Case Study: Modesto Irrigation District achieves 96% NERC compliance with emPower eLearning

Modesto Irrigation District - Customer Case Study

Modesto Irrigation District (MID), a publicly owned utility serving irrigation, drinking water and electric customers in California’s Central Valley, needed a centralized, easy-to-manage way to ensure 600+ employees met NERC cyber security training and incident-response requirements. MID’s priorities were an intuitive Learning Management System with online and mobile training, automated tracking and reminders, and the ability to add custom courses as regulations evolved — requirements they addressed with emPower eLearning’s LMS, eLearning/mLearning courses and customized training development.

emPower eLearning deployed a customized portal and onboarded 650+ users within 24 hours, adding cyber security courses, auto-reminders and automated compliance reporting so employees could access training 24x7. Within weeks MID achieved annual compliance (reports show 96% NERC compliance and 95%+ completion in a few months), reduced audit and breach risk, and reported zero breach incidents in three years while continuing to expand custom training through emPower eLearning.

Modesto Irrigation District

Roderick Cook

Information Security Officer