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Western Interconnection

Regional Advisory Body

WIRAB Monthly Update

Eric Baran & Holly Taylor

WIRAB Staff

May 3, 2018

Outline

• WECC Activities

• WIRAB Activities

• Reliability Coordinator Activities

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WECC Activities

• WECC 2019 Business Plan & Budget

• Upcoming WECC Activities

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2019 Draft Budget Overview

Jillian Lessner – Chief Financial OfficerMelanie Frye – VP, Reliability Planning and

Performance Analysis Dave Godfrey - VP, Entity Oversight

W E S T E R N E L E C T R I C I T Y C O O R D I N A T I N G C O U N C I L

2019 Draft Budget Overview

• Assessments – $25.28 million– No change from 2018

• Penalties - $504K– $1.60 million decrease (76.0%) from 2018

• Expenditures - $26.95 million– $147K decrease (0.5%) from 2018

• Reserves – use of $620K

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2019 Budget Drivers3


Reconciliation of 2018 to 2019 DRAFT Statutory Budget - Major Drivers

in 000s

2018 Approved Budget 27,097

+ 3% Merit, labor float adjustments, changes in position levels, refinement of taxes/benefits 636 + Scheduled computer, server, and other equipment refresh 65 + Increase in organizational consulting 85 + Gas/Electric Interdependence Study refresh 100 + Board Director retainer increases 34 - One-time Gas/Electric Interdependence Study completed (750) - Decreased reliance on Compliance contractors (135) - Human Resources compensation consulting completed (70) - Fine-tuned meeting expenses for outreach (105) + Other net changes (6)

2019 DRAFT Budget 26,951 -0.54% decrease

2018 to 2019 Comparison4


2018 Budget

2019 Budget

2018/2019 Incr $ / (Decr $)

2018/2019 Incr % / (Decr %)

FundingAssessments 25,282,000 25,282,000 - 0.0%Penalty Sanctions 2,100,000 503,686 (1,596,314) (76.0%)Other Funding 615,050 544,500 (70,550) (11.5%)

Total Funding 27,997,050 26,330,186 (1,666,864) (6.0%)

ExpensesPersonnel Expenses 19,871,269 20,516,231 644,962 3.2%Meeting & Travel Expenses 2,231,994 2,107,421 (124,573) (5.6%)Operating Expenses 5,470,080 4,731,758 (738,322) (13.5%)Indirect Al location (545,300) (532,909) 12,391 (2.3%)

Total Expenses 27,028,043 26,822,501 (205,542) (0.8%)Fixed Assets 69,301 128,065 58,764 84.8%

Total Expenditures 27,097,344 26,950,566 (146,778) (0.5%)Funding Less Expenditures 899,706 (620,380) (1,520,086)

Budget by Statutory Program Area5


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Reliability Assessment and Performance AnalysisTotal FTE: 39

Management / Support FTE: 6Performance Analysis Event Analysis Reliability Planning

• Reliability vulnerability assessments

• Reliability Performance Index

• Special assessments/deep dive into emerging issues

• State of the Interconnection report

• Assurance visits and operational practicesassessments

• NERC data management and analysis

• NERC/ERO support and facilitation

• Technical Committeesupport and facilitation

• Event Analysis and lessons learned

• Cause coding and Root Cause analysis

• Event trending• Operational guidelines and

good utility practices

• RAC support and facilitation

• Anchor Data Set development

• Base case development• Production cost model

development• Short circuit data collection

and analysis• Study analysis and report

generation• Resource adequacy

assessments using probabilistic and deterministic methods

• NERC and regionalreliability assessments

• Special reliability assessments

• Database management and model development

• Scenario development• BES exception processing • Project coordination and

Path Rating process

FTE: 7 FTE: 4 FTE: 22

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Compliance Monitoring and EnforcementTotal FTE: 60

Management / International FTE: 3

Registration Risk and Mitigation

Compliance Monitoring Enforcement

Oversight Analysis and Program

Services• Process Registration

Requests• Ensure that WECC

has the correct entities registered for the correct functions

• Identify and investigate compliance gaps

• Perform CIP and O&P Self Report, Mitigation Plan and Completion of Mitigation Plan reviews

