CURRENT PURA PROCEEDINGS
Docket No. 17-12-03RE008, INVESTIGATION INTO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES – RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS
Technical meetings will be held via Zoom on Monday, August 30 at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday, September 2 at 1:00 pm for Phase I. The topics covered may be vegetation management, as well as hardening of the physical infrastructure, including undergrounding, and newer approaches such as distributed energy and advanced metering infrastructure. This is the beginning of the docket proceedings, with a final decision expected in June of 2022. For details, see Notice, and click the docket number above for updates on timelines and additional information about the full scope of the docket.
The links to register for both meetings on Zoom are:
August 30, 2021: https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqde-tqz0vEtNG3dAh2-YIg5KeorZ0upY-
September 2, 2021:https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlceurrD4tHd1qCX97XZ-dYmp-O2Q7s6Mj
The purpose of these two meetings is described as follows:
August 30: The Authority requests the EDCs present on their current reliability and system resilience programs, as well as new solutions for reliability and system resilience, both during normal and storm conditions, and best practices for managing and implementing new programs.
September 2: The Authority requests other industry experts, including EDCs from other jurisdictions and other local/regional/national organizations (e.g., government, non-profit, etc.), to present on programs and associated metrics used by other jurisdictions to maintain reliability and system resilience, both during normal and storm conditions, as well as best practices for managing and implementing reliability and resilience programs.
The deadline for "industry experts" to notify the PURA case coordinator that they wish to participate in the Technical Meeting is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
The links to register for both meetings on Zoom are:
August 30, 2021: https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqde-tqz0vEtNG3dAh2-YIg5KeorZ0upY-
September 2, 2021:https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlceurrD4tHd1qCX97XZ-dYmp-O2Q7s6Mj
The purpose of these two meetings is described as follows:
August 30: The Authority requests the EDCs present on their current reliability and system resilience programs, as well as new solutions for reliability and system resilience, both during normal and storm conditions, and best practices for managing and implementing new programs.
September 2: The Authority requests other industry experts, including EDCs from other jurisdictions and other local/regional/national organizations (e.g., government, non-profit, etc.), to present on programs and associated metrics used by other jurisdictions to maintain reliability and system resilience, both during normal and storm conditions, as well as best practices for managing and implementing reliability and resilience programs.
The deadline for "industry experts" to notify the PURA case coordinator that they wish to participate in the Technical Meeting is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.