Benchmarking with
Jason Manley
VP of Safety, Georgia Power Company
How do you restore power after more than 1.5 million outages, caused by the most destructive hurricane in Georgia Power's history, without letting urgency override safety?
I want to register How it works
Closed session with limited seats. Every registration is reviewed manually and confirmed by e-mail.
- October 20, 2026
- 7:00–8:30 p.m. Brasília time (6:00–7:30 p.m. ET)
- Live, with simultaneous interpretation
Our clients in the electric power sector
- CPFL Energia
- Copel
- EDP
- Energisa
- Celesc
- Auren
- Axia
- AES Eletropaulo
- CESP
- ISA CTEEP
- CTG Brasil
- SPIC
- Engie
- Elecnor
- Grupo Cobra
Why this conversation matters
In 2025, Brazil recorded 2,232 electrical-origin accidents, and seven out of ten electric shocks ended in death. The numbers are Brazilian, but the problem appears in the electric power sector of any country, because the outcome depends less on the standard and more on field leadership, contractor integration and the reliability of critical controls.
Source: Abracopel, Anuário de Acidentes de Origem Elétrica 2026 (base year 2025).
- 2,232electrical-origin accidents
- 917electric-shock incidents
- 646deaths from electric shock, about 70% case fatality
- 242deaths on the overhead distribution network
The Helene case
In September 2024, Southern Company mobilized 20,000 people and, in 11 days, restored power to 99% of affected customers in Georgia. Jason will show how it was done, from leadership decisions under pressure to the management of fatigue, risk exposure and critical controls in the field.
- 1.5M+power outages across Georgia
- 20,000personnel mobilized across the system
- 99%of impacted customers restored within 11 days
- 11,800+poles repaired or replaced
- 5,800+transformers repaired or replaced
- 1,500+miles of wire repaired or replaced
The operating question
How do you restore power at this scale without allowing urgency to overtake safety?
Learning themes
- Leadership under pressure
- Mutual-aid coordination
- Contractor integration
- Fatigue and exposure management
- Critical controls in the field
- Decision-making under uncertainty
Sources: Southern Company Hurricane Helene response page; Southern Company 2024 Sustainability Summary.
How it will work
Ninety minutes live, in a closed Teams room with simultaneous interpretation. Jason presents the case for 50 minutes, participants ask their questions in the following 25 minutes, and the final 15 minutes are used to discuss what each company can adapt in its very next operation. Hosted by Andreza Araújo, global safety culture specialist.
Host
Andreza Araújo
Global safety culture specialist
- 50min
- Case presentationJason presents the Helene case: preparation, response, field execution and restoration lessons.
- 25min
- Participants' questionsOpen floor for questions from everyone in the room.
- 15min
- Facilitated reflectionWhat each company can adapt in its very next operation.
Closed Teams room · simultaneous interpretation
Who can attend
The benchmark is open to professionals from any country who work at electric power companies, such as generation, transmission and distribution utilities, and who work in occupational safety from the position of safety engineer upward, including coordinators, supervisors, managers, directors and vice presidents. Registrations outside these criteria will not be confirmed.
- Generation
- Transmission
- Distribution
Complete your registration
- Date
- October 20, 2026
- Time
- 7:00–8:30 p.m. Brasília time (6:00–7:30 p.m. ET)
- Where
- Live, with simultaneous interpretation
- Seats
- Limited. Closed session, restricted to the criteria above.
- Confirmation
- After the data is reviewed, by e-mail, with the room link.
Registration received
We have received your registration. After reviewing the data, we will e-mail you the confirmation and the Teams room link.