Learn What Works from Those Who Have
Managed Through the Worst Conditions.
Managed Through the Worst Conditions.
In the past year, severe weather, natural disasters and other disruptions have challenged utilities to maintain service through hurricanes, ice storms, fires, and other major events. Communities and regulators are increasingly scrutinizing the preparation for emergencies and the execution of service restoration, with the potential for significant financial impacts. Indeed, a $25M civil penalty, the largest so far under NERC’s mandatory reliability standards was recently levied for, among other things, shortfalls in emergency operating procedures. State and federal regulator attention to emergency preparation and service restoration, and the financial stakes, have never been higher. It is important now, more than ever, that utilities have emergency preparedness plans in place that use best practices for service restoration.
Infocast’s 5th Annual Summit on Emergency Preparedness and Service Restoration for Utilities will once again bring together the industry’s leading practitioners to convey both established best practices and hardwon frontline lessons learned in recent disasters. For this 2010 event, the format includes a full-day pre-summit Symposium focused exclusively on emergency preparedness, including a mock exercise, followed by a day and- a-half Summit on communication, service restoration, and lessons learned in actual events. This will give specialists an opportunity to attend extended, focused sessions, while providing the most comprehensive coverage available of the entire emergency preparedness and service restoration processes. Attend the Summit on Emergency Preparedness and Service Restoration for Utilities to gain invaluable insights from leading utilities’ lessons learned, as well as what the public and regulators have come to expect regarding communications and effectiveness.