Midwest Reliability Organization
Lee Felter is an accomplished engineering professional with extensive experience in electrical engineering, security, and risk assessment. Currently serving as a Principal Security Engineer and Principal Risk Assessment and Mitigation Engineer at Midwest Reliability Organization since March 2020, Lee has previously held various significant positions, including Senior SCADA Analyst at Xcel Energy, Principal Engineer at Mortenson, and Senior Electrical and Telecomm Engineer at Ulteig. Expertise encompasses substation protection and control design, SCADA configuration, networking, and telecommunications, as well as project management for major infrastructure initiatives. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Penn State University.
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.