1. Compliance Open Webinar
Taud Olsen, Managing Director, Organizational Development and Outreach
December 21, 2017
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2. Antitrust Policy Statement
All WECC meetings are conducted in accordance with the WECC Antitrust Policy and the NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines. All participants must comply with the policy and guidelines. This meeting is public – confidential or proprietary information should not be discussed in open session. This meeting may be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Please contact WECC legal counsel if you have any questions.
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3. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Agenda
WECC Standards Committee items that were approved at the recent Board meeting, Steve Rueckert, WECC Director of Standards.
Questions
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4. WECC Standards Update Board Approved Documents
Steve Rueckert – WECC Director of Standards
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5. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
BAL-004-WECC-3
Automatic Time Error Correction
Maintain Interconnection Frequency
Payback Primary Inadvertent Interchange effectively and in a manner that does not adversely affect reliability
Specify that the WECC Interchange Tool (WIT) is the tool for calculating Primary Inadvertent Interchange
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BAL-004-WECC-3
Ballot for approval received 97.6 percent weighted approval
Two negative votes
NERC Standards should suffice
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7. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
FAC-501-WECC-2
Transmission Maintenance
Minimal updates to Transmission Maintenance Inspection Plan (TMIP) content
Added clarity that the TMIP must be implemented
Added a referenced table to the document rather than a link
Links have broken in the past
Ballot for approval received 100 percent weighted approval
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8. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
INT-007-WECC-CRT-3
Defines the Processing of Emergency Request for Interchange (RFI)
Removed the Purchasing-Selling Entity from the Applicability section
Addition of generic language filling the PSE void
Ballot for approval received 100 percent weighted approval
Effective April 1, 2018
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INT-016-WECC-CRT-3
Ensures that an e-Tag is created for all Request for Interchange (RFI) less than 60 minutes in duration
Removed the Purchasing-Selling Entity from the Applicability section
Ballot for approval received 100 percent weighted approval
Effective April 1, 2018
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10. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
PRC-001-WECC-CRT-2
Governor Droop Setting
Facilitates primary frequency support in the Western Interconnection
Specifies a range for governor droop settings
Added language to incorporate new technologies
Adds clarity that there is no requirement to install equipment
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PRC-001-WECC-CRT-2
Ballot for approval received an 89.6 percent weighted approval
Seven negative votes from two entities
Five asked the drafting team to consider additional conditions for exempting generators
Two suggested there should be a MW limit on the applicability of the Criterion
Became Effective December 6, 2017
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12. Retirement of PRC-004-WECC-2
Drafting team concluded that the reliability-related substance of PRC-004-WECC-2 is addressed in existing NERC Continent-wide Standards
Ballot for retirement received a 98.2 percent weighted approval
Two negative votes
NERC Standards should suffice
Ballot was to retire the WECC Regional Standard
Comment indicates support for retirement
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13. Retirement of VAR-002-WECC-2
The reliability-related substance of VAR-002-WECC-2 is addressed in existing NERC Continent-wide Standards and the WECC Regional Variances in VAR
Ballot for retirement received a 100 percent weighted approval
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14. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Future Events
Compliance Open Webinar on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. MT
Low Impact Control Centers, Joe Baugh
Compliance Workshop March 27-29, 2018 on Bose, Idaho
Separate O&P, CIP Days (separate registration fee)
WICF Day in the middle (no registration fee to attend)
San Diego, October 23-25
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