1. Congestion FTR’s ISO Charges Congestion FTR’s ISO Charges Performance Monitoring is Essential for Harmonizing Reliability and Markets Distributed Generation Dynamic Voltage Support, Remedial Action Schemes, Flow Control Devices Ancillary Services – Generation, Storage, Demand Micro-Grids Storage Real Time Performance Monitoring Competitive State Regulated FERC Regulated  Utility Owned  ISO Controlled  State Sited Customers Demand Management GenerationTransmission DistributionEnd Use Information Management Requirements:  Integration Across Multiple Business Systems, Companies & Control Areas  Information Security, Timeliness, Accuracy, Accessibility

2. Wide Area Reliability Monitoring Must Be Integrated with Real Time Control Data 10 NERC Reliability Regions 18 Reliability Coordinators 8 ISOs/RTOs/ IMO Operating – Additional Planned 135 Control Areas Generation Companies Distribution Utilities Transmission Companies ISOs/RTOs/IMO – Grid Operations and Management Reliability Coordinators – Wide Area Reliability Monitoring

3. Grid-3P ACE-Frequency Application for Wide Area Monitoring NERC Web Server 123 CONTROL AREAS SEND 1-MINUTE DATA THROUGH SECURE NERC-NET NERC Secure Ethernet (Princeton) Wide-Area, Multi-View, Geo-Graphic Control Area Dispatchers For Real-Time Monitoring of Abnormal Interconnection Frequency and For Root Cause Identification Automatic Early Abnormal Frequency Notification and Alarms NERC Database Server ACE-AIE KEY DATA BROADCAST OVER WEB TO RELIABILITY COORDINATORS EVERY MINUTE ACE-Frequency Data Collection Data Validation Data Processing Abnormal Frequency Notification Frequency Alarms Real-Time Monitoring and Tracking by Control Area or Region Root Cause Identification for Dispatchers A B C

4. Grid-3P Wide Area Security Constrained Dispatch Performance Monitoring Visualization Solution Design Parameters