Speakers
George R. Bartlett, PE
George Bartlett is currently employed as the Director of Transmission Operations for Entergy Services. In that capacity he is responsible for Transmission System Planning, Operations, and Local Dispatching for the Entergy Transmission System, which covers portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.
George received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University and began his career with Louisiana Power & Light Co. in 1976. He moved to Entergy Services in 1991. Over his career George has been involved in various aspects of the electrical transmission business, including substation design and construction, transmission planning and policy, and transmission operations. He has been involved in issues surrounding wholesale open access, retail access, and the formation of an independent transmission organization. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Louisiana.
George has served on numerous industry committees responsible for establishing standards for the reliable planning and operation of our nation's electrical grid. He served as a member and then Chair of the NERC Reliability Assessment Subcommittee, which has responsibility for assessing the reliability of the North American bulk electrical grid. He also served as chair of the SERC Operating Committee, and presently sits on the SERC Board of Directors as well as the SERC Board Compliance Committee.
"Panel Presentation: Hurricane Impact: Damage, Recovery and Rebuilding/Energy"
Entergy is experienced at hurricane restoration, but hurricane Katrina posed challenges never before seen by the company. With 37,000 square miles of service area impacted and over 1 million customers out of power, Entergy had to respond to challenges surrounding safety and health, security threats, wide spread flooding, loss of communications, and shortage of resources. In the midst of restoration following Katrina, hurricane Rita hit our service area, compounding the problems of restoration. Mr. Bartlett describes how, despite the one-two blow dealt by these hurricanes, Entergy was able to restore power to 75% of customers within 11 days of each storm.