ORS Meeting Agenda - February 10-11, 2015

Agenda Operating Reliability Subcommittee February 10, 2015 | 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST February 11, 2015 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST

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Introductions and Chair’s Remarks

NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement

Agenda 1. Administrative Matters a. Arrangements – Secretary b. Announcement of Quorum – Secretary i. Operating Reliability Subcommittee Roster* c. Parliamentary Procedures* – Secretary d. Balancing Authority-to-Reliability Coordinator Mapping* – Secretary e. ORS Executive Committee – Chair Wise f. Future Meetings – Secretary i. May 5 – 6, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN (hosted by TVA) ii. September 9 – 10, 2015 – Location TBD iii. Schedule future meetings 2. Meeting Minutes* – Approve – Chair Wise a. Minutes of September 9, 2014 Operating Reliability Subcommittee Meeting b. Minutes of November 13, 2014 Operating Reliability Subcommittee Webinar and Conference Call Meeting 3. Reliability Plans* – Chair Wise a. Periodic Review of Reliability Plans a.i. Guideline for Approving Regional and Reliability Coordinator Reliability Plans* b. New or Revised Reliability Plans for Endorsement b.i. SPP Reliability Plan b.ii. MISO Regional Transmission Organization Reliability Plan (red-line) b.iii. MISO Regional Transmission Organization Reliability Plan (clean) 4. Operations Review* – All a. Operations Review b. Use of Proxy Flowgates 5. Interconnection Frequency Monitoring* a. Frequency Monitor Reports and Frequency Excursions Eastern – Chair Wise ERCOT – Jimmy Hartmann a.iii. Western – Michelle Mizumori a.iv. Quebec – Maxime Nadeau 6. Time Monitoring Reference Document* – Chair Wise 7. Average Frequency Error Report** – Larry Kezele 8. AECI’s Reliability Concerns in the Palmyra, Missouri Area – Jeff Harrison 9. Calculation of Market Flow Data Uploaded to the IDC a. MISO – Mike McMullen b. PJM – Chris Pilong c. SPP – Don Shipley 10. Outages of E-Tagging Systems* – Mike Oatts a. NERC Operating Committee Letter, dated July 8, 2009, to Balancing Authorities and Interchange Authorities Regarding Loss of e-Tagging Applications Contingency Plans b. Discussion of December 9, 2014 e-Tagging Application Outage 11. Essential Reliability Services Task Force – Dave Devereaux Objective: Review and discuss recent ERSTF activities. Background: The OC and PC approved the scope of the ERSTF at their March 2014 meetings. The ERSTF has a multi-faceted purpose that includes developing a technical foundation of Essential Reliability Services (ERS); educating and informing industry, regulators, and the public about ERS; developing an approach for tracking and trending ERS; formulating recommendations to ensure the complete suite of ERS are provided and available; and providing guidance necessary for operating a reliable grid. On October 17, 2014 the Operating Committee endorsed the ERSTF’s “A Concept Paper on Essential Reliability Services that Characterizes Bulk Power System Reliability,” which is posted at ERSTF.

During its October 2014 meeting the ERSTF identified nine possible measures and recommended to Operating Committee moving forward with four of those measures at this time. The remaining five

Operating Reliability Subcommittee Meeting Agenda – February 10-11, 2015 measures will be further evaluated by the ERSTF at its next meeting. Measures 1 and 3 identify the parameters and data required to measure historical inertia at an Interconnection and balancing authority level, respectively. Measure 2 calculates a rate of change of frequency for an Interconnection and is intended for the planning horizon level. Finally, measure 6 identifies ramping capability requirements at the balancing authority level. All of the measures will be further refined in future revisions to the ERSTF Phase 2 document. Presentation: No Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: None 12. Status Report of the IDC Association – Don Shipley 13. GridEx III – Bill Lawrence Objective: Review and discuss the coordination of activities between the CIPC Grid Exercise Working Group and the ORS. Background: At its September 2014 meeting, several reliability coordinators on the ORS volunteered to support the Grid Exercise Working Group. GridEx III is scheduled for November 18-19, 2015. Presentation: Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: None Yes 14. Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document* – Chair Wise 15. NERC Bulk Power Situation Awareness Update – Sam Chanoski a. Reliability Coordinator Hotline – Addition of NOAA’s SWPC b. Updating RCIS User Accounts 16. Status Report – Net Actual and Net Scheduled Interchange – Michelle Mizumori and Mike McMullen Objective: The Operating Committee requested that the Operating Reliability Subcommittee find volunteer reliability coordinators in the Eastern and Western Interconnections to create proposed procedures and technology solutions that would create an error checking matrix of BA interchange data for their respective Interconnections. This project would have BAs share ICCP data with one Reliability Coordinator in their respective Interconnection. The RC would develop an error-checking matrix that could be reviewed if frequency was significantly off-schedule and the underlying cause is not known. The matrix could also be used if a BA's EMS were down as it would provide an alternate ACE calculation for the impacted RC and BA. BAs would share ICCP net interchange actual (by neighbor) and net interchange scheduled (total) data with the designated RC in their respective Interconnection and that the designated RC develop an error checking matrix. Presentation: No Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: No 17. Draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data – Vice Chair Senkowicz Objective: At its December 2014 meeting, the Operating Committee approved posting the draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data for a 45-day comment period.

Operating Reliability Subcommittee Meeting Agenda – February 10-11, 2015 The ORS should task a subgroup to review and develop responses to the comments received. Presentation: No Duration: 10 minutes Background Item: None 18. Energy Emergency Alert Level 3 Reports – Chair Wise a. Hydro Quebec TransEnergie EEA 3 Event dated December 4, 2014 b. Hydro Quebec TransEnergie EEA 3 Event dated January 13, 2015 Objective: The ORS reviews recent Energy Emergency Alert Level 3 reports at each of its meetings. Background: There have been two EEA Level 3 events since the subcommittee’s last meeting. Presentation: No Duration: 10 minutes Background Item: None 19. Data Exchange Working Group Status Report – Keith Mitchell a. Discussion – NERCnet Project Objective: The DEWG will provide a summary of working group activities, including a summary of activities related to the NERCnet project and the formation of the Eastern Interconnection Data Sharing Network. Presentation: Yes Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: None 20. Telecommunications Working Group Status Report – Clifton Johnson

*Background materials included. ** The Average Frequency Error Report was distributed to the Operating Reliability Subcommittee by email on January 20, 2015.

Operating Reliability Subcommittee Meeting Agenda – February 10-11, 2015