Midwest Reliability Organization
John D. Rhea serves as the Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Ameren since October 2019. In addition, Rhea has been a Board Member for the Midwest Reliability Organization since January 2023. Prior experience includes serving as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at OGE Energy Corp from October 2007 to October 2019, and as Compliance Officer and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Oklahoma Gas & Electric from 2007 to May 2017. Rhea also held the position of Assistant General Counsel and Director of Corporate Compliance at El Paso Electric Company from 2002 to 2007 and worked as an Associate Attorney at Sandenaw, Carrillo, & Piazza, LLC from 2001 to 2002. Rhea holds a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Oklahoma City University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy with a focus on Ethics & Religion from the University of Oklahoma.
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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.