1. OC Organizational Structure Review Task Force
Rich Hydzik
Report to OC
July 12, 2016

2. OSRTF Membership OSRTF Contributors OSRTF Members
Ashbaker, Steve
Baran, Eric
Carman, Keith
Hydzik, Richard - Ch
Mizumori, Michelle
Moore, Geoffrey
Peters, Albert
Silver, Kenneth
Tolo, John
Tyskiewicz, Stacen – V Ch
OSRTF Contributors
Freeman, Charles "Bud“
Hundal, Raj
Meyers, Andrew
Reynolds, Tim
Vojdani, Raymond
Williams, Craig

3. OSRTF Charter
Review the overall OC structure including all subcommittees, task forces and work groups (“OC Committees”)
Perform a comprehensive review of the OC Committees to align the work of the OC Committees with WECC’s mission
Focus on examining OC Committees’ reporting relationships and merging OC Committees or eliminating them if they no longer support WECC’s mission or provide value to WECC Members

4. OSRTF Charter The OSRTF shall:
Identify instances where WECC interfacing with OC Committees is needed to support WECC’s reliability mission.
Identify duplication of work being performed by the OC Committees that can be consolidated.
Identify OC Committees that should be eliminated or transferred to other groups/organizations.
Provide a report of recommendations to the Operating Committee for approval.

5. OSRTF Review Approach Delegation Agreement WECC Bylaws
Activities previously approved for funding under Section 215
WECC legal provided feedback on our approach
Three criteria each which had to be met:
OC activities should support WECC’s reliability mission under Sections 7c, 7d, 7e, and 7f of Delegation Agreement
OC activities should provide value to WECC members
OC activities should complement but not unnecessarily duplicate NERC efforts

6. WECC Delegated Activities

7. Section 7a Certification of Bulk-Power System Entities
This function is done as a collaborative process by NERC and WECC Staff
Some participation by qualified members from Peak Reliability (Peak), WECC Balancing Authorities, and Transmission Operators
NERC Rules of Procedure Section 500
Does not fall under OC activities

8. Section 7b
Registration of owners, operators, and users of the Bulk-Power system as responsible for compliance with requirements of Reliability Standards
WECC Staff handles this
Does not fall under OC activities

9. Section 7c Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis
Not a real-time activity, data analysis
UFAS, PWG, etc.
Track system performance
Develop reports
Develop metrics
Issues fall under OC activities

10. Section 7d Event Analysis and Reliability Improvement
Addressed through WECC Staff and Operating Practices and Event Analysis Subcommittee (OPEAS)
Subject matter experts in other OC subcommittees and work groups lend expertise when reviewing Event Analysis reports
Operating Issues Work Group (OIWG)
Critical Infrastructure and Information Management Subcommittee (CIIMS)
Energy Management System Work Group (EMSWG)
Human Performance Work Group (HPWG)
Relay Work Group (RWG)
Issues fall under OC activities

11. Section 7e Training and Education
WECC Staff currently uses stakeholder expertise through the Operations Training Subcommittee (OTS) to provide direction and assistance to develop and implement its training program
Recent training program assessment survey
WECC management is proposing a remodeling of the WECC Training Program
Survey indicates a clear decline in the attendance to the WECC System Operator Training Sessions
WECC Staff is proposing the elimination of the Continuing Education (CE) Operator Training Program
Emphasize Education and Stakeholder Outreach training program that specializes on key training needs of the stakeholders
Training Program would be supported by existing training staff and through self-funded workshops
Stakeholder education of operating issues falls under OC activities
Providing System Operator CEH’s does not fall under OC activities

12. Section 7f Situational Awareness and Infrastructure Security
WECC staff gathers and assesses situational awareness information provided by registered entities pursuant to the NERC Rules of Procedure and applicable governmental regulations
WECC staff provides other data, information and assistance to NERC in support of NERC’s activities in monitoring present conditions and responding to events on the Bulk-Power System
WECC staff collaborates with NERC in its efforts to coordinate electric industry activities to promote critical infrastructure protection of the Bulk-Power System in North America
Situational Awareness and Security fall under OC activities

13. WECC Bylaws Section 2 2.1.3 – Regional Coordination
WECC will act as a coordinating entity for the entire Western Interconnection for activities of regional organizations with responsibilities for reliability and market functions
2.1.6 – Reliability Assessment
WECC will ensure that interconnected Bulk Electric System reliability assessments are conducted as needed. WECC will do this work in conjunction with the Regional Entities to the greatest extent possible. WECC will also facilitate coordinated reliability assessments among Regional Entities.
2.1.9 – Coordinated Operations
With respect to coordinating reliable operating activities within the Western Interconnection, WECC will develop, coordinate and promote consistent interregional operating policies and procedures for the Western Interconnection, consistent with WECC/ERO standards and FERC policy

