Interchange Distribution Calculator Working

Agenda: Interchange Distribution Calculator Working Group (IDCWG)

January 31, 2012 | 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. February 1, 2012 | 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

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Introductions and Chair’s Remarks

NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement

Agenda 1. Administrative Matters a. Arrangements – Larry Kezele b. Announcement of Quorum – Larry Kezele c. Parliamentary Procedures* – Larry Kezele d. Approve Agenda – Chair Bahbaz Closed sessions will be conducted as required. The January 31 – February 1, 2012 IDCWG meeting agenda in Word format is included in the IDC Change Order zip file. e. Future Meetings and Conference Calls – Chair Bahbaz i. March 14, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST) and March 15, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST) or March 21, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST) and March 22, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST) in Charlotte, North Carolina (hosted by Duke Energy) ii. May 16, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT) and May 17, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.), in Atlanta, Georgia (hosted by NERC) f. Approval of the IDCWG Meeting Minutes* – Chair Bahbaz i. December 7–8, 2011 IDCWG Meeting Minutes g. NERC feedback from Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) – Larry Kezele The ORS has not met since the working group’s last meeting. h. North American Electric Reliability Corporation/North American Energy Standards Board (NERC/NAESB) coordination update i. Business Practices Subcommittee – Ed Skiba or Narinder Saini i. Review IDCWG roster* – Larry Kezele j. Review membership of the IDC self-directed work teams – Chair Bahbaz

Project Management Yasser Bahbaz (Team Lead), Allan Watson, Larry Kezele, Brian Nolan Market Flow Yasser Bahbaz (Team Lead), LaChelle Brooks, Raja Thappetaobula, Allan Watson, David Mahlmann, Larry Kezele Documentation LaChelle Brooks (Team Lead), Cheryl Mendrala, Ben Taylor, Hugh Francis, Wendy Ladd, Allan Watson, Larry Kezele

2. Review of Active Interchange Distribution Calculator (IDC) Change Orders (CO) (Secretary’s Note: The IDC Change Orders for discussion at this meeting are posted in a zip file on the IDCWG web site.) a. CO-283: Generator-to-Load Reporting Requirement (Status — Accepted as implemented on November 1, 2010) Action: i. Review outstanding variances and other areas of development ii. Status of data transmittals iii. Reliability Coordinator Permissions to address GTL Data Confidentiality b. CO-315: Circuit B3M (ONT-ITC) Phase Shifter Modeling Changes (Status — NYISO, MISO, PJM, and IESO are reviewing CO-315) Action: On hold. c. CO-316: Send a Target Market Flow not Equal to 9999 to External Market Entities of Flowgates (Status — Congestion Management Working Group to review need to proceed with the development and deployment of CO-316) Action: On hold.

IDCWG Meeting 2 January 31 and February1, 2012 d. CO-317: Michigan – Ontario PAR Status Change Switch (Status — Approved for development, contingent upon resolution of a contractual agreement regarding funding between NERC and MISO) Action: NERC and MISO have not yet finalized a contractual agreement regarding funding. e. CO-322: Generation Priority Submission (Status —Version 2 approved for evaluation) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development. f. CO-326: Parallel Flow Visualization Metrics (Status — Review draft) Action: Approve for evaluation. g. CO-328: Intra-Hour Tag Curtailments (Status — OATI to Redraft) Action: Review revised draft. h. CO-330: Authorization of OATI Use of IDC Data for DOE Studies (Status — Approved for development) Action: NERC approved for development, review status of development. i. CO-331: IDC Interface to NAESB webRegistry (Status — Approved for development) Action: NERC approved for development, review status of development. j. CO-332: Changes to Manitoba EAR Tag in IDC (Status — Drafted, MISO developing a TLR assessment) Action: Review MISO TLR assessment. k. CO-333: Include MF and NNL on TLR Event History Display (Status — Approved for development) Action: Review status of development. l. CO-336: Changes to IDC Factor Calculation Timing (Status — Approved for development) Action: Review status of development. m. CO-338: Default Timing for TLR Level 1 and 0 (Status — Approved for evaluation) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development.

