Meetings, Workshop & Conferences

Risk-Informed Decision Making (RIDM) Level 2 Workshop

May 14–15, 2013 - Phillip Burton Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA View Details
June 25–26, 2013 - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington DC View Details

October, 2013 - Details to be determined

Level 2 RIDM Training is designed to continue the process of keeping the FERC dam safety community apprised of the FERC's progress in implementing RIDM.  As part of the training attendees will be divided into small groups and given example case studies to further their understanding of the concepts of the RIDM process.

The session is limited to 70 attendees.

Owners Dam Safety Program (ODSP) Workshop

May 16, 2013 - Phillip Burton Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA
June 27, 2013 - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

FERC’s dam safety program has three principal components; the Owner’s Dam Safety Program (ODSP), the independent consultant’s 5-year inspection, and the FERC’s regulatory inspection and evaluation program. All three of these components are needed to successfully reduce the probability of dam failures.

Although there are many factors typically contributing to a given dam failure, the failure by the owner to carry out their dam safety responsibilities, either by neglect or organizational deficiencies, has been a factor in many failures starting with the Johnstown tragedy, Teton, and Taccoa Falls up to and including more recent failures such as Upriver Dam, Silver Lake, and Taum Sauk.

This workshop will focus on the reasons for the FERC Initiative and include lessons learned from ODSP submittals, past ODSP failures, and owner’s success stories.

The session is limited to 70 attendees.

Note: The EAP Exercise Design Course has been cancelled. Another course is tentatively being planned for the Fall of 2013
Emergency Action Plan Exercise Design Course

Hosted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426

FERC has developed an "EAP Exercise Design Course" to discuss exercise requirements and the design process. The course covers the FERC requirements of a comprehensive EAP exercise, including the functional exercise. It addresses the how, what and why of exercises, and the steps required to develop, conduct, evaluate, and follow-up an effective exercise.

Course is limited to 50 attendees.

The course will be offered June 11–12, 2013 at:
Clarion on Lake Hamilton
4813 Central Avenue
Hot Springs, AR 7191
501-525-1391

Inquiries may be directed to:
Paul Shannon: 202-502-8784 paul.shannon@ferc.gov
Dave Snyder: 202-502-8968 david.snyder@ferc.gov
Natalie Leech: 202-502-6396 natalie.leech@ferc.gov