PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office, invites you to attend a one-day workshop focused on state energy planning for emerging wildfire risk across 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 and subject matter experts. This event is designed especially for energy planning officials and regulators, emergency management agencies, land managers, Tribal representatives, and utilities.

During the workshop, you will:

• 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.

You will also hear from industry leaders and subject matter experts, including:

• Ann Rendahl, Commissioner, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
• Marcus Hawkins, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
• Riaz Mohammed, Xcel Energy
• Aggie Serrame, American Public Power Association
• Andre Coleman, PNNL
• Ali Arabnya, Quanta Technology
• Jacob Mardian, EPRI
• Scott Lindsay, Gridware
• Tiffany Menhorn, Prisma Photonics
• Josh Lantto, Great River Energy
• Ashton Raffety, Argonne National Laboratory
• Sarah Trent, National Association of State Energy Officials

State government employees from the North Central region are invited to attend the Regional Risk Assessment workshop prior to the wildfire workshop. More details here.

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 Wildfire Risk and Resilience program, an effort by PNNL to transform wildfire science into solutions that protect people, infrastructure, and the environment.