Configuration Management Benchmarking Group Conference June 6 – 9, 2004 Kansas City, MO © 2004 CMBG CMBG History Presented By: Mike Stout CMBG Steering Committee Chairman

Why does the CMBG exist? To provide an open forum to share CM information with our peers. To function as the nuclear industry CM Community of Practice.

How CMBG was started First Nuclear Configuration Management Benchmarking conference hosted by PPL in Fall 1994 in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. 17 US utilities represented

How CMBG was started Each utility made a presentation about their Configuration Management program No motivational speeches No sales promotions by service providers

The CMBG Idea Grows Second conference hosted by Ontario Hydro in 1995 Drafted plans for continuing organization - approved in 1996 Name: Configuration Management Benchmarking Group Formed Steering Committee Wrote Mission Statement Defined ground rules for holding future conferences

CMBG Mission To provide a forum for the exchange of information which is useful to practitioners of nuclear facility configuration management and to act as the CM Community of Practice for the nuclear industry.

CMBG Steering Committee Mission To support the Benchmarking Group mission by providing continuity and direction for the group’s activities and to represent CMBG in communications with INPO, NEI and other industry groups.

Role of Steering Committee: Promote CM principles and practices Work to increase active participation in annual conferences Establish and apply criteria for selecting a host for the annual conference

Role of Steering Committee: Define ground rules for planning and conducting conferences Provide input to the agenda for annual conference Assign and direct the functions of working groups

Steering Committee Members Mike Stout, PPL Susquehanna, LLC- Chairman Rick Harris, Duke Energy Sam Melton, Progress Energy Lloyd Hancock, industry consultant Keith Reinsmith, PPL Susquehanna John Parler, SCE&G Keith Harvey, Wolf Creek NOC host Bill Kline, FENOC host

CMBG is not affiliated with any other single organization No funding from any agency No membership fees Conference costs are paid by registration fees and supplemented by host utility Host utility pays for web site CMBG makes no position statements or endorsements

Previous Conferences Year HostLocation 1994 PP&LPoconos, PA, US 1995 Ontario HydroOntario, Canada 1996 Houston Light & PowerGalveston, TX, US 1997 Commonwealth EdisonChicago, IL, US 1998 NAESCOBoston, MA, US 1999 Duke PowerCharlotte, NC, US 2000 Consolidated EdisonTarrytown, NY, US 2001 Progress EnergyRaleigh, NC, US 2002 PSEG NuclearAtlantic City, NJ, US 2003 PPL SusquehannaHershey, PA, US

CMBG Accomplishments Annual Conferences Communications Network Web Site ( Named Configuration Management Community of Practice by NEI in 2002 Task Forces developed consistent CM Process Model and KPI’s Consistent support for an industry standard (ANSI/NIRMA CM )

2003 Conference Attendees 80 people involved in CM 30 US Utilities 1 Utility outside US* 3 Other Nuclear Facilities 3 Nuclear Industry Organizations 12 Service Providers (invited) *Conference attendees outside the US have included representatives from Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain and the IAEA

Communications Network name / company / phone number / address 335 people 32 US Utilities 9 Utilities outside US 7 Other Nuclear Facilities 14 Nuclear Industry Organizations 32 Service Providers

Recent Developments Accepted role as CM Community of Practice in 2002 at request of NEI. Issued new CMBG “Principles and Practices” document ibn Cooperation agreement with IAEA. Active interfaces with other CoP’s. Commitment to develop CM Process Description (AP-xxx).