UTC Telecom & Technology 2019

Tony Eddleman
NERC Compliance Manager
NPPD


Tony Eddleman has been with NPPD since 1996 at the Doniphan Control Center. Working in various engineering and supervisory roles, he currently is NPPD's primary compliance contact for NERC Reliability Standards. Tony has been in this position since October 2009 and has successfully led the District through three on-site compliance audits (Operations & Planning and CIP). Prior to compliance, Tony worked as the System Control Technology Supervisor where he managed the Energy Management System (EMS) operation and completed two major upgrade projects. He led the District's efforts for the initial implementation of the CIP Cyber Security Standards. Tony started his career with NPPD as a Network Applications Engineer and served in that position for approximately three years. Prior to joining NPPD, he worked as an electrical design engineer, operations engineer, environmental engineer, and power plant operator in the United States Air Force. He retired from the Air Force at the rank of Major. He received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and is a licensed, professional electrical engineer in the states of Nebraska and Illinois. Tony is the current chair of the NERC Supply Chain Working Group (SCWG). He is a member of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Reliability Compliance Working Group (RCWG), and the Reliability Team of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC).

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