NAESB OASIS Recommendation Network Service on OASIS (NITS on OASIS) EC Presentation 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NITS on OASIS EC Presentation Overview OASIS was developed initially to facilitate submission of Point-to-Point requests and to document the approval process. In Order 890, FERC decided that transmission providers and network customers should use OASIS to request designation of new network resources and to terminate designation of network resources. NAESB was given the responsibility for designing new templates. 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NITS on OASIS EC Presentation Informal Comments The Wholesale Electric Quadrant OASIS Subcommittee is preparing a recommendation for NITS on OASIS. The subcommittee requested informal comments from industry participants on a draft version of the new standards. The subcommittee is using the comments to modify and refine the draft standard before submitting it to the Executive Committee. The informal comment period ended on July 29, 2011. The OS reviewed concept-related comments on August 2-4, 2011. 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NITS on OASIS Recommendation - Recommendation Summary + 5 Parts WEQ NITS Draft Recommendation http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis071911w1.doc Proposed Revisions to the OASIS Acronym and Glossary (WEQ000): http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis070111reqcom_a4.doc Proposed Revisions to the OASIS S&CPs (WEQ002): http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis070111reqcom_a2.doc Proposed Revisions to the WEQ Implementation Guide (WEQ013): http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis070111reqcom_a6.doc Proposed Revisions to the WEQ OASIS Data Dictionary (WEQ003): http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis070111reqcom_a3.doc Proposed Revisions to the OASIS (WEQ001): http://www.naesb.org/pdf4/weq_oasis070111reqcom_a1.doc 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

Key Order 890 Requirements Order 890 provided substantial guidance on treatment of a Designated Network Resource (DNR): Qualifications for a DNR Attestation of DNR to be submitted through OASIS with each request to designate a new network resource Temporary and Permanent Termination of a DNR Concomitant evaluation of a request for temporary undesignation of a DNR and a related request for transmission service 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NITS on OASIS EC Presentation pro forma OATT (link) Part III governs Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) Section 29.2 governs the application process Application on OASIS Customer identification and eligibility Network Load information Network Resource information & attestation Identification of customer-owned transmission Term of service and customer attestation 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

pro forma OATT (continued) Section 30: Network Resources Rules for designation of a new network resource (Section 30.2) Termination of Network Resources (Section 30.3) Indefinite Termination Temporary Termination Evaluation of Temporary Termination concomitantly with related service requests Section 31: Designation of Network Load 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NAESB NITS Recommendation Application for Network Service placed on OASIS Transactions (loads, DNRs, non-designated resources) handled on OASIS on a customer-by-customer basis Optional provision for tracking scheduling rights Customer may assign agent(s) to administer OASIS transactions New process facilitate handling of concomitant evaluation of a single undesignation coupled with a single request for service 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

NITS on OASIS EC Presentation Technical Changes Pre-submittal work space will permit a customer to assemble information prior to official submittal (queuing) of request New templates – none of the existing templates are used for NITS (See WEQ-002) Different structure for making request CSV templates 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

Data Structure for NITS The general structure of the information conveyed in a given Input Template using the NITS CSV Format is shown below: 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

Flow Diagrams: NITS Application Process (WEQ-013) 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

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Flow Diagrams: Designate a Network Resource (WEQ-013) 8/16/2011 NITS on OASIS EC Presentation

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