NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 10/22/2021

Date: 10/28/2021

Subject: NAGF News Bullets for Bi-Week ending 10/22/2021

NAGF 2021 Virtual Compliance Conference
The 2021 NAGF Virtual Compliance Conference was held October 12-14^th from 01:00-05:00 pm each day. The theme for this year’s conference was generator reliability and resiliency. NERC Board Chair Ken DeFontes and former FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur provided keynote addresses. Topics discussed included Winter Storm Uri, Self Reports and Mitigation Plans, CIP Key Internal Controls, Generator Resiliency, and more. Attendance averaged over 90 participants per day. The conference agenda and recordings are available for registered participants.

FERC 2021-2022 Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment Presentation
The 2021-2022 Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment (Winter Assessment) provides staff’s outlook for energy markets and electric reliability, focusing on the period of November 2021 through February 2022. The report is divided into four main sections. The first section discusses the February 2021 winter storm. The second section summarizes weather forecasts for the upcoming winter. The third section summarizes electricity and natural gas market fundamentals expected for winter 2021-2022. The last section discusses considerations for the upcoming winter, including winter readiness recommendations from the 2021 Cold Weather Inquiry (Joint Inquiry); natural gas dependence in New England; and interregional transfer capacity.

Thanks,

Wayne

Wayne Sipperly Jr.
Executive Director
North American Generator Forum
M: (914) 806-0397
wsipperly@generatorforum.org