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Technical Talk with RF

May 18, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

ReliabilityFirst (RF) offers a regularly scheduled monthly call to provide entities and stakeholders with a forum for addressing topics and questions relevant to reliability, resilience and security.   

While RF Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will provide presentations and updates, they will not address entity-specific questions and issues. These types of questions can be handled offline by using the RF Assist Visit program. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mike Hughes, Entity Engagement Manager, 216-503-0617.  

Event Information

Join from the webinar link: https://reliabilityfirst.webex.com/reliabilityfirst/j.php?MTID=md2703617866dc603b73f1c7dc4cde9fe

Webinar number (access code): 2316 942 3022

Webinar password: 0123456 (0123456 when dialing from a phone or video system)

 

Agenda

E-ISAC overview

Noel Lloyd, Senior Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, and Carly Cipolla, Senior Partnerships and Engagement Coordinator, E-ISAC

The E-ISAC, which is operated by NERC, keeps asset owners and operators informed about cyber and physical threats to the North American bulk power system through around-the-clock situational awareness and expert analysis. Noel Lloyd and Carly Cipolla will discuss the value entities can get out of membership to the organization, which is isolated from NERC’s enforcement processes through the E-ISAC Code of Conduct.

 

Oscillations in the power grid 

Courtney Fasca, Senior Reliability Consultant, External Affairs, Lew Folkerth, Principal Reliability Consultant, External Affairs, Kellen Phillips, Principal Analyst, Operational Analysis & Awareness, and Parimal Saraf, Principal Engineer, Engineering & System Performance, RF 

RF staff will discuss oscillations in the power grid from multiple angles based on each of their expertise, offering a beginner-friendly look at this rising reliability risk with the proliferation of inverter-based resources (IBRs). Learn more about small signal analysis, review real-world case studies, and current actions industry and the ERO Enterprise are taking to mitigate this risk.  

 

Lessons learned from international case studies 

Catherine Lewis, Energy Policy Analyst, External Affairs, RF 

Join us for another deep dive into several international case studies — from European blackouts to ongoing fuel crises, Catherine Lewis will recap what led to these events and discuss lessons learned: how to prevent these issues, mitigation strategies being employed, and what we can learn from these cases in the U.S.  

 

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Tech Talk with RF – May 2026

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  • Date: May 18, 2026
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    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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