• Validate Self Certification responses

• Support Enforcement

• Perform Inherent Risk Assessments and developCompliance Oversight Plans

• Provide outreach

• Compliance Monitoring; audits, spots checks, and investigations

• Support for Risk Analysis, Internal Controls, and Enforcement

• Process Open Enforcement Action

• Conduct settlement activities

• Issue Entity Penalty Invoices

• Self-Logging Program management

• Entity Internal Compliance Program Analysis

• NERC/FERC reporting, interface, and data sync

• Coordinate NERC Enforcement Oversight Activities

• Program Coordination of all Compliance Monitoring Activities

• Compliance Monitoring Schedules/History

• Oversee Multi-Regional Registered Entity Coordinated Oversight Program

• Manage Document Control

• Management Reporting

• Process Integration

FTE: 2 FTE: 11 FTE: 28 FTE: 8 FTE: 8

Comment Period Open

• Draft BP&B posted on wecc.biz on April 30• Comments due Monday, May 21• Link to 2019 draft BP&B:

https://www.wecc.biz/bod/pages/fac.aspx#

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https://www.wecc.biz/bod/pages/fac.aspx

WECC 2019 Business Plan and Budget

• Timeline:— May 3: WECC presents BP&B to WIRAB Members

— May 21: Stakeholder Comments Due

— Jun. 19: WECC Board approval

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Upcoming WECC Activities

• Natural Gas-Electric Interface Study

• WECC CEO Search

• WECC MAC Meeting (May 16)

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WIRAB Activities

• WIRAB’s 2019 Business Plan & Budget

• Upcoming WIRAB Activities

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WIRAB’s 2019 Strategic Priorities

• Initiative 1: Advise WECC on the implications of high levels of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment on the reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System.

• Initiative 2: Encourage WECC to systematically perform reliability assessments evaluating the availability of Essential Reliability Services under a wide range of future resource scenarios.

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WIRAB’s 2019 Strategic Priorities

• Initiative 3: Encourage all Reliability Coordinators (RCs) in the Western Interconnection to coordinate outages, study seams issues, and share information to maintain or improve the overall reliability of the Bulk Electric System.

• Initiative 4: Encourage WECC to share key findings and insights from its Event Analysis and Situational Awareness Program in public briefings with Western policymakers and regulators in an effort to increase awareness of the causes of system events and the actions that can be taken to prevent recurrences of the events.

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WIRAB’s 2019 Business Plan & Budget

Schedule:

• April 25 First draft due to NERC.

• May 25 Staff will seek approval from WIRAB.

• July 3 Final draft due to NERC.

• August Final draft filed with FERC.

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Upcoming WIRAB Activities

• FERC Resilience Docket

• Webinars:— WECC Reliability Assessments

— Canyon 2 Fire Event

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Reliability Coordinator Activities

• CAISO RC Proposal

• Upcoming Peak Activities

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CAISO RC Proposal – Draft Staff Comments

• Scope of Services: — How will interconnection-wide tools be included in “Core” RC

Services?

• Service Agreements:— How can the CAISO require more than just an RC Customer’s

willingness to pay for RC costs and should there be minimum BA/TOP competency requirements?

• Governance/Oversite:— How can we ensure RC independence and what will WIRAB’s role

in advising the RC?

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Upcoming Reliability Coordinator Activities

• RC Certifications

• WECC led RC Forum— Monday, May 7, 2018: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM MT

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Upcoming WIRAB Meetings

• Fall 2018 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting:— October 24-26, 2018 in Mesa, AZ

• WIRAB Monthly Teleconference Meeting:— First Thursday of every month at 11:00 AM MT

— Next Meeting: June 7, 2018 at 11:00 AM MT

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Western Interconnection

Regional Advisory Body

Thank You

Maury Galbraith

[email protected]

720-897-4601

mailto:[email protected]

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