Agenda

Operating Committee Meeting

**Joint Session: Operating Committee (OC)/Planning Committee (PC)/ Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee (CIPC): December 12, 2017 | 10:00a.m. – NoonEDT

December 12, 2017 | 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT

December 13, 2017 | 8:00 a.m. – Noon EDT

The Whitley Hotel (formerly known as The Ritz Carlton Buckhead)

3434 Peachtree Road NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30326

Call to Order

NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement

Introduction and Chair’s Remarks

  1. Administrative items
  2. Arrangements
  3. Safety Briefing and Identification of Exits (Hotel Staff)
  4. Announcement of Quorum
  5. Background Information
  6. OC Membership 2017-2019*
  7. OC Roster*
  8. 30T32T32T30TUUOC Organizational ChartUU30T30T32T32T
  9. 30T32T32T30TOC Charter
  10. Parliamentary Procedures*
  11. 30T32T32T30TParticipant Conduct Policy30T30T32T32T
  12. Future Meetings
  13. Please note that Joint OC/PC/CIPC meetings will be scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to Noon on the first day of the Committee meetings.

2018 Meeting Dates / Time / Location / Hotel
March 6, 2018
March 7, 2018 / 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to Noon / Jacksonville, FL / Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
June 5, 2018
June 6, 2018 / 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to Noon / New Orleans / Ritz-Carlton
September 11, 2018
September 12, 2018 / 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to Noon / TBD / TBD
December 11, 2018
December 12, 2018 / 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to Noon / Atlanta / The Whitley (formerly Ritz-Carlton)

Consent Agenda – Approve

  1. Minutes* – September 12-13, 2017 Meeting

Regular Agenda

  1. Remarks and Reports
  2. Remarks by Lloyd Linke, Operating Committee (OC) Chair
  3. Report of November 7, 2017 Member Representatives Committee (MRC) Meeting and the November 8, 2017 Board of Trustees (Board) Meeting
  4. OC Action Items Review* – Chair Linke - Information
  5. Subcommittee Status Reports -Review
  6. Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS)*– Chair David Devereaux
  7. Resources Subcommittee (RS)* – Chair Troy Blalock
  8. Event Analysis Subcommittee (EAS)* – Chair Hassan Hamdar
  9. Personnel Subcommittee (PS)* – Chair Lauri Jones
  10. Reliability Assessment Subcommittee (RAS) – Phil Fedora, NPCC
  11. Essential Reliability Services Working Group (ERSWG)* – Co-Chair Todd Lucas
  12. ERSWG Measures* - Approve
  13. Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) Status Report – Review and Discussion – Chair Linke
  14. Joint Meeting Topic discussion – Review and Discussion – Chair Linke
  15. Grid Assurance Overview
  16. Inverter-based Resource Integration and Performance Efforts
  17. Methods For Establishing IROLs Task Force (MEITF) Update
  18. Comisión Reguladora de Energía – Mexico (CRE) Overview
  19. Report on the FERC-NERC-Regional Entity Joint Study of Planning Restoration absent SCADA or EMS (PRASE)
  20. North American Transmission Forum Update
  21. North American Generator Forum Update
  22. Standards Efficiency Review
  23. Lessons Learned – Information - Meg Albright, Bonneville Power Administration
  24. WECC BAL-002-WECC-2 Field Trial – Information – Jerry Rust, NWPP
  25. Reliability Guidelines and Reference Documents – Approval, Authorization
  26. Reliability Guideline: Area Control Error Diversity Interchange (ADI) Process*–Approve – RS Chair Blalock
  27. Reliability Guideline: Operating Reserve Management*– Approve – RS Chair Blalock
  28. Reliability Guideline: Inadvertent Interchange*– Approve – RS Chair Blalock
  29. Pseudo Tie Reference Document*– Approve – ORS Chair Devereaux
  30. Dynamic Tag Exclusion Management Guidelines* - Approve – ORS Chair Devereaux
  31. NERC ORS Gas and Electrical Operational Coordination Considerations Guideline Overview* - Approve – Peter Brandien, New England ISO
  32. Risks and Mitigation for Losing Energy Management Systems (EMS) Functions Reference Document*– Approve – EAS Chair Hamdar
  33. Reliability Guideline: Cyber Intrusion Guide for System Operators* – Authorize posting for 45-day comment period - – ORS Chair Devereaux
  34. NERC Remarks to the OC – Mark Lauby, Senior Vice President and Chief Reliability Officer
  35. Task Force Updates
  36. Real-time Assessments Task Force (RTATF) Guidance* - Approve – RTATF Chair Doug Peterchuck
  37. Methods for Establishing IROL Task Force (MEITF)* – Ryan Quint, NERC Staff
  38. Reliability Guideline: Methods for Establishing IROLs – Authorize Posting
  39. MEITF Proposed Glossary Definitions & IROL Framework – Endorse
  40. Inverter-baser Resources Performance Task Force (IRPTF) – Information and Discussion – Ryan Quint, NERC Staff and Allen Schriver, IRPTF Chair
  41. Forum and Group Reports - Information
  42. North American Generator Forum – Allen Schriver
  43. North American Transmission Forum – Ken Keels
  44. NERC Standards – Howard Gugel, NERC Staff
  45. Chair’s Closing Remarks
  46. Adjournment

*Background materials included.

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