1. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
EPAS Report for the PWG
Greg Park
EPAS Chair
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2. Subcommittees of the EPAS
Human Performance Work Group – Norm Szczepanski (SMUD)
Generator Operator Work Group – Carla Holly (BP Energy Co.)
Performance Work Group – James Wells (LDWP)
Relay Work Group – Randy Spacek (Avista Corp)
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HPWG Purpose
Provide common vocabularies, tools, techniques, and training materials to assist Bulk Power System (BPS) operations and field personnel in the promotion and sustainability of Human Performance (HP) practices.​
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WECC HPWG Projects
Event Analysis
(HPEAWG)
In the
Control Room
(HPCRTF)
Maturity Model
(HPMMTF)
Knowledge Transfer
(HPKTTF)
WECC HP Conference
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5. HP Event Analysis Work Group (HPEAWG)
Deliverable:
Human performance lessons learned
Status:
“Loss of Communication to Multiple SCADA RTU’s at a Switching Center”
Presented at Chief’s meeting May 2017
Presented Webinar July 2017
in final NERC review before being posted
New Lessons Learned are in progress
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6. HP In The Control Room (HPCRTF)
Deliverable:
Create a tool box of human performance
tools for the control room.
Status:
Completed survey regarding
distractions in the control room.
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7. HP In The Control Room (HPCRTF)
Status:
Year 1
Phone Calls
Year 2
Alarms
Year 3
People Distractions
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8. HP Maturity Model Task Force (HPMMTF)
Deliverable: A White Paper of the HP Maturity Model
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9. HP Maturity Model Task Force (HPMMTF)
Status:
Research complete conducted by:
Pamela Ey, Ph.D., IDM
Michael Legatt, Ph.D., Resilient Grid
Jeffrey Sill, MBA, Rochester Gas and Electric
Currently writing White Paper
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10. HP Knowledge Transfer Task Force (HPKTTF)
Deliverable:
Knowledge Transfer was identified as part of the WECC Misoperations Reduction Strategy to:
Host educational webinars on knowledge transfer techniques
Develop a best practices guide for entities for knowledge transfer practices
Status:
Currently gathering resources to put into a library
Giving a presentation at the Misoperations Workshop 6/6/18
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11. Human Performance Conference
Deliverable:
A conference to create a proactive focus on reducing human error within the WECC regional utilities, to address precursors that impact system reliability, and to identify and share successful human performance initiatives.
The 2017 conference had a record of 145 attendees!
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HPWG
Human Performance Conference
SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 16-19, 2018
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WECC Website
For Conference information:
go to Program Areas  Training and Education  Human Performance Conference
For Committee work:
go to Committees  Select One (HPWG, HPCRTF, HPEAWG, HPKTTF, HPMMTF)
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GOWG
Met recently on June 6, 2018
Inverter issue (NERC survey, Inverter task force, etc)
working with WECC staff on various WECC policies that are applicable to generators to determine if they are still in effect, if any NERC standards have superseded them, and to provide an overall awareness of their existence. An example would be the WECC Model Unit Validation Policy and whether MOD-026 and MOD-027 supersede it.
Resource adequacy and the changing resource mix and how it will affect the WECC footprint.
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GOWG
One of their primary activities is focusing on training of membership
Last meeting PWG chair presented to the group on frequency response requirements and applicability/impact from the generation
Troy Blaylock from the NERC Resources Subcommittee presented on the NERC RS Governor Response Surveys and the information being provided by the generators
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GOWG
Next meeting is Thursday
September 13, 2018
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RWG
WECC hosted the “Misoperations Workshop” on June 5th and 6th 2018.
WECC staff worked with a task force to develop a reduction strategy for misoperations in the Western Interconnection
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RWG
Five-Year Misoperation Rate by Region (Q through Q3 2017)
Although the misoperations rate in the Western Interconnection is below the NERC desired rate (ours is about ~5%), we used this opportunity to analyze the data, speak with SME’s on the subject, and see if there were any practices that could possibly lead to a reduction in misoperations
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RWG
Year-Over-Year Changes in Misoperation Rate by Region
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RWG
The RWG supported the workshop, with many of the presenters being members of the group. Topics included:
Commissioning
Root Cause Analysis
Model and Setting development
Corrective Action Plans
Knowledge Transfer
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RWG
There were approximately 90 Attendees for the 1.5 day workshop.
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RWG
Relay Work Group met June 7th- 8th.
Reviewed Q MIDAS submissions
Performed complete analysis of the 2017 data. This analysis will be incorporated in the WECC Misoperations Page that is under development.
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BAL-003 SAR Update
BAL SAR
Identifies potential reliability gaps in standard
Real Time Reliability, Event Selection, Measurement, Assumptions behind the standard
Phase 1 - Focus on IFRO calculation and fix administrative issues with attachments
Timeline/Goal: Draft out for comment in October Timeframe
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24. PWG – Frequency Deviation Patterns
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25. EPAS Charter Modifications
Added detail to our monthly review (Charter was very generic previously)
“Review NERC Event Analysis Brief Reports and other event reports”
Entities can have more than one member but only one vote.
“The EPAS shall be comprised of representatives of WECC members. Each WECC member may have only one voting member one vote.”
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EPAS Charter
Motion for Approval
Revised Charter Posted by WECC last week and out for vote. Changes are very minor but effectively require a EPAS member to be nominated by their WECC OC member.
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