A. DWR’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) Climate Resilience, Energy, Security, and Technology (CREST) attorney team and affiliated DWR employees require specialized training to continually perform their professional responsibilities effectively related to climate resilience, energy, security, and technology subject matters. B. Contractor will provide the opportunity for DWR employees to attend 10 (ten) or more training programs lasting one to three days per contract year on these or related topics: a. NERC fundamentals and compliance b. Grid enhancing technologies c. Wholesale electricity markets d. Cybersecurity for utilities e. Federal and state regulations and foreign supply source restrictions pertinent to unmanned aircraft systems for the utility industry f. Risk assessment of Generative Artificial Intelligence impacts on electrical utility systems g. Federal and state regulations concerning Generative Artificial Intelligence h. Electrical utility systems and environmental aspects i. Fundamentals of battery storage j. Renewable energy power purchase agreements k. Fundamentals of electricity transmission l. Long-duration energy storage contracts m. Emerging energy technologies n. Utility finance o. Electric utility ratemaking p. Hydroelectric power (including pumped storage) licensing and compliance q. Real estate and land lease agreements for renewable energy projects r. Nuclear power regulatory requirements s. Geothermal power regulatory requirements t. Offshore wind energy fundamentals u. Carbon capture and sequestration v. Wildfire mitigation for utilities w. State regulatory requirements for utilities x. Independent System Operator market settlement fundamentals y. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) transmission rate making z. FERC compliance 5. State’s Responsibilities OGC’s training coordinator will register training participants online for each training. 6. Contractor’s Responsibilities A. Contractor will provide the opportunity for DWR employees to attend ten or more training programs lasting one to three days per contract year. B. Contractor will provide live webcast trainings lasting one to three days from its existing catalog of trainings using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or Webex. C. Contractor will email a list of available trainings, including registration costs, to the Contract Manager at least every three months. D. Contractor will provide instructors who have knowledge and expertise suitable to the subject areas. E. Contractor will send training participants an email confirmation upon registration and a reminder email approximately 24 hours before the start of the training. F. Contractor will provide training participants with a certificate of completion upon successful completion of each training. G. Contractor will notify OGC’s training coordinator 72 hours prior to scheduled classes to cancel or reschedule or 24 hours in advance to cancel or reschedule in emergency situations. H. Contractor will email an electronic copy of written materials to the training participant or provide online access to those written materials within 24 hours after completion of the training. I. Contractor will send invoice to DWR within 72 hours after each completed training.
