News Release: June 5, 2018
Docket No. AD06-6-000
Commissioners and staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a joint meeting at FERC headquarters on June 7 to discuss reliability and resilience of the bulk power system, as well as other issues of mutual concern to the agencies. In addition, representatives of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) will attend and participate in this meeting.
In a public session beginning at 9 a.m., NERC will provide a presentation on the State of Reliability. Staff from the two agencies will give presentations on a number of topics, including FERC’s Grid Resilience Proceeding (AD18-7-000), the FERC-NERC Regional Entity Joint Review of Restoration and Recovery Plans, nuclear power plant operations, and physical and cybersecurity of the grid.
The format for the meeting calls for discussions between the two sets of Commissioners following the presentations. At the conclusion of the public meeting, the two Commissions will go into closed session.
The meeting will be in the Commission Meeting Room at FERC’s headquarters located at 888 First St., NE, in Washington, D.C. A free webcast will be available at http://ferc.capitolconnection.org/ and a transcript will be made. The final agenda and staff presentations from the open session will be posted under the joint meeting’s listing in the FERC Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov.
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