1. Victoria L. Ravenscroft Senior Policy Analyst Reliability Planning and Performance Analysis
Information Sharing Policy Update
March 25-26, 2014
Standing Committee Meetings, Salt Lake City

2. Information Sharing Policy (ISP) Timeline
Phase 1
June 2013
RPIC creates ISP Task Force (ISPTF)
September and October 2013
ISPTF posts draft policy for comments
December 2013
Board approves new Information Sharing Policy
Phase 2
March 2014
Board approves Phase 2 scope
June 2014
Present amended ISP for Board approval

3. ISPTF Phase 1 Work Clarified and consolidated existing practices
Addressed issues from comments
Drafted new Information Sharing Policy
Path Rating Catalog
Load forecast data
Base-case data
Redacted and aggregated data
Presumption of legitimate need
Inadvertent interchange data
Event Analysis Lessons Learned

4. ISPTF Phase 2 Work (1) Phase 2 Scope approved by WECC Board
Deliverables target date: June WECC Annual Mtg.
Topic
Deliverable
Focused changes to the ISP, including the following:
GIS data
Relay mis-operations data
Years 1-3 of demand forecast data
Modified Information Sharing Policy for Board approval
Explore whether WECC can share Transmission Function Information on its website on same-time basis
Recommendation to the Board
Consider need for stakeholder outreach on future information sharing and potential options

5. ISPTF Phase 2 Work (2)
WECC Board resolution supporting creation of joint task force with Peak Reliability to address UNDA issue
Two-fold issue:
Durable solution to data sharing between Peak and WECC (UNDA sunset/renewal March 2015)
Sharing and protection of UNDA data generally
Task Force being assembled [VR add up-to-date information on this closer to meeting]
WECC and Peak Staff, stakeholder involvement
September goal for completion
More to come…
- Number of types of data governed by the UNDA. Data that WECC needs to do its work—not an immediate issue

6. Related Issues
WECC able to obtain all but few signatures to the consent to share UNDA data with WECC
Enables continued sharing of data for WECC to do its work
WECC will use data in accordance with the UNDA
At this time, WECC has the data it needs (or access to it) to carry out work in 2014
- Number of types of data governed by the UNDA. Data that WECC needs to do its work—not an immediate issue

7. Information Sharing Going Forward What Stakeholders Can Expect
Information Sharing Policy document in WECC Library
Information requests:
WECC website pop-up NDA
Required for member access to confidential data on website
Exceptions: (available only by request)
Commercially sensitive data
Transmission Function Information
Changes to ISP
Goal: Board approval in June
Stakeholder comment period on changes to policy
- Number of types of data governed by the UNDA. Data that WECC needs to do its work—not an immediate issue

8. Questions? Victoria L. Ravenscroft Senior Policy Analyst
Reliability Planning and Performance Analysis