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TO: NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Members and Interested Industry Parties FROM: Elizabeth Mallett, Deputy Director, NAESB RE: Meeting Notes from the NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Conference Call – April 19, 2017 DATE: May 15, 2017 Dear Task Force Members, A Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force conference call was held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. The meeting was called to order at 10:30 AM Central. Mr. Desselle presided over the meeting. The notes and attachments below serve as a record for the meeting.

Notes from the April 19, 2017 NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Conference Call

Administrative: Mr. Desselle welcomed the participants, called the roll of the task force, and established quorum. Ms. Mallett provided the antitrust guidance and other meeting policy reminder. Ms. Crockett, seconded by Mr. Thorn, moved to adopt the draft agenda as final. The motion passed without opposition. Mr. Desselle reviewed the draft notes from the February 16, 2017 conference call with the participants. Ms. Crockett, seconded by Mr. Desselle, moved to adopt the draft notes as drafted. The motion passed without opposition.

Status Update on Mr. Booe explained that, since the February meeting, a simplified version of the metrics was Proposed Metrics drafted offline – Revised Board Strategy Metrics White Paper - April 2017. Mr. Desselle stated to Support the that the work paper identifies four strategic areas: Standards, Certification, Tool Management, and 2017-2019 Relevancy of the Organization (previously called Coordination/Collaboration). NAESB Strategic Under the first strategic area, Standards, the participants discussed the meaning of the word Plan “relevant” as used in the document. Ms. McQuade suggested adding a footnote to address or define the word. Mr. True stated that he interpreted “relevant” to mean within the scope of the NAESB mission statement to promote commercial standards. Mr. Thorn suggested that “relevant” be replaced with “consistent with the mission statement.” Mr. Booe stated that an additional concern is how to measure relevancy. Mr. True noted that, in the past, annual plan items may have been delayed without explanation. Mr. Desselle stated that, moving forward, an explanation regarding the delay of annual plan items could be reported to the board. Mr. Kruse suggested that the annual plans be reviewed with the subcommittees of each quadrant, so they can report to the board whether they are satisfied with the process. Mr. Desselle stated that the Leadership Meetings were created to update the board members and other participants on issues that they may have questions about from different quadrants. He explained that it is beneficial to attend all of the leadership meetings. Ms. McQuade asked whether it may be more valuable to give the quadrants an opportunity to go through the annual plans and discuss the progress being made at length, rather than preparing for the board meeting during the leadership meetings. The participants discussed the possibility of increasing the focus of the leadership meetings on the annual plans. The language in the Standards strategic area was modified to reflect the discussion. The task force moved on to discuss the second strategic area, Certification. Mr. Booe stated that the language within the goal, objective, and deliverable components seem similar. Ms. Crockett asked whether each certification program should be listed in the document. Ms. McQuade noted that NAESB received an email suggesting that the gas certification program be reviewed. Mr. Kruse suggested the incorporation of a cost benefit ratio to guide the analysis for certifications. Mr. Booe explained that a cost benefit analysis would reveal that there is no cost in the continuation of the certification programs. Mr. Desselle suggested that the cost benefit analysis be NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Conference Call Notes – April 19, 2017 Page 1 of 3 North American Energy Standards Board 801 Travis, Suite 1675, Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: [email protected] Home Page: www.naesb.org

Notes from the April 19, 2017 NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Conference Call

utilized when considering the development of future certification programs. Mr. Booe explained that it is difficult to measure the profit point in certification programs because the development effort itself may also bring in new memberships or participation fees. He stated that, moving forward, the Board Certification Program Committee could deliver a report to the board on the status of the certification programs. Ms. McQuade and Mr. Burks agreed that a Board Certification Program Committee report to the board would be constructive. The participants discussed potentially expanding the scope of the Board Certification Program Committee to include the ability to recommend certification programs supportive of standards to the board. Ms. McQuade stated that offering certification programs is the mark of a mature standards development organization. Mr. Booe reviewed the goals, objectives, deliverable components, and metrics under the third strategic area, Tool Management. He noted that consistency changes would be made to the document. Regarding the fourth strategic area, “Relevancy of the Organization,” the participants discussed the factors that could be used in an evaluation of the relevancy of the organization, including outreach to external organizations, sitting on industry counsels and boards, and maintaining relationships with FERC, NERC, NARUC, DoE, and NIST, among other activities. Further, it was noted that the NAESB Survey provides an opportunity for entities, members, and nonmembers to provide feedback. The task force modified the metric to include a reference to the survey. Mr. Booe stated that he would revise the work paper to reflect the discussion.

Other Business There was no other business discussed.

Outstanding  NAESB staff will modify the Revised Board Strategy Metrics White Paper as discussed Action Items during the meeting.

Adjourn: Ms. Crockett moved to adjourn the meeting at 12:01 PM Central.

Work Papers  Agenda Item 1: Administrative: http://www.naesb.org/misc/antitrust_guidance.doc Provided for the (antitrust), https://www.naesb.org/pdf4/board_strategic_plan_adhoc_taskforce_members.pdf Meeting: (roster), http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/bd_strategic_041917a.docx (agenda), https://www.naesb.org/pdf4/bd_strategic_021617mn.docx (February 18, 2017 Notes)

 Agenda Item 2: Metrics Development Work Paper: https://www.naesb.org/pdf4/bd_strategic_041917w2.doc.

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April 19, 2017 NAESB Board Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Task Force Conference Call STRATEGIC PLAN AD HOC TASK FORCE MEMBERS Name Organization Attendance Cade Burks Big Data Energy Services Present Jim Cargas City of Houston Present Valerie Crockett Tennessee Valley Authority Present Lorraine Cross Cross & Company, P.L.L.C. Present Dave Darnell Systrends, USA Present Michael Desselle (Chairman) Southwest Power Pool Present Richard Kruse Spectra Energy Corp Present Mark Lauby North American Electric Reliability Corporation Debbie McKeever Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Present Chris O’Hara NRG Energy, Inc. Timothy Simon TAS Strategies Mark Stultz BP Energy Terence (Terry) Thorn JKM Energy & Environmental Consulting Present Sue Tierney Analysis Group, Inc. Roy True Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services Power Present Marketing LLC

OTHER ATTENDEES Name Organization Jonathan Booe North American Energy Standards Board Dennis Gee Pacific Gas & Electric Elizabeth Mallett North American Energy Standards Board Steve McCord TransCanada Pipelines USA, Ltd Rae McQuade North American Energy Standards Board Millie Moran TransCanada Pipelines USA, Ltd. Denise Rager North American Energy Standards Board Ed Skiba Midcontinent Independent System Operator Andreas Thanos Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Caroline Trum North American Energy Standards Board Kathy York Tennessee Valley Authority *Please note that attendees that did not provide their company affiliation are not included in the attendance list above. If you did attend this meeting and are not listed, please alert the NAESB office and we will update this record.

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