Please mark your calendars for the Contractor Management Working Group Virtual Kickoff Meeting on Tuesday, May 20th at 1 PM ET.Event Overview:The purpose of this meeting is to cover the newly launched Contractor Management Working Group and provide:an overview of the scope and objectivesa roundtable member introduction for those in attendanceand a roundtable discussion on next steps and future activities.Please forward this email to other members within your organization that would be interested in participating.

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming webinar on Optical Voltage and Current Sensors, scheduled for Wednesday, May 21st at 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET.This presentation explores the transition from conventional oil-filled instrument transformers (ITs), typically used for metering and protection, to optical voltage and current sensor technologies. We’ll briefly cover the operating principles, performance characteristics, and integration advantages of optical sensors, alongside a comparative analysis with traditional ITs. Key adoption challenges—including interface compatibility, standardization, and utility familiarity—are discussed in the context of accelerating digital substation deployment. We’ll also highlight how optical sensors connect through merging units and IEC 61850-based substation LANs. Application examples include support for phasor measurement units (PMUs) and other digital measurement projects by NuGrid. The session concludes with use cases leveraging wideband optical measurements (up to 1 mega-sample per second) for advanced monitoring such as traveling-wave fault location, transient recovery voltage (TRV) measurements, and power quality monitoring.Presenter(s): Farnoosh Rahmatian, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow IEEE, founder and president of NuGrid Power Corp.

The PSPO Virtual General Meeting has been scheduled for May 21 to 22 (Wednesday-Thursday), 01:00 to 03:00 PM. This general meeting aims to:Facilitate information sharing and benchmark developments in utilities Brainstorm topic/s to be further developed and explored Detailed agenda can be accessed below.

Please mark your calendars for the Physical Security Quarterly Trends Analysis discussion on Thursday, May 22nd at 1 PM ET.  Event Description:The purpose of this session is to:Discuss and review recent security trends from the last quarterDiscuss the implications of emerging threatsShare member challenges and concernsDiscuss actionable strategies to enhance organizational preparedness and response capabilities.The following topics and questions will be discussed:1. Threat discourse/On-line RadicalizationWho monitors the social media platforms? Security? Corp Communications?What does the information sharing or chain of internal communications look like during an event/incident?Is LLEA, FBI or other agencies contacted?2. Unauthorized Surveillance/Trespassing/DronesWhat is the tolerance of such occurrences?What priority do they have?3. Impersonation/Supply Chain FraudWhat training is given to employees to recognize and detect such activity?What conversations, agreements, and training are given to supply chain employees and vendors to recognize these incidents and how do you deal with them?