Effective Compliance Strategies for
NERC Reliability
Successfully Integrating NERC Programs with Business Processes to Ensure Ongoing Compliance and Efficiency
February 8 and 9, 2011
Optional Workshops: February 10, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Conference Program Agenda - Day Two
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
9:00 - 9:15
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Chris Hajovsky, Director, Regulatory Affairs and NERC Reliability Standards, RRI Energy, Inc.
9:15 - 10:15
CIP Spot Checks Lessons Learned
Mike Lamarre, Division Manager, Infrastructure Manager, Austin Energy; Chairman, Technology Security Council
- Lessons learned from 2009-2010 CIP reliability standards spot checks
- Improving CIP spot check evidence and documentation for the registered entity
- CIP spot check process improvement for the regional entity
- Adding additional CIP standards and requirements into compliance plan
- What to expect from CIP audit teams during your CIP spot check
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:15 - 10:30 |
10:30 - 11:30
Maintaining Effective Compliance Programs in a Changing Regulatory Environment: Lessons Learned from SOX Compliance
Cheryl Persson, Senior Manager, CSOX and Financial Risk, Capital Power Corporation
- Staying compliant during changes
- Documenting changes
- Integrating new standards into business processes
- Doing it without interrupting the business
- Ensuring ongoing compliance management
- Leveraging past audits for present and future
11:30 - 12:30
Moving from Project to Process: Managing Your Compliance Monitoring Program
Chris Hajovsky, Director, Regulatory Affairs and NERC Reliability Standards, RRI Energy, Inc.
- Refining your operations for maintaining compliance
- Developing an effective self-reporting strategy
- Decreasing time spent moving forward
- Leveraging past audits and spot checks to ensure ongoing reliability
- Internal audit strategies to assure compliance with NERC standards
| 12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 1:45 |
1:45 - 2:45
Streamlining NERC Compliance with Business Processes
Lynn Meyer, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Capital Power Corporation
- Integrating compliance monitoring with daily business activities
- Aligning business strategies and key risks faced by the firm
- Leveraging NERC standard for business process improvement
- Efficient approaches for continuous standard monitoring
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Networking Break |
2:45 - 3:00 |
3:00 - 4:30
Auditor's Lessons Learned: Effective Strategies to Ensure Compliance at Your Next Audit
Carter B. Edge, Director of Reliability Services, SERC Reliability Corporation
- Lessons learned from compliance program implementation
- What to expect from audit teams during and after your audits
- Improving evidence and documentation for the registered entity
- Key process improvement strategies for the regional entity
- Tracking FERC orders and assessing internal procedures
- What to expect for the second round of audits: how will they differ from the first one?
- How do regional entities interpret definitions in the standards?
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