SDWG Meeting Agenda January 23