andy meyers oc update isas april 2014 salt lake city, ut
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Andy Meyers
OC UpdateISAS April 2014
Salt Lake City, UT
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• OC o Scott Kinney has transitioned in to his new role
as OC chair.
• Current Activitieso Finalizing RBC Field Trial Reporto Finalizing Unscheduled Flow Events Evaluationo Discuss Unscheduled Flow Dues Calculation
Proposal to remove 1995 dues cap Long term solution
o Review and approval of Path Operator Task Force Recommendations
OC Update
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• Future Activitieso Work with Board and MAC on future committee
structureo Support Peak Reliability ECC Taskforceo Support Dynamic/Pseudo Tie Scheduling Evaluation
Taskforceo Support 15 Minute Scheduling Taskforce post
implementation review
OC Update
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• Board/Annual Meeting Highlightso Board approval of WECC document
categorization policy
• Action Itemo Scott Kinney will work with staff to determine the best
process for implementing the Document Categorization Policy and what the implications of those changes might be.
OC Update
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• NERC approved PER-005-2 that effects Operations Support, Generation Dispatch, and Transmission Owner personnel
• Peak offering a spring session of System Restoration Training with portal access up to 300 participants
Operations Training Subcommittee (OTS)
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• Last subcommittee meeting held in May• Operating Procedures Review Group
(OPRG) was disbandedoOperating Procedure Review document was
retiredo Function being handled by Peak Reliabililty
Operating Practices & Event Analysis Subcommittee (OPEAS)
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• Performance Work Group (PWG) oWEQ-006-5 was approved by NAESB
Extends the boundaries for initiating TE corrections to +/- 30 seconds
o Published draft report on impact of RBC on Western Interconnection The number of hours of Coordinated Operations of Phase
Shifters increased dramatically in 2011 for path 36 and in 2012 for path 66. A relationship to the field trial could not be established because the anomalies appeared in only one of the four field trial years and are more likely due to other factors.
Operating Practices & Event Analysis Subcommittee (OPEAS)
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• Task Force given 3 objectiveso Investigate the current Path operations
paradigm and identify alternate approacheso Analyze the identified issues from the
perspective of alternate approacheso Identify solutions and recommendations
Path Operator Task Force (POTF)
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• POTF is recommending a new approach to Path operationso Total Transfer Capability (TTC) as more
appropriate for WECC paths than the current System Operating Limits (SOL).
oDetails available in Path Operator Taskforce Whitepaper
Path Operator Task Force (POTF)
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• Telecommunications WG is evaluating performance reliability issues with Intertie 137 hotline circuit
• Will begin reviewing “Guidelines for the desing of Critical Communications Circuits”
• Relay Work Group developing recommendations for updating documents over five years old
Technical Operations Subcommittee (TOS)
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• Control Work Group has recommended to WECC Standars committee that WECC-099 be retired in favor of a new SAR approved back in February of 2014
Technical Operations Subcommittee (TOS)
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• Subcommittee reviewed 24 schemes from 13 entities at April meeting
• Additional reviews slated of July meeting. • NERC drafting team is writing a new SPS
definition o http://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Pages/Project-2
010-05_2%E2%80%93Special-Protection-Systems.aspx
Remedial Action Scheme Reliability Subcommittee (RASRS)
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• MAC ran into some issues while holding the first MAC member elections. o Bylaws governing election are unclearoClass 3 remains open
• Recommended structure of few committees and no standing committees.
• In early phases of drafting strategic plan for Peak.
PEAK MAC Update
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• MAC elections were held in JuneoClass 1,3,4,5 re-elected incumbentsoClass 2 elected Linda Jacobson-Quinn
• MAC approved having International RepresentationoDiana Pommen – representing AlbertaoMartin Huang– representing BC
WECC MAC Update
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• Past year’s activitieso Substantial comments on WECC 2015 Business Plan
and Budget
• Future activitieso WECC committee structure reviewo Support Section 4.9 reviewo Data Sharing Issueso USF Cost Allocationo Reliability Assurance Methodologyo MAC representation on the Nominating committee and Business
Plan and Budgeto Consider ways to increase member engagement
WECC MAC Update
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• NERC petitioned for approval of three revised TOP and four revised IRO standards
• FERC issued NOPR to remand the standards
• NERC standards drafting team was formed for Project 2014-03 to revise TOP & IRO standards
• Technical conference held 8/12/14
NERC TOP/IRO Standards Drafting Team
