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TO: NAESB Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) Electronic Scheduling Subcommittee and Information Technology Subcommittee Meeting Participants and Posting for Interested Parties

FROM: Jonathan Booe, Meeting Manger/Project Manager

RE: Joint WEQ Electronic Scheduling Subcommittee and Information Technology Subcommittee Conference Call Draft Minutes – March 3, 2008

DATE: August 12, 2009

WHOLESALE ELECTRIC QUADRANT

Electronic Scheduling Subcommittee / Information Technology Subcommittee

Conference Call

March 3, 2008 – 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Central

Draft Minutes

1.  Welcome

Ms. Otondo opened the meeting and welcomed the meeting participants. Mr. Booe read the antitrust guidelines. Ms. Otondo reviewed the agenda. Mr. Harshbarger moved to adopt the agenda as drafted. The motion passed without objection.

2.  NITS First Task Discussion

Ms. Otondo stated that the purpose of the series of NITS meetings is to review NITS and discuss the business needs. Mr. Sorenson reviewed the NITS Displacement Concepts power point presentation posted as a work paper for the meeting. He discussed the basic attributes of a load and NITS data requirements. Ms. Otondo asked Mr. Sorenson what he meant by the term “moving resources” in his presentation. He responded that he is referring to simultaneously changing an undesignated resource to a designated resource. Mr. Ridgely noted that a study has to be done to determine if a new resource qualifies as a designated resource. Mr. Harshbarger stated that the biggest concern FERC staff has noted is over designation. Mr. Sorenson stated that a system could be created where a resource is designated on the condition that another resource is undesignated. Ms. Otondo stated that FERC Order No. 888 took care of the issues concerning over designation. Ms. Glassman asked Mr. Sorenson if the contract administrator will have access to OASIS. Mr. Sorenson stated that the contract administrator will have to have access to OASIS or a system that mirrors it for the purpose of monitoring. Ms. Glassman stated that adding a new load does not have anything to do with network services and that she does not want adding a new load to trigger a system impact study. Mr. Wood supported Ms. Glassman’s statements. The participants discussed whether a facility study or a system impact study should be triggered when moving load.

Mr. Ridgley stated that it might be helpful if the group had a sample template to discuss at a future meting. Ms. Otondo stated that the group agreed to focus on the business needs and requirements for NITS and suggested that the participants return to that discussion. Ms. Otondo created a new concept document with four categories: designated resource; undesignated resource; designated load and undesignated load. The participants discussed each of the categories and added concepts that need to be discussed to each. The document can be found on the NAESB web site through the following hyperlink: http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/weq_ess_its030308a1.doc.

3.  Other Business / Next Steps

The participants agreed to review the items contained on the concept document and continue discussions at the next meetings specific to NITS on March 17, 2009 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Central and March 24, 2009 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Central.

4.  Adjourn

Mr. Wood made a motion to adjourn and Mr. Pritchard seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 4:06 pm Central.

5.  Attendance

Name / Organization /
Kathy Anderson / Idaho Power
Jennella Battles / Nevada Power
Rebecca Berdahl / Bonneville Power Administration
Jonathan Booe / NAESB
Jim Cyrulewski / Midwest ISO
Ed Davis / Entergy
Marilyn Franz / Sierra Pacific Corporation
Charlotte Glassman / Duke Energy
Barry Green / EPSA
Bob Harshbarger / Puget Sound
Rob Lamoureux / Midwest ISO
Marcie Otondo / Arizona Public Service
Alan Pritchard / Duke Energy
Barbara Rehman / Bonneville Power Administration
Guy Ridgley / Midwest ISO
Narinder Saini / Entergy
Clint Savoy / Southwest Power Pool
Paul Sorenson / OATI
Alan Thornton / Entergy
Wendy Weathers / Salt River Project
Jimmy Womack / SPP
JT Wood / Southern Company

WEQ ESS/ITS Conference Call Minutes

March 3, 2008

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