Agenda

Operating Committee Meeting

116-390 Village Blvd.

Princeton, NJ08540

609.452.8060 |

June7, 2011 | 1–5 p.m. (EDT)

June8, 2011 | 8 a.m. – noon (EDT)

Marriott Toronto Airport

901Dixon Road

Toronto, ON

M9W1J5 Canada

416-674-9400

  1. Administrative

a.Welcome and Introductions* – Chair Sam Holeman

b.Notice of Public Meeting – Secretary

“Participants are reminded that this meeting is public. Notice of the meeting was posted on the NERC website and widely distributed. Participants should keep in mind that the audience may include members of the press and representatives of various governmental authorities, in addition to the expected participation by industry stakeholders.”

c.Arrangements* – Secretary

d.Parliamentary Procedures* – Secretary

e.Announcement of Quorum – Secretary

f.NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines* – Secretary

g.Future Meetings – Secretary

  1. September 13–14, 2011 – St. Louis, MO (confirmed)
  2. December 13–14, 2011 – Atlanta, GA (confirmed)
  1. Consent Agenda*

a.Approve – March8–9, 2011Draft Operating Committee Meeting Minutes – Larry Kezele

  1. Chairman’s Remarks

a.Report on May 10–11, 2011 Member Representatives Committee and Board of Trustees Meetings – Sam Holeman

  1. Information Only

a.Using SynchroPhasor Tools to Identify Grid Oscillations– Dmitry Kosterev, Bonneville Power Administration, on behalf of the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative

b.Examples of Events Analysis and Lessons Learned

  1. Duke Energy – Sam Holeman
  2. British Columbia Hydro – Martin Huang

c.Reliability Tools – Transition of the IDC – Larry Kezele

d.Interconnection Criteria for Frequency Response Requirements White Paper* – Bob Cummings

  1. Committee Matters

a.Approve* – Revision to Operating Committee Charter – Sam Holeman

b.Approve – Election of Chair and Vice Chair – Nominating Subcommittee – Jerry Rust

c.Approve* - Situation Awareness for FERC, NERC, and the Regional Entities,Version 2 – Roman Carter

  1. Tom Galloway’s letter, dated May 20, 2011, to Reliability Coordinator representatives.

d.Approve* – Update on the ALR Policy input to the MRC and approve draft scope of technical committee work – Mark Lauby

e.Discuss– Development of an Operating Committee Strategic Plan

  1. NERC President’s Top Priority Issues for Bulk Power System Reliability – January 7, 2011*
  2. NERC President’s Top Priority Issues for Bulk Power System Reliability (Technical Committee Leads) – January 7, 2011*
  3. Electric Reliability Organization Strategic Goals through 2015, A Collaborative Planning Initiative, prepared by NERC and Regional Entities, February 2, 2011*
  4. Action – Direct Ad Hoc Group to develop deliverable/timelines for strategic plan
  1. Subgroup Reports*

OC Action / Presentation
a. / Operating Reliability Subcommittee / Discuss – Status Report
Approve – Revised Operating Reliability Subcommittee scope, which merges the Reliability Coordinator Working Group into the ORS.
Approve – Retirement of TLR Investigation Procedure / Frank Koza
b. / Resources Subcommittee / Discuss – Status Report / Terry Bilke
c. / Interchange Subcommittee / None – Status Report / Joe Gardner
d. / Personnel Subcommittee / Discuss – Status Report / James Bradley
e. / Reliability Metrics Working Group / 1. Feedback - 2011 Reliability Performance Report
2. Feedback – RMWG recommendations on Integrated Reliability Index development.
3. Approve – Letter from OC/PC to request TOs/TOPs provide data to support ALR1-5 System Voltage Analysis Performance for key BES nodes. / Bill Adams
f. / Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force / Discuss – Lessons learned from Preparing for Geo-Magnetic Disturbances Alert / Don Watkins
g. / Severe Impact Resilience Task Force / Discuss – status report / Tom Bowe
h. / Spare Equipment Database Task Force / Feedback – SEDTF white paper by June 30, 2011 / Dale Burmester
i. / Integration of Variable Generation Task Force / None – Status Report / John Dumas and Hardev Juj
j. / Event Analysis Working Group / Discuss – Status Report / Jacquie Smith

*Background material is included

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Operating Committee Meeting Agenda

June7–8, 2011