14. Subcommittee / Work Group Evaluation
Sorted each group into “buckets”
Performance Analysis / Event Analysis
Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring
Reliability Improvement
Unknown – not sure where they fell

15. Five Discoveries OC’s main objective is Reliability Improvement
Two OC functions support Delegated Functions and mission
Event and Performance Analysis
Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring
Some functions align with RC function or will be moving there
Functions that are very specialized but do not require OC oversight
Some duplication of effort, little work product, or unable to determine value to membership

16. External Forums Provide value but may not belong at WECC
Management of External Forum
Independent of WECC
External Forums set their rules
Transition plan would be needed
User Group could be a type of Forum
Specific tasks that fall outside of OC structure
Focused on specific issues, processes, tools

17. OSRTF Proposal Operating Committee (Reliability Improvement)
Event and Performance Analysis Subcommittee (EPAS)
Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring Subcommittee (SASMS)

18. ORSTF Proposal

19. Acronym Decoder RWG – Relay Work Group
HPWG – Human Performance Work Group
PWG – Performance Work Group
GOWG – Generator Operator Work Group
CIIMS – Critical Infrastructure and Information Management Subcommittee
DEWG – Data Exchange Work Group
EMSWG – Energy Management System Work Group
TELWG – Telecommunications Work Group
PSWG – Physical Security Work Group
CSWG – Cyber Security Work Group
JSIS – Joint Synchronized Information Subcommittee
RASRS – Remedial Action Reliability Subcommittee
UFAS – Unscheduled Flow Administrative Subcommittee

20. Event and Performance Analysis Subcommittee (EPAS)
Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis, and Event Analysis and Reliability Improvement
Currently supported by:
Operating Practices and Event Analysis Subcommittee (OPEAS)
Operating Issues Work Group (OIWG)
Performance Work Group (PWG)
Relay Work Group (RWG)
Human Performance Work Group (HPWG)
Energy Management System Work Group (EMSWG)
Data Exchange Work Group (DEWG)

21. Event and Performance Analysis Subcommittee (EPAS)
Combine OPEAS and OIWG to form EPAS
Focus on Event Analysis
Leverage the NERC Event Analysis Process data
Lessons Learned
Reliability Guidelines
Analysis of trends
Workgroup structure
Ensures subject matter experts are available
WECC Staff engaged in the Event Analysis Process
EPAS in evaluating Event Analysis data

22. Event and Performance Analysis Subcommittee (EPAS)
Work Groups supporting EPAS
HPWG
EA Process indicates human performance is an issue
Operator Training Subcommittee (OTS) is focused on WECC CEH training
Recommend disbanding OTS as review indicates WECC no longer needs to provide operator CEH’s
RWG
EA Process indicates system protection performance is an issue
Review of quarterly misoperation reports for trends
GOWG (new)
GOP issues not captured well with TP/TC OC structure
Ongoing issues – frequency response, etc.
PWG
Tracks and monitors BA performance data
Liaison to NERC Resources Subcommittee
Propose to track ERS measures here

23. Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring Subcommittee (SASMS)
CIIMS becomes SASMS
Combine DEWG and EMSWG supporting SASMS
EMSWG
Coordinates the development of network and data modeling policies in support of EMS throughout the Western Interconnection
DEWG
Traditionally focused on the WECC Operations Network (WON)
The WON has been replaced by a hub-and-spoke configuration managed at the entity
Now deals more with issues specific to data policy and less with the infrastructure
As the focus shifted, it aligns more with EMSWG
The two work groups have been meeting jointly but have preferred to remain separate for one key reason, participation
Work groups deal with overlapping subjects but each has different skillsets
Many entities cover the data-exchange and EMS responsibilities separately
Representation of both aspects is critical to the success of the work group
Need to maintain larger representation

24. Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring Subcommittee (SASMS)
Work Groups supporting SASMS
TELWG
Infrastructure coordination for telecomm services
Best practices, guidelines, etc.
PSWG
Active and large work group
Encourage sharing lessons learned, best practices, etc., more widely
Recommend engaging NERC Physical Security Subcommittee

25. Situational Awareness and Security Monitoring Subcommittee (SASMS)
Work Groups supporting SASMS
CSWG
Address “gap” between
Cyber security experts
Regulatory compliance
Management of EMS
Provides focus on cyber security
Acts as a liaison forum
Technical experts and the compliance/security professionals
Western Interconnection stakeholders and the various national cyber security groups: NERC, the Department of Homeland Security, etc.
This group will add value to current CIP efforts and promote reliability and security within the Western Interconnection

