Engineering a Reliable Grid

In July, the organization responsible for monitoring the reliability of America’s power system released a stark warning – the grid faces “unprecedented” challenges to its ability to keep the lights on. In this episode, Todd talks with Mark Lauby, senior vice president and chief engineer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, to understand more about what’s driving reliability concerns and what’s needed to keep the lights on this winter. 

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Chapters

• 1:08 Plugged In: How Mark Got Started in Energy
• 2:24 We Need to Manage the Change: NERC's Reliability Focus
• 5:49 How NERC Addresses Drought in Reliability Planning
• 7:56 Winter Is Coming: What NERC Is Watching for the Winter Assessment
• 10:11 "We've Got to Get it Right": Planning for Reliability With a New Set of Resources
• 13:58 "Energy Is King": New Planning Parameters
• 20:20 Will There Be an Answer? Gas-Electric Coordination
• 24:06 "A Much Longer Bridge": The Future for Natural Gas
• 26:14 How do we promote reliability while addressing climate change?
• 29:58 How NERC Is Tackling Cybersecurity Threats
• 33:23 What policymakers need to know about reliability
• 35:11 Working together to ensure reliability