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NPCC REGIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE

AGENDA FOR MEETING #14-1

February 19, 2014, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

February 20, 2014, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST

NextEra Energy, 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL

Attire: Business Casual

Dial-In: 415-655-0003 (USA) / 416-915-6530 (Canada)Guest Code 29173141

Note:For reference – Links to the Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards, updated January 23, 2014 and the NPCC Glossary of Terms, updated January 18, 2012, are provided here.

Introductions and Chair’s Remarks

NPCC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines**

Agenda Items:

1.0 Review of Agenda

2.0 RSC Meeting Minutes

2.1 Approval of Minutes: December 5 & 6, 2013 RSC Meeting #13-6**

3.0 Drafting Team Members and Executive Tracking Summary

3.1 NPCC Members on NERC Drafting Teams**

3.2 Executive Tracking Summary**

3.3 NERC Project Tracking Spreadsheet (link)

4.0 Open Action Items**

5.0 Items Requiring RSC Discussion / Approval

5.1 NPCC Regional Standard Processes Manual (RSPM)

5.2 Standards Outreach

6.0 NERC Reliability Standards

6.1 Currently Posted Projects

Project / Comment Period / Ballot Period / Call-In
2014 Work Plan for NERC Reliability Standards Development / 2/6/14 – 2/21/14 (I) / 11:00 AM
Project 2010-17 - Definition of Bulk Electric System (Phase 2) – Reference Document / 1/29/14 – 2/27/14 (I) / 11:15 AM
Project 2010-05.1 - Protection System: Phase 1 (Misoperations) – PRC-004-3 / 1/16/14 - 3/3/14 (F) / 2/21/14 – 3/3/14 (A) / 10:30 AM
Project 2012-13 - NUC - Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination – NUC-001-2.1 SAR / 2/12/14 – 3/13/14 (I) / 10:45 AM
Project 2007-17.3 - Protection System Maintenance and Testing - Phase 3 (Sudden Pressure Relays) - PRC-005-4 / 2/13/14 – 3/14/14 (I)
Project 2010-04 Demand Data (MOD C) – MOD-031-1 / 2/14/14 – 3/20/14 / 3/11/14 – 3/20/14 (A) / 11:30 AM
2010-14.2 - Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Control; Time Error, AGC, and Inadvertent: BAL-004, BAL-005-0.1b, BAL-006-2 / Future / 11:45 AM

6.2 Ballot History (Since last RSC Meeting)**

6.3 Comment Form History (Since last RSC Meeting)**

6.4 Project 2007-11 Disturbance Monitoring – PRC-002-2

7.0 NERC Drafting Team Nominations

7.1 Currently Posted Drafting Team Vacancies

7.1.1 None at this time

7.2 Closed Drafting Team Nominations (Since last RSC Meeting)

7.2.1 Project 2010-02 - Connecting New Facilities to the Grid (Implement FAC Five-Year Review Recommendations)

7.2.2 Project 2010-05.2 - Protection Systems – Special Protection Systems (SPS)

7.2.3 Project 2010-13.3 - Relay Loadability – Stable Power Swings

7.2.4 Project 2014-01 - Standards Applicability for Dispersed Power Producing Resources

7.2.5 TOP/IRO Revisions

7.2.6 CIP Version 5 Revisions

7.3 Solicitation For Informal Development Teams

7.3.1 None at this time

8.0 NPCC Regional Reliability Standards**

8.1 Current Activities: Regional Standards

8.2 Current Activities: Regional Standard Interpretations

9.0 NPCC Non-Standards**

9.1 Directories In Development

9.2 Directory Interpretations

9.3 Criteria (A) / Guides (B) / Procedures (C) Documents

10.0 RSC Member Items of Interest

10.1 2014 NERC Standards Committee Overview**

10.2 NPCC and ERO 2015 Business Plan and Budget Preparation Schedule**

10.3 Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model**

10.4 NPCC Board of Directors Policy Input**

10.5 NERC Standards Balloting System**

10.6 NERC Events Analysis “Lessons Learned” Template**

10.7 NERC TOP/IRO Technical Conference – St. Louis, MO & Washington, DC

10.8 NERC created Word .doc version of the EOP-004-2 Attachment 2: Event Reporting Form

11.0 Standards Activity Post NERC BOT Approval**
(Since last RSC Meeting)

11.1 NERC Filings to FERC

11.2 FERC Orders / Rules

11.3 Federal Register
https://www.federalregister.gov/

12.0 NERC Meetings

12.1 Standards Committee (SC)

January 15th - Meeting / January 29th - Call / February 12th - Call
March 12th & 13th - Meeting / April 9th - Call / May 14th - Call
June 10th & 11th - Meeting / July 16th - Call / August 20th - Call
September 23rd & 24th Meeting / October 22nd - Call / November 19th - Call
December 9th & 10th - Meeting

12.2 Standards Committee Process Subcommittee (SCPS)

February 6th & 7th / March 12th & 13th / June 10th & 11th
September 23rd & 24th

12.3 Standards Committee Project Management and Oversight Subcommittee (PMOS)

February 21st - Call / February 28th - Meeting / April 17th - Meeting

12.4 Member Representatives Committee (MRC) Meeting

February 5th / May 7th & May 8th / August 13th & 14th
November 12th & 13th

12.5 Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting

February 6th / May 6th & 7th / August 13th & 14th
November 12& 13

12.6 Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC)

February 13th - Call / March 19th - Meeting / April 9th - Call
May 7th - Meeting / June 17th - Meeting / June 10th - Call
August 14 - Meeting / September 12th - Meeting / October 7th – Call
November 13th - Meeting / December 2nd - Meeting

13.0 NERC Compliance Tools (Since last RSC Meeting)

13.1 Compliance Analysis Reports (CARs)

13.1.1 There have not been any CARs posted since the last RSC meeting

13.2 Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs)

13.2.1 There have not been any RSAWs issued since the last RSC meeting

14.0 NERC Items of Interest (Since last RSC Meeting)

14.1 Lessons Learned

14.1.1 There have not been any Lessons Learned published since the last RSC Meeting

14.2 Alerts

14.2.1 There have not been any NERC Alerts released since the last RSC meeting

15.0 Other Items of Interest

15.1 NERC-Led CIP Version 5 Technical Conferences were held January 21, 2014 and January 23, 2014

15.2 NERC State of Standards was held January 30, 2014

15.3 NERC Spring Standards and Compliance Workshop – April 1-3, 2014, San Diego, CA (Registration) (Details)

15.4 NERC Reliability Leadership Summit – September 11, 2014, Washington, DC

15.5 NERC Fall Standards and Compliance Workshop – September 23-25, 2014, Atlanta, GA

16.0 Future RSC Meetings and Conference Calls

16.1 RSC 2014 Meeting Dates

Feb. 19th – 20th, NextEra Energy Offices
April 10th & 11th, NPCC Offices
June 18th & 19th, Saratoga, NY
September 17th & 18th, Montreal, Quebec
December 4th & 5th, Halifax, Nova Scotia

16.2 RSC 2014 Conference Call Schedule
all Calls are planned to start at 10:00 a.m. (call: 415-655-0003 (USA) / 416-915-6530 (Canada), Guest Code 29173141)

February 28 / March 14 / March 28
April 11 / April 25 / May 9
May 23 / June 6 / June 20
July 3 / July 18 / August 1
August 15 / August 29 / September 12
September 26 / October 10 / October 24
November 7 / November 21 / December 5
December 19

Respectfully Submitted,

Guy V. Zito, Chair RSC

Assistant Vice President-Standards

Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc.

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