Midwest Reliability Organization
Richard Samec, PE, serves as the Principal Compliance Engineer at the Midwest Reliability Organization since January 2020, following a tenure as Senior Electrical Engineer in Utility Services Business Development at LHB from May 2018 to December 2019. Richard’s career includes significant roles at Midwest Reliability Organization as a Senior Compliance Engineer and multiple engineering positions at LHB, Great River Energy, Xcel Energy, Enbridge, and TSP, where responsibilities ranged from compliance assurance and project management to the design and implementation of electrical systems for a variety of energy infrastructure projects. Richard holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota, obtained between 1987 and 1991.
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.