NERC Planning Committee Update Branden Sudduth Director, Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Planning Committee Logistics Last meeting held on September 16-17, 2014 New chair and vice chair announced Need for WECC participation Committee Activities Next meeting December 9-10 in Atlanta Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Essential Reliability Services Task Force Concept paper under development Effort divided into four subgroups Load and Resource Balance Voltage Support Frequency Support Policy and Advisory Group Developing a framework for assessment and detailed technical analysis for each subgroup area Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Western Electricity Coordinating Council RAPA Reliability Assessments Long-term Reliability Assessment Winter Reliability Assessment Performance Analysis 2015 State of Reliability Report AC Substation Equipment Task Force Western Electricity Coordinating Council

EPA Section 111(d) Regulations NERC’s approach Preliminary assessment in early October Conduct a more detailed analysis after rule is finalized Focus on timing component and resource replacements Potential data request to Planning Coordinators Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Other Items of Interest Model validation update 2014 Polar Vortex weather phenomenon report Order 754 – Study of protection system single points of failure Spare Equipment Database Working Group Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force CIP-014 – Physical security standard Western Electricity Coordinating Council