PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response and Grid Deployment Office, invite you to attend a two and a half day interactive workshop—beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Day 1—focused on regional energy risk, wildfire risk scenario planning, and collaborative emergency response strategies adapted to the North Central region (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin). The workshop is structured to enable open forum discussions and peer-to-peer sharing through breakout sessions and informative presentations from state officials, the Department of Energy, and their partners and subject matter experts. This event is designed especially for energy planning officials and regulators, emergency management agencies, land managers, and Tribal representatives.

Regional Risk Assessment and Scenario Planning, August 25 and 26

(state government employees and invited participants)

Workshop Objectives: 

• Establish a regional energy profile and criteria for a risk assessment process.
• Develop and evaluate a risk scenario and collect participant insights on the effectiveness of the regional risk assessment. 

Regional Wildfire Workshop for State Energy Security Planning, August 27

Workshop Objectives: 

• Share and gather insights on changing and emerging wildfire risks to electricity systems.
• Interact in peer-led exercises on wildfire risk reduction, response, and resiliency strategies for the grid.
• Cultivate pathways for continuous regional collaboration with states and other stakeholders, experts, and industry.

Visit the North Central Regional Wildfire Workshop event page for more information.

Join us to strengthen energy security and regional energy resilience!

For any questions or comments, please contact Irena at irena.netik@pnnl.gov.

This workshop is hosted as part of the Assisting State Security in Energy Together project, an initiative to protect our nation through state energy security planning and collaboration.