Cybersecurity: Gladys Dutrieuille
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“Recently, NARUC published a Cybersecurity Manual, which is a tool kit to provide information to state Commissions as they’re looking to work with their utilities.”
People In Power
Cybersecurity: Connie Lau
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“The distributed denial of service attacks can affect many companies and entities across the globe simultaneously.”
Cybersecurity: Bill Spence
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“EEI members have stood up a host of programs, such as the spare transformer, critical equipment sharing, cyber mutual assistance, and cyber risk information sharing programs we developed in cooperation with DOE and NERC.”
Cybersecurity: Tom Fanning
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“There is a fast approaching environment where it won’t be humans to machines but rather machines to machine. Now your millions of times a day could be trillions.”
Cybersecurity: Bruce Walker
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“Approach the sector as if it has already been compromised and recognize that the system was designed before computers were available.”
Cybersecurity: Brian Harrell
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“When utilities are struggling with a malware issue, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, physical security events, emergency management, and response and recovery issues, we are there in their time of need.”
Mississippi PSC: Rickey Cotton
Director - Pipeline Safety
“I assign inspectors an area throughout the state and let them stay about two years to make sure that they don’t bond too much with the operator.”
Mississippi PSC: LaToya Earnest, Staff Officer
A Day at the Mississippi PSC
“I typically have to interact with everyone here because I’m the point of contact for entering items on the agenda for our meetings.”
Mississippi PSC: Katherine Collier
Executive Secretary
“The Public Utilities Staff serve in an advisory role to the Commission and in a consumer advocacy role in some instances. They are the subject matter experts. They have more expert and specialized Staff than the Commission.”
Mississippi PSC: Commissioner Cecil Brown
A Day at the Mississippi PSC
“One challenge is access to services for rural communities. We don’t have adequate broadband service for much of our state. We don’t have adequate gas or water service.”