PCFTF Meeting Minutes February 10-11, 20151

1.Welcome

Lorissa Jones, Planning Coordinator Function Task Force (PCFTF) vice-Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m. on February 10, 2015. A list of attendees is attached as Exhibit A. Steve Rueckert reviewed the WECC Antitrust Policy.

Attendees, both in attendance and attending via webinar, were asked to introduce themselves.

2.Approve Agenda

Lorissaintroduced the proposed meeting agenda.

The PCFTF agreed to add a new agenda item 5 – Review Lorissa and Gary’s Compliance User Group (CUG) meeting presentation and review of the comments received during the presentation.

The PCFTF approved the revisedagenda.

3.Review of Previous Action Items

Steve Rueckert reviewed action items carried over from the January 7, 2015meeting of the PCFTF. The only action items that were not closed have expected completion dates in the future.

4.Review of PCFTF CUG Presentation

Lorissa reviewed certain slides from the PCFTF presentation at the January 2015 CUG meeting. She also reviewed the comment from the CUG attendees and the PCFTF discussed how these comments would be addressed in the final report.

5.Bucket List of Guiding Principles

The PCFTF reviewed the comments submitted on the second posting of the Bucket List of Guiding Principles and developed responses.

The responses are posted to the WECC Website.

6.Review of the Final Report Outline

The PCFTF reviewed the Final Report Outline and made minor revisions based on the discussions at the meeting.

7.Develop an Approach to Consider the Different Proposals for Identifying a PC Footprint

The PCFTF updated the matrix of Planning Coordinator Default Footprint Methodologies and made assignments for task force members to draft initial methodologies.

8.Review of New Action Items

  1. The following PCFTF members volunteered to draft an initial write up addressing the various PC Default Footprint Methodologies.
  2. Assigned To: Gary DeShazo – Operational Control
  3. Assigned To: Lorissa Jones – Functional Mapping with Metrics
  4. Assigned To: Tome Duane – Area Coordinator
  5. Assigned To: Tim Kelley – Balancing Area
  6. Kristie Cocco/Brent Wangen – Western Interconnection PC
  7. Linda Jacobson-Quinn – Third Party Service
  8. Due Date: March 3, 2015

9.Upcoming Meetings

March 3, 2015...... Salt Lake City, UT

April 16, 2015...... Salt Lake City, UT

May 5, 2015...... Salt Lake City, UT

10. Adjourn

Lorissa Jones adjourned the meeting without objection.
Exhibit A: Attendance List

Members in Attendance

Kristie Cocco...... Arizona Public Service Company

Gary DeShazo...... California Independent System Operator

Jim Farby...... Black Hills Corporation

Linda Jacobson-Quinn...... Farmington Electric Utility System

Kelly Johnson...... Bonneville Power Administration

Lorissa Jones...... Bonneville Power Administration

Tim Kelley...... Sacramento Municipal Utilities District

Peter Mackin...... Utility System Efficiencies, Inc.

Steven Pai...... BC Hydro

Chris Pink...... Tri-State Generation and Transmission

Craig Quist...... PacifiCorp

Steve Rueckert...... WECC

Sandra Shaffer...... PacifiCorp

Doug Tucker...... WECC

Boris Tumarin...... Sierra Southwest

Others in Attendance

Alan Barber...... BC Ministry of Energy and Mines

Tom Duane...... Public Service Company of New Mexico

Patrick Harwood...... Western Area Power Administration

Frank Jarvenpaa...... Western Area Power Administration

Gary MacDermid...... Western Area Power Administration

Uzma Siddiqi...... Seattle City Light

Brett Wangen...... Peak Reliability

Western Electricity Coordinating Council