Joint Meeting of FERC and NRC
The open meeting will be held virtually. Members of the public may attend the open session. Commissioners from both agencies are expected to participate.
A free webcast of this event will be made available for viewing through the NRC’s Webcast portal. In addition, the event will be transcribed, and the transcription will be made available through the NRC web site approximately a week after the meeting.
All interested persons are invited to the open meeting. Pre-registration is not required and there is no fee to attend this joint meeting. Questions about the meeting should be directed to Lodie White at Lodie.White@ferc.gov or by phone at (202) 502-8453.
Agenda
Introductions and Opening Statements
Grid Reliability, Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) & Other Topics
NERC
Howard Gugel, NERC, Vice President, Engineering and Standards- State of Reliability
- Long Term Reliability Assessment
- Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force Q&A
FERC
Elin Katz, Director, Office of Public Participation- New initiative to assist the public navigating FERC proceedings
David Ortiz, Acting Director of the Office of Electric Reliability
David Huff, Electrical Engineer, Office of Electric Reliability
Heather Polzin, Attorney Advisor, Office of Enforcement- Cold Weather Inquiry
NRC
Andrea Kock, Deputy Office Director for Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation- Current Fleet of Operating Reactors
- Advanced Reactors Update
- Subsequent License Renewal
- Decommissioning
- Recent weather-related operating experience impacting NPP availability
- Dam Safety Program Interagency Agreement
- Opportunities to leverage NRC and FERC (DOE) research activities on electromagnetic pulse
Cyber Security Activities
FERC
Barry Kuehnle, Energy Infrastructure and Cyber Security Advisor, Division of Cyber Security, OER- Cybersecurity Updates (recent Orders/notices of proposed rulemaking)
- Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) * Audits Lesson Learned Report
NRC
Jim Beardsley, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response- NRC Cybersecurity Program Accomplishments
- Continued focus on risk-informing cyber security program implementation
- Continued innovation for the future
Participants
FERC Chairman and Commissioners- Chairman Richard Glick
- Commissioner James P. Danly
- Commissioner Allison Clements
- Commissioner Mark C. Christie
- Commissioner Willie L. Phillips
- Chairman Christopher T. Hanson
- Commissioner Jeff Baran
- Commissioner David A. Wright
- David Ortiz, Acting Director of the Office of Electric Reliability (OER)
- Elin Katz, Director, Office of Public Participation
- Barry Kuehnle, Energy Infrastructure and Cyber Security Advisor, Division of Cyber Security, OER
- David Huff, Electrical Engineer, Division of Operations and Planning Standards, OER
- Heather Polzin, Attorney Advisor, Division of Investigations, Office of Enforcement
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Staff Howard Gugel, Vice President, Engineering and Standards
- Andrea Kock, Deputy Office Director for Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- Eric Benner, Director, Division of Engineering and External Hazards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- Jim Beardsley, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response
Treatment of Environmental Justice in NRC Activities
The purpose of these meetings is to describe NRC staff efforts in assessing Environmental Justice in NRC’s programs, policies, and activities as directed by the Commission in Staff Requirements Memorandum (ADAMS Accession No. ML21113A070). The staff will provide an overview of current and planned activities and receive comments from members of the public.
There will be two meetings; one from 1:30 pm to 3 pm and one from 8 pm to 9:30 pm.
Comments will be accepted from members of the public and other stakeholders from 8:30 until meeting closing at 9:30 pm. NRC staff will also answer process-related questions after everyone has had a chance to provide comments during the meeting, time permitting. A transcript of the meeting will be available approximately 10 days after the meeting and a link to the transcript will be referenced in the meeting summary.
1:30 pm-3 pm: Webinar Link (Microsoft Teams)NRC staff contacts are Allen Fetter, Office of the Executive Director for Operations, at Allen.Fetter@nrc.gov or (301) 415-8556, and Ed Miller at (301) 415-2481.
Additionally, NRC is requesting comments as part of its systematic review for how NRC programs, policies, and activities address environmental justice. Specifically, the NRC would like input on how the agency is addressing environmental justice, considering the agency’s mission and statutory authority. The information will be used to inform the agency’s assessment of how it addresses environmental justice.
Submit comments by August 23, 2021. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:- Telephone: 301–415–3875.
- Email: NRC-EJReview@nrc.gov
- Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
Please reference Docket ID NRC–2021–0137 in your comment submission.