26. Joint Synchronized Information Subcommittee (JSIS)
PMU’s provide high quality data for BPS event analysis
PMU data is hosted at Peak
JSIS move to Peak?
JSIS chair recommended maintaining the current structure
There is also a similar group being formed by NERC
Two Work Groups support JSIS
Oscillations Analysis Work Group (OAWG) meets bi-weekly to review System Events
Disturbance Data Work Group (DDWG) collects and analyzes PMU data to facilitate analysis of system performance
Recommend no change to JSIS and that it continue to report to the OC and the PCC

27. Remedial Action Subcommittee Reliability Subcommittee (RASRS)
PRC assigns RAS review to the RC
The implementation timeline is 36 months after regulatory approval
OSRTF recommends RASRS remain within the OC structure for now
WECC staff, Peak, and the OSRTF work together to determine where this function should reside once the standard is implemented
Transition plan will be needed
Recommend no change to this group at this time

28. Unscheduled Flow Administrative Subcommittee (UFAS)
WECC may not be the best fit for UFAS
Nevertheless, WECC is currently the designated Administrator of the Western Interconnection Unscheduled Flow Mitigation Plan (WIUFMP)
Until a new administrator is selected, the OSRTF agrees that this group should continue to perform their necessary functions per the WIUFMP tariff
This will allow the functionality provided by UFAS to continue
Recommend that the UFAS group be phased out if and when a new administrator is selected at some future time
For now, remains part of the OC

29. External Forum Groups
Several subcommittees, work groups, and task forces were not recommended to continue under the proposed OC structure realignment
This was not a reflection of their work or value added, but related more to whether WECC or the OC is the best fit for these groups and their relationship to the reliability functions of the EPAS or SASM
Did not meet the three criteria
Need a transition plan for these groups

30. Interchange Scheduling and Accounting Subcommittee (ISAS)
ISAS works to improve scheduling and tagging processes (i.e. the equitable and efficient functioning of the commercial electric power market
Ensures these processes complement North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and NERC Standards
Very specialized and software-tool intensive.
Peak is forming a WECC Interchange Tool (WIT) Users Group that may perform some of the activities historically performed by ISAS and applicable Work Groups
OSRTF does not believe that ISAS meets all three criteria for inclusion into the EPAS or SASMS
Recommend ISAS be moved out of the OC

31. Next Day Study Work Group (NDSWG)
Coordination of Next-day Studies is critical to the reliability of the Western Interconnection
There was discussion as to whether this was more properly an interconnection issue or a group that mostly interfaces with Peak
The conclusion was that all BA/TOP interaction on next-day studies was with Peak
The OSRTF recommends transfer of the NDSWG to Peak

32. Path Operations Implementation Task Force (POITF)
The POITF will sunset as it completes its work

33. Technical Operations Subcommittee (TOS)
Substation Work Group (SSWG)
Hosts an annual spring meeting
Functions as a networking forum
Did not meet three criteria
Would be an ideal External Forum
Controls Work Group (CWG)
Currently inactive
RWG moved to EPAS
TELWG moved to SASMS
OSRTF recommends disbanding TOS, SSWG, and CWG

34. Essential Reliability Services Work Group (ERSWG) in WECC
NERC has formed the ERSWG under NERC PC and OC
WECC is transitioning to a higher non-traditional generation mix
WECC should support the NERC effort but not duplicate it
OSRTF believes that PWG can adequately monitor the NERC Essential Reliability Services (ERS) efforts
OSRTF recommends PWG modify their charter to reflect these new responsibilities

35. Timeline March 22, 2016 – Update to OC and comments
April 19, 2016 – Send Initial proposal to OC and solicit feedback
April 28, 2016 – Comments on Recommendations for the white paper due back to OSRTF
April 29, 2016 – OSRTF review and address comments from OC
May 13 – June 1, 2016, second posting for stakeholder comment
July 12, 2016 – Version 5 Draft presented to OC for discussion
September 2016 – OSRTF status update to WECC Board of Directors
October 2016 – Present recommendations to the Operating Committee for approval

36. OC and MIC Combination?
OSRTF was presented with the idea of OC and MIC combination by Andy Meyers
OSRTF concluded that this exceeded the scope of the OSRTF Charter
Bylaw changes, etc.
More appropriate to take this issue to the OC
Discussion?

37. Questions ??