North America at Direct
Energy.
This event will be in-person for local participants
and remote for greater Minnesota. We encourage local participants
to attend in person to network with colleagues and law
students.
Keynote Speaker 1 : Neil Chatterjee,
Senior Advisor in the Washington, D.C. Office of Hogan Lovells
Keynote Speaker 2
: Eric Stephens, Executive Director Security Controls and Engagement,
MISO
Following the second Keynote the
speakers will engage in a moderated discussion about the topic of cybersecurity,
technology, and data and the opportunities and risks within the context of the
energy transition and other current events and
trends.
Panel I: Closing the Digital
Curtains, How to Manage Customer and Systems Information in the Age of Big
Data
Access to reliable system data is recognized as a key to
decarbonizing the grid. However, there are significant data privacy and access
concerns around certain types of public access. This panel of data security and
privacy experts will explore the current legal frameworks related to grid
privacy data. Moreover, the panel will tackle some of the problems related to
opening up and possibly standardizing data access for both private and public
access.
Panelists:
Brad
Hammer, Vakaris Law
Chris Villarreal, President, Plugged in
Strategies
Annie Levenson-Falk, Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens
Utility Board
Holly Lahd, Energy Manager, Meta
(Facebook)
Panel II: Working out the
Grid, Lessons Learned from NERC’s Grid Security Exercise
The North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Grid Security Exercise (GridEx)
happens every two years across North America. The Gridex simulation allows
utilities and organizations like ISOs to test their response and recovery from
simulated, coordinated, cyber and physical security threats and incidents. Hear
from a panel of experts, including a Minnesota Public Utilities Commissioner
about the GridEx experience and how it prepares interested parties for future
threats to the grid.
Panelists:
Commissioner John
Tuma, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Joe Kelly, Director of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management, MN Dept. of Public Safety
Blake Stave, MPA, CEM Senior Enterprise Resilience Program
Manager, Xcel Energy
Marc Child, Director of Information Security Assurance, Great River
Energy
Panel III: Practicing Moore’s
Law, How to Advise Energy Clients when the Grid and Technology Are Developing So
Rapidly
The first panel will look at how attorneys can advise energy
clients in an industry that is going through unprecedented change. Coupled with
the rapid pace of technology adoption and with that access to data, what are
opportunities and risks that counsel should look out for. Furthermore, as the
pace of change increases, how can counsel ensure their clients stay abreast of
important legal and operational challenges to their
businesses.
Panelists:
Benjamin Gerber,
President & CEO, M-RETS
Andrew Moratzka, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
Mary
Frantz, Managing Partner, Enterprise Knowledge Partners,
LLC
CLE Credits:
4.0 Standard CLE Credits applied for | Event Code:
455727
Cost:
Public Utilities Section Member: $25
Tech
Law
Section Member: $25
MSBA Member: $35*
Non-MSBA Member: $45
Law
Student: FREE
*Join the Public Utilities Section and attend this event for FREE!
Not a section member? Sign up now and
then email Tram Nguyen at tnguyen@mnbars.org to register for this
event at no charge.
Deadline to register
online: May 19, 2022. To register after this date, contract the program manager.
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Thank you.
Program Manager:
Tram
Nguyen
tnguyen@mnbars.org
612-278-6316