Biography
Ann Rendahl was appointed as a commissioner of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission by Governor Jay Inslee for a term ending Jan. 1, 2021. Ann is active in several national and regional organizations focused on energy policy, including as chair of the Electricity Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, a member of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Advisory Council, as a member of the Body of State Regulators for the Western Energy Imbalance Market, and as chair of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System Committee. Prior to her appointment as a commissioner, Ann represented the UTC as an assistant attorney general, and served as an administrative law judge, Director of the Administrative Law Division, and Director of Policy and Legislation for the UTC.
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USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 64: Washington UTC Commissioner Ann Rendahl
In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on wildfires, Commissioner Ann Rendahl of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about her observations from the recent Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners summit on the rapidly growing West-wide threat of wildfires and their impacts and costs to electric utilities and their customers.
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November 4, 2020
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Communication Strategies Before, During, and After Cyber Attacks
This is the fifteenth in the series of USAID webinars on Digitalization and Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector hosted by E3.
This webinar will address a variety of communication strategies and practices that energy regulators and utilities can adopt to prepare for and respond to a cyber attack.
Through their oversight role, energy regulators can take several steps, including outreach to regulated utilities to develop an understanding of the utility’s preparations and action plans, convening energy sector entities and state and federal cybersecurity partners to understand roles and responsibilities in advance of an attack, and developing a crisis communication strategy focused on cybersecurity incidents. Such strategies will assist the regulator in communicating with and responding to government leaders, other agencies, utilities, and the media in the event of a cyber event.
This webinar will be recorded and posted on the USEA website. If you have any questions, please email Jake Swanson at jswanson@usea.org.
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