1. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
EPAS Update
Greg Park
EPAS Chair
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2. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
EPAS Subcommittees
Generator Operator Work Group (GOWG)
Carla Holly (BP Wind Energy) – Chair
Human Performance Work Group (HPWG)
Norm Szczepanski (SMUD) – Outgoing Chair
Rodney Krause (BPAT) – Incoming Chair
Performance Work Group (PWG)
James Wells (LADWP) – Chair
Relay Work Group (RWG)
Randy Spacek (Avista) – Chair
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EPAS Vice Chair
Jill Hoyt of Peak RC is the current Vice Chair
Resignation effective November 8, 2018 due to wind down activities at Peak RC
Seeking nominees for Jill’s replacement
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4. GOWG Update of Activities
Last met on September 13th
Had presentations regarding GADs
Wind
Solar
Battery
RC Developments
PRC-018
WECC Plan for Dynamic Performance and Monitoring
WECC Disturbance/Performance Monitoring Plan Siting Requirements
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5. GOWG Update of Activities
Reviewed CAISO EIM Transition
Update on the PRC-024 and potential impacts to Inverter Based Resources
NERC’s Weather Preparation for Severe Cold Weather webinar
WECC’s Gas/Electric Interface Study
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6. GOWG Update of Activities
Present on frequency response performance in the Western Interconnection
Present lessons learned from Event Analysis relevant to generators
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GOWG Future Meetings
December 6, 2018 – Webinar
February 12, 2019 – Salt Lake City
April 30, 2019 – Salt Lake City
August 20, 2019 – Salt Lake City
November 2019 – date TBD – likely webinar
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HPWG
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9. HP Event Analysis Work Group (HPEAWG)
Deliverable
Human performance lessons learned
Status
“Loss of Communication to Multiple SCADA RTU’s at a Switching Center”
Added to NERC Lessons Learned page June 5, 2018
Presented at Chief’s meeting May 2017
Presented Webinar at OC meeting July 2017
New Lessons Learned are in progress
Requesting Closed Door approval from the Board of Directors in December 2018 for event analysis review meetings
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10. HP Event Analysis Work Group (HPEAWG)
Requesting Closed Door approval from the Board of Directors in December 2018 for event analysis review meetings
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11. HP In The Control Room (HPCRTF)
Deliverable
Create a tool box of human performance tools for the control room
Status
Distractions in the control room survey resulted in 3-year strategy
Year 1 project – Phone Call Distractions
2018 Goal: Best Practices delivered at WECC HP Conference, October 16-19
Year 2 project – Alarms
2019 Goal: Best Practices
Year 3 project – People Distractions
2020 Goal: Best Practices
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12. HP Maturity Model Task Force (HPMMTF)
Deliverable HP Maturity Model Status 2018 – Research complete conducted by: • Pamela Ey, Ph.D., IDM • Michael Legatt, Ph.D., Resilient Grid • Jeffrey Sill, MBA, Rochester Gas and Electric – Research coded by HPMMTF – White Paper to be released at 2018 HP Conference 2019 – Create question bank to determine current maturity level – Write tools to cross the gap between levels
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13. 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 practice guide for knowledge transfer practices
Status
Creating HP resource list
Presented knowledge transfer activity at Misoperations Workshop June 6, 2018
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14. Human Performance Conference October 16-19, 2018
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.
Status Attendees will walk away with tools that can be applied immediately.
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16. RWG Update - Misoperations
Continue to provide feedback to Western Interconnect entities on their misoperation quarterly NERC 1600 data submittals.
Expectation of Root cause
Clarifications
Correct cause identified
Missing data
Provide expertise to questions from entities on operations
Review of Q1 and Q2 reports complete
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17. RWG Update – NPCC Joint Meeting
Introduction
Regional Organization Structure
Charters
Protection System Misoperation
Working Group Review and Feedback Process
Reduction Strategies
Analysis and Metrics
Discussion of NERC PRC standards
NPCC Directory 7
Bulk Power System Protection Criteria
NPCC Directory 4
Future Joint meetings
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RWG Update – 2017 Report
Expected date October 1, 2018
The RWG 2017 misoperation analysis:
Trend
Human Error: As-Left and Settings largest category
Unknown reduced: Attributed to RWG Review
Recommendation
RWG continue to review
Process to follow up on CAPs and reporting corrections
Quarter by Quarter analysis compared to previous year
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19. RWG-Misoperation Reduction Strategy
Provided technical expertise and contributed to WECC’s Performance Analysis Subcommittee in WECC’s Misoperation Reduction Strategy.
Participated in June Workshop
Provided feedback for Webinars
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RWG-Participation
MIDAS Work Group
Development of a Data Reporting Instruction (DRI)
Participation by to RWG members representing WECC
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EPAS Update
Met late September in person in Salt Lake City
Continue to meet via webinar to review regional NERC Event Analysis Reports
Received an update on the recently approved IROL framework document
Update on NERC Event Analysis Process
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EPAS Update
Update from NERC E-ISAC on their functions and processes
GridEx V in November 2019
GridSecCon 2018 in Las Vegas October 16-19th
Update on GridEx IV
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23. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
EAS Update
Upcoming changes to the EAP process
Events involving near-misses
Inverter disturbances
Other things as identified in a ERO audit
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24. EAS Update – New Lessons LearnedLL
Loss of Substation Data Circuits to SCADA LL
Firewall Failure After Time Limit Exceeded
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EAS Update – LL Numbers
10 NERC Lessons Learned have been published to date in 2018
1 Generation Facilities
4 Communications
5 Transmission Facilities
9 NERC Lessons Learned were published in 2017
1 Facilities Design, Commission, and Maintenance
3 Generation Facilities
1 Transmission Facilities
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26. EAS Update – LL Upcoming
Lessons Learned submitted to NERC currently under review WECC – LL174 “Substation Fires and First Responders” This LL comes from two 2017 events. Getting several expert Firefighter inputs. NPCC – LL184 “Avoiding IROL Exceedances by Rigorous Commissioning & Clear Procedures” Transformer differential tripped, remaining transformers picked up load, causing an IROL (post contingency thermal limit). IROL reduction actions were not completed before exceeding TV . RE/Entity answers to questions are being incorporated. MRO – LL188 “Networking Packet Broadcast Storm” When a 2nd network cable was connected from a Voice Over IP (VOIP) phone to a network, a packet broadcast storm prevented network communications. SCADA was lost for several hours. This should be ready for approval on next EAS call. RF – LL178 “Initiatives to Address and Reduce Misoperations” A misops reduction initiative success story. This should be ready for approval on next EAS call. NPCC – LL189 “Field Modification & RAS Operation Lead to Partial System Collapse” A relay mod enabled line stub bus protection, which misop’ed. The mod also kept a RAS from working right. The review team is selecting a time to meet.
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27. Lessons Learned Submitted to NERC still needing info
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28. Lessons Learned Metrics
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29. Misoperations Metrics
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OE-417 WECC Total
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31. EOP-004-2 Reports by Category
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32. EOP-004-2 Reports by Region
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33. Event Analysis Metrics
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34. Event Analysis Metrics
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35. Event Analysis Metrics
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36. Event Analysis Metrics
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37. Event Analysis Metrics
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38. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WECC OC
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39. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WECC OC Update
Met on October 10, 2018
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Contact Information
Greg Park
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