Midwest Reliability Organization
Carl Epping is an experienced professional in risk assessment, cyber security compliance, and network engineering. Currently serving as the Manager of Risk Assessment and Mitigation, CIP at Midwest Reliability Organization since February 2017, Epping has held various roles, including Principal Risk Assessment and Mitigation Engineer and CIP Compliance Engineer. Prior experience includes working as a Senior Systems Analyst at Great River Energy and as a Senior Consultant at Open Systems International, where responsibilities included implementing energy management systems and establishing security standards. Epping also held roles as Network Engineering Supervisor and Project Engineer at Open Systems International, along with a background in team leadership and training at Target. Epping began a career in technical support at the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research. Epping holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University, obtained between 2000 and 2004.
Midwest Reliability Organization
Welcome to Midwest Reliability Organization! Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) is dedicated to achieving its vision of a highly reliable and secure North American bulk power system. The MRO region spans the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and all or parts of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The region is comprised of more than 200 organizations that are involved in the production and delivery of electricity, including municipal utilities, cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, transmission system operators, federal power marketing agencies, Canadian Crown Corporations, and independent power producers. MRO's primary responsibilities are to: ensure compliance with mandatory Reliability Standards by entities who own, operate, or use the interconnected, international BPS; conduct assessments of the grid's ability to meet electricity demand in the region; and analyze regional system events. Additionally, MRO creates an open forum for stakeholder experts in the region to discuss important topics related to addressing risk and improving reliable operations of the power grid.