IDCWG Meeting 3 January 31 and February1, 2012 n. CO-340: Effective Date on Market Coordinated Flowgates (Status — Approved for evaluation) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development. o. CO-341: MISO and PJM ED6/7FN Transfer to IDC (Status — Approved for evaluation) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development. p. CO-342: PJM Flowgate Data Request (Status — Review draft) Action: Approve for evaluation.

3. Review of Active webSDX (SDX) Change Orders (CO) (Secretary’s Note: The webSDX Change Orders for discussion at this meeting are posted in a zip file on the IDCWG web site.) a. CO-08: Remaining GUI Changes (Status —Revision 3 approved for evaluation) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development. b. CO-10: Change the Filtering Options on Displays (Status — Evaluated) Action: Review evaluation and approve for development.

4. Review of Active webFactor (Factor Viewer) Change Orders (CO) (Secretary’s Note: The Factor Viewer Change Orders for discussion at this meeting are posted in a zip file on the IDCWG web site.) There are no webFactor change orders to review at this meeting.

5. Review of Active NERC IT Services Change Orders (CO) (Secretary’s Note: The NERC IT Services Change Orders for discussion at this meeting are posted in a zip file on the IDCWG web site.) There are no NERC IT Services change orders to review at this meeting.

6. Review of Active Book of Flowgates Change Orders (CO) (Secretary’s Note: The Book of Flowgates Change Orders for discussion at this meeting are posted in a zip file on the IDCWG web site.) There are no Book of Flowgates change orders to review at this meeting.

IDCWG Meeting 4 January 31 and February1, 2012 7. IDCWG Calendar of Change Order Implementation and Other IDC-Related Events a. December 1, 2011 i. IDC Winter Model Update ii. IDC CO-329 ( Load Adjustment During TLR 5 Issuance) implemented iii. WebSDX CO-09 (Addition of Derate Validation to webSDX) implemented b. January 1, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Update c. February 1, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Update d. March 1, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Update e. April 3, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Update f. May 1, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Upload g. June 1, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Update h. July 6, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Update i. August 1, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Update j. September 5, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Update k. October 2, 2012 – IDC Summer Model Update l. November 1, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Upload m. December 4, 2012 – IDC Winter Model Update

8. IDCWG Maintenance a. IDC operation: i. IDC and SDX user comments b. Event/incident reports – OATI i. Review Help Desk calls

9. New Projects, Issues, Other a. WebSDX Documentation i. The working group will review Version 1.0 of the Balancing Authority webSDX User Guide for Providing Generator Outputs and Priority and Version 2.3 of the webSDX User Administrator Registration Guide to determine if these documents require revision to support implementation of IDC CO-322.

IDCWG Meeting 5 January 31 and February1, 2012 ii. The Documentation Self-Directed Work Team is developing Version 9 of the webSDX User’s Manual. The Documentation SDWT will provide a status report. b. IDC Base Case Development  PSS/E version 32 will be adopted by MMWG/ERAG in early 2012. The working group will review data format changes between PSS/E 30 and PSS/E 32 and formulate a transition plan. Hardeep Kandola will review a draft IDC change order to implement the transition to version 32. c. NERC Factor Viewer  NERC has received inquiries regarding the availability of TDF files on the NERC Factor Viewer. The working group will consider making TDF files available in alternative formats. d. Change Order Prioritization  The working group will continue its discussion of prioritizing change order development for 2012. e. GSF and GLDF Calculations  Chair Bahbaz will inform the working group of recent efforts to identify the cause of sporadic inaccuracies in the IDC’s calculation of GSF and GLDF matrices. f. Reference Document Review i. Parallel Flow Calculation Procedure Reference Document – At its August 2011 meeting, Larry Kezele recommended that the working group not expend additional resources to revise the Parallel Flow Calculation Procedure Reference Document, given that the NAESB BPS will be rewriting the TLR business practices to implement the approved permanent solution. ii. Reliability Coordinator Reference Document – At its August 2011 meeting, Chair Bahbaz requested the Documentation SDWT to review the status of the Reliability Coordinator Reference Document.

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