1. 0 NERC PC Issues Update WECC PCC Meeting NERC PC Issues Update WECC PCC Meeting John Simpson, Reliant Energy Planning Coordination Committee Spokane, WA June 26-27, 2008

2. 1 PC Current Activities  Reliability Concepts Document  Reliability Fundamentals Working Group being formed – need volunteers  Additional Chapters Suggested:  Transmission Planning  Resource Planning  Load Forecasting  System Protection and Control  Voltage and Reactive Assessment  Metrics

3. 2 PC Current Activities  Reliability Metrics Working Group  WECC Members: Brian Furumasu, BPA; Jerry Rust, NPPC  Formed 2 teams for LTRA Metrics:  Generation and Demand Side Management  Transmission Expansion  Plan to submit LTRA Metrics to PC for approval to post for comments at Sept ‘08 PC Meeting  RMWG meet in Oct to review comments and make changes  Submit final LTRA Metrics to PC for approval at Dec ‘08 PC meeting

4. 3 PC Current Activities  Integration of Variable Generation Task Force (IVGTF)  50 Participants in 5 Subgroups  First draft report is 250 pages  Focus is Impacts and Implications of Variable Generation  “What” not “How To”  Second draft goal is 30 to 40 pages with key themes and recommendations  Second draft report to be presented to PC in Sept ‘08  Final report and recommendations to be approved in Dec ‘08  Meeting to present results to public in Jan ‘09

5. 4 PC Current Activities  Reliability Assessment Improvement Task Force (RAITF)  Recent work focused on :  Enhanced Capacity Definitions  Treatment of Deliverability  Emerging Issues  Scenario Assessment schedules

6. 5 Enhanced Capacity Definitions:  Current definitions:  Existing – Certain  Existing – Uncertain  Future – Planned  Future – Proposed  Proposed Definitions:  Existing – Certain  Existing – Other  Existing – Undeliverable  Future – Planned  Future – Proposed  Conceptual

7. 6 PC Current Activities  Reliability Assessment Guidebook – Ad Hoc Task Force  Small Task Force to develop guide for seasonal and long term assessments  Aggressive schedule to complete by Sept ‘08 PC meeting  Use will start with following seasonal and long term assessments  Need WECC representative to serve on task force!!!

8. 7 PC Current Activities  Reliability Assessment Subcommittee (RAS)  Scenario Outlines prepared by the Regions approved by the PC  Emerging Issue templates approved by the PC except for Natural Gas Transportation which was referred back to the RIS to redevelop as Fuel Transportation and Storage

9. 8 PC Current Activities  Transmission Availability Data System Task Force (TADS)  Phase I webTADS Reporting  1 st Qtr ‘08 data submittal deadline extended from 5/30 to 6/30  TO Data Submittal  RE Data Review  NERC Data Review and Analysis  Results available Aug 2008  Phase II Final report due in Aug 2008  PC approval of final report in Sept 2008  Board approval in Oct 2008  Begin reporting in 2009

10. 9 PC Current Activities  Reliability Standards Development Plan  Draft of 2009 to 2011 plan in late July or early Aug  Standards Committee approval scheduled for Sept 22  Board of Trustees approval scheduled for Oct 28 – 29  File plan with FERC in Nov 2008