operating committee report wecc board meeting december 7, 2006
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Operating Committee Report
WECC Board Meeting
December 7, 2006
Topics OC Goals Public Service of Colorado Disturbance Reliability Coordination
– LeRoy Patterson WECC Mandatory Standards
– Don Watkins
2003 Blackout Recommendations Status: Complete
Westwide System Model Status: Project Will Meet Completion Date WECC-AREVA Contract Executed
November 13, 2006 Significant Effort on the Parts of LeRoy
Patterson and Sarah Dennison-Leonard Project Kickoff Meeting December 1, 2006 First Step – Merge 3 Reliability
Coordination System Models
WSM – Milestones Nov 2006 - Contract signed July 2007 - Start Stages 2 & 3 Sept 2007 - Stage 1 Complete
Model Delivered May 2008 - Stages 2 & 3 Complete
State Estimator and Network Applications Delivered
WSM Challenges Finding a Host Site for WSM Member Participation and Cooperation
WECC Interchange Tool Status: Project Will Meet Completion Date WECC-OATI Contract Executed July 2006 Stage 1 Pre-Factory Acceptance Testing
November 1-2, 2006 Stage 2 Factory Acceptance Testing
December 6-7, 2006 WECC Staff – Eric Langhorst Coordinating
Project Development
WIT – Milestones July 2006 - Contract signed Jan 2007 - Module 1 In Production Jan-Dec 2007 – WECC Member Testing
& Process Integration July 2007 - Module 3 Complete July 2008 - Module 2 Completion
WIT Challenges Member Participation and Cooperation Companion Business Practices Approved
Operating Reserve Standard Status: Multiple Standards In Different
Phases of Consideration BAL-STD-002-1
Operating Reserve Standards Task Force (ORSTF) Proposal
MIC Will Request Board Approval Consideration
Frequency Response Standard BAL-00X-1 Second 60 Day Posting Began Nov 2006 Extensive Changes to First Version
Static Distribution of FRR Replaced with Dynamic Distribution (System Droop)
Controversial FRR Marketing Restrictions Simplified Still Controversial
FRS Timeline Recommendation Jan 2007 - Comment Period Ends
If Comments are Extensive, Another 60 (or 30) Day Posting Will Be Required
Mar 2007 - Joint Meeting/OC Meeting Discussion
Apr 2007 - Board Meeting/Technical Session?
Jun 2007 – OC/MIC Approval Jul 2007 – Board Approval FPA
Section 215 Standard
CRITF Proposal Contingency Reserve Identification Task
Force (CRITF) Utilize Current E-Tagging Platform and
Methodology to Track Movement of Contingency Reserve Transactions Between BAs
Two Business Practices Currently Being Developed
CRITF Proposal Timeline Business Practices are Currently Drafted Nov 2006 - Response to Comments Mar 2007 - OC Consideration Apr 2007 - BOD Consideration Dec 2007 - Implementation
Reliability Coordination Strategy Status: Project Will Meet Completion
Date (July 2007) OC Reliability Coordination Strategy Task
Force Formed 2 OC Representative from Each of the 4
WECC Sub-regions No Representatives from Current RC Hosts
RC Strategy Current Steps Hire Consultant
Objective 3rd Party for Specifications, Request for Proposals, and Recommendation
Resolve Controversial Member Issues
RC Strategy Primary Objectives Infrastructure Host and RC Center Host
Specifications, Request for Proposals, and Recommendation Consultant
Resolve Controversial Member Issues and Consultant Oversight RC Strategy Task Force
Tool Integration, Training, Staffing OC Subcommittees, WECC Staff
RCSTF Members Tom Botello – SCE Terry Baker – PRPA Steve Cobb – SRP Tom Glock – APS Doug Hincks – AESO
Mike McAvoy – CSU
LeRoy Patterson –WECC
Jerry Rust – NWPP Jan Sharpless - BOD Ken Silver – LDWP John Stout - BOD
RC Strategy Timeline Dec 2006 - Select Consultant Feb 2007 - Define RC Configuration May 2007 - Consultant Recommends
Host Sites Jun 2007 - OC Approval of
Recommendations Jul 2007 - Board Approval of
Recommendations
OC – Other Issues LDWP Completed its Control Area
Certification Signed Reliability Coordination
Empowerment Agreement with CMRC Renewable Resource Task Force
Creation of Whitepaper Is Behind Schedule WECC Members Slow to Return Surveys Future Workshop is Still Planned WECC Staff Coordinating PCC-OC Activities
PSCO CONTROLLED LOAD SHEDDING
2/18/2006
SUMMARY Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 Public Service Company of Colorado
(PSCO) Conducted Controlled Outages 0848 to 1018 MST 300,000 Total Customers Impacted 3 Groups Shed for 30 Minute Intervals with
100,000 Customers in Each Group 428MW Firm Load
Report Team Fred LeBlanc, WASN, Chair 17 Members
NERC Included Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Heavily Involved
SUMMARY contd. February 17 – 18 Presidents Day Weekend Actual Temperature in Denver was
-13F Temperature Forecast Error Was
-14 F Resulting in Gas LDC Over Burning Due to
Forecast Error Low Gas System Pressure Interruption of Gas Supply to Electric
Generators to Ensure Residential Supply Remained Viable
SUMMARY contd. 3,132 MW of Generation Capacity Was
Forced Off Line 2,277 MW Due to Freezing/Mechanical Trouble 855 MW Due to Lack of Natural Gas Fuel
Existing Gas Trading Cycle is not Dynamic Enough to Meet Changing System Conditions
Gas Traders Left Early for Holiday Weekend
SUMMARY contd. Communication Between Internal PSCO
Units Was Not Adequate to Identify Scope of the Problem Early On
Communication with Reliability Coordination Occurred but Follow-up Was Lacking
PSCO Interruptible Procedures Were Out of Date
SUMMARY contd. PSCO Shed Load for the Loss of the
Front Range Power Plant at 454 MW. The Rocky Mountain Reserve Group Was
Reporting 1,000 + MW When Load Shedding Was Initiated
System Operators Acted Appropriately To Initiate Controlled Load Shedding
Recommendation Summary The Report Includes 22 Conclusions
Resulting in 28 Recommendations.
Significant Recommendations: WECC to Request NERC & NAESB to
make Gas Trading Cycle More Responsive
WECC Members to Review their Emergency Operating Plans Relative to a Gas Supply Emergency
Recommendation Summary contd. RDRC Will Review Their Procedures for
Actively Soliciting System Information During Unusual Operating Events.
PSCO Shall Improve Their Internal Communication Between Gas Supply, Gas Control, Real-time Dispatch, and Transmission Operations During Fuel and Electric Energy Emergencies
Recommendation Summary contd. RMRG to Review their Reserve
Procedures PSCO to Review their Weather
Forecasting Tools and Processes Generator Owners Shall Correct Identified
Freezing Problems