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North American Energy Standards Board NAESB WEQ EC Meeting Materials, 2-19-13 Page 1 of 324 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 NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD WHOLESALE ELECTRIC QUADRANT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MATERIALS Tuesday, February 19, 2013 -- 10:00 am to 1:00 pm MT PERA Club/Mesquite Hall, Tempe, AZ NAESB WEQ EC Meeting Materials, 2-19-13 Page 2 of 324 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 NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHOLESALE ELECTRIC QUADRANT DRAFT AGENDA Tuesday, February 19, 2013 – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm MT PERA Club/Mesquite Hall (first floor of Clubhouse), Tempe, AZ # Agenda Item Page 1. Welcome • Antitrust Guidelines: http://www.naesb.org/misc/antitrust_guidance.doc 4 • Welcome to members and attendees • Quorum Establishment: Roll Call of WEQ EC Members and Alternates: 5 http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/ec_terms.pdf (EC) and http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/alt_ec_members.pdf (EC Alt) 2. Consent Agenda (simple majority to approve) • Adoption of Agenda: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/ec021913a.docx 18 • Adoption of the EC Meeting Minutes from October 23, 2012: 32 http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_ec102312dm.docx; (Supplemental material may be available prior to the meeting which would include redlines to the draft minutes) 3. Adoption of changes to the 2013 WEQ Annual Plan to be proposed to the Board of Directors: 44 http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_2013_annual_plan.docx; (Revised and redlined by Ed Skiba) http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_ec021913w1.docx 4. Review and consider for vote WEQ 2012 Annual Plan Item 6.a – Develop standard to support PAP 10, Energy Usage Information Model, Phase 2, Harmonization with CIM and SEP 2.0 (super majority vote) • Recommendation: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_2012_api_6a_rec.docx 64 • Request for Formal Comments: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_120312_reqcom.doc - comment 122 period ended on January 3, 2013 • Comments Submitted by the WEQ Standards Review Subcommittee: 123 http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_120312_weq_srs.doc 5. Update on Next Steps for the EIR, Status of the EIR Business Practice Standards Development and e- Tag Functional Specification Update (Supplemental material may be available prior to the meeting which would include a presentation) 6. Update on Status of the OASIS Preemption Recommendation (Supplemental material may be available prior to the meeting which would include a presentation) 7. Update on Status of the Parallel Flow Visualization Effort(Supplemental material may be available prior to the meeting which would include a presentation) 8. Subcommittee / Development Updates • Triage Subcommittee: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/tr011813agenda_revised.docx (January 18 125 Agenda) • Business Practices Subcommittee (BPS) (may be covered in agenda item 7) • Smart Grid Standards Development Subcommittee and Task Forces • OASIS Subcommittee (may be covered in agenda item 6) • Joint Electric Scheduling Subcommittee (JESS) (may be covered in agenda item 5) • Standards Review Subcommittee (SRS) • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Subcommittee 9. Publication Schedule Review NAESB WEQ EC Meeting Materials, 2-19-13 Page 3 of 324 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 NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHOLESALE ELECTRIC QUADRANT DRAFT AGENDA Tuesday, February 19, 2013 – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm MT PERA Club/Mesquite Hall (first floor of Clubhouse), Tempe, AZ # Agenda Item Page • WGQ Publication Schedule (Version 2.1): 126 http://www.naesb.org/misc/wgq_publication_schedule_ver2_1.doc • WEQ Publication Schedule (Version 3.1): 142 http://www.naesb.org/misc/weq_publication_schedule_ver3_1.doc • Retail Publication Schedule (Version 2.1): 144 http://www.naesb.org/misc/retail_publication_schedule_ver2_1.doc 10. Board of Directors, Board Committee and Regulatory Updates: • Board Meeting December 6, 2012: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/bd120612dm.docx 146 • Membership Update: http://www.naesb.org/misc/membership_report_011813.doc (Membership 158 Report) • Board Revenue Efforts • Board Retail Structure Review Committee: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/bd120612a4.docx 168 (December 6 Report); http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/rsrc011013mn.doc (January 10 Notes); http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/rsrc012413mn.docx (January 24 Notes); http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/rsrc012413w1.docx (January 24 Report) • Managing Committee: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/managing112912_10am_notes.docx 214 (November 29 am Notes); http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/managing112912_2pm_notes.docx (November 29 pm Notes) • Regulatory Updates: 218 • November 30, 2012 – NAESB Status Report to the FERC Regarding Public Key Infrastructure Effort (Docket Nos. RM05-5-000, RM05-5-022), http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/ferc113012_naesb_pki.pdf • December 20, 2012 – NAESB Report to the FERC Regarding Errata to WEQ Version 003 (Docket Nos. RM05-5-000, RM05-5-022), http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/ferc122012_weq_version003_errata.pdf • January 29, 2013 – NAESB Report to the FERC Regarding Public Key Infrastructure Standards (Docket Nos. RM05-5-000, RM05-5-022), http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/ferc012913_pki_standards_report.pdf 11. Other Business 319 • ANSI Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative • Advisory Council: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/advisory020213notes.docx • Meeting Schedule 2013: http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/2013_schedule.pdf 12. Adjourn Attire – Business Casual NAESB WEQ EC Meeting Materials, 2-19-13 Page 4 of 324 NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD 801 Travis, Suite 1675 • Houston, Texas 77002 • Phone: (713) 356-0060 • Fax: (713) 356-0067 email: [email protected] • Web Site Address: www.naesb.org Antitrust and Other Meeting Policies Antitrust guidelines direct meeting participants to avoid discussion of topics or behavior that would result in anticompetitive behavior including: restraint of trade and conspiracies to monopolize, unfair or deceptive business acts or practices, price discriminations, division of markets, allocation of production, imposition of boycotts, and exclusive dealing arrangements. Any views, opinions or positions presented or discussed by meeting participants are the views of the individual meeting participants and their organizations. Any such views, opinions or positions are not the views, positions or opinions of NAESB, the NAESB Board of Directors, or any NAESB Committee or Subcommittee, unless specifically noted otherwise. As it is not the purpose of the meeting to discuss any antitrust topics, if anyone believes we are straying into improper areas, please let us know and we will redirect the conversation. Participants recording any portion of a NAESB meeting or conference call are reminded that federal and state statutes mandate various disclosure and consent requirements. It is NAESB’s policy that participants comply with all applicable state and federal statutes related to the recording of conversations. As a courtesy to the meeting attendees, anyone taping a meeting should announce that they are doing so in the meeting before beginning the recording. Participants should understand that NAESB meetings are open to any interested party, who may or may not declare themselves present when attending by phone/web cast. Participants are advised to review the NAESB Intellectual Property Rights Policy Concerning Contributions and Comments. NAESB WEQ EC Meeting Materials, 2-19-13 Page 5 of 324 North American Energy Standards Board 801 Travis Street. Suite 1675, Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: [email protected] Home Page: www.naesb.org NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD 1 2013 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TERMS – Wholesale Gas Quadrant PRODUCERS SEGMENT TERM END: Rhonda Denton Regulatory Advisor, BP Energy Company 12-31-2014 Pete Frost Director - Regulatory Affairs, ConocoPhillips Gas and Power 12-31-2014 Marketing Chuck Cook Manager - Regulatory Affairs, Chevron 12-31-2013 Richard D. Smith Regulatory & Compliance Manager, Noble Energy, Inc. 12-31-2013 Randy E. Parker Global Regulatory Advisor, ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing 12-31-2013 Company (a division of ExxonMobil Corporation) PIPELINE SEGMENT Mark Gracey Manager of Contract Management, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 12-31-2014 Company, LLC Kathryn Burch Project Manager - Standards and Regulatory, Spectra Energy 12-31-2014 Dale Davis Industry Standards Consultant, Williams Gas Pipeline 12-31-2013 Kim Van Pelt Manager of Regulatory Compliance, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, 12-31-2015 LP Tom Gwilliam Senior Business Analyst, Iroquois Gas Transmission System 12-31-2015 LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (LDC) SEGMENT Abdessamad Nassif Gas and Forward Trader Sr., Colorado Springs Utilities 12-31-2014 Phil Precht Management Consultant – Pricing & Regulatory Services 12-31-2014 Department, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Archie Hickerson Director - Regulatory Affairs and Planning, AGL Resources 12-31-2013 Pete Connor Contractor, American Gas Association 12-31-2015 Craig Colombo Energy Trader III, Dominion Resources 12-31-2015 END USERS SEGMENT V A C A N C Y 12-31-2014 Valerie Crockett Senior Program Manager - Energy Markets & Policy, Tennessee 12-31-2014 Valley Authority Lori-Lynn C. Pennock Senior Fuel Supply Analyst, Salt River Project 12-31-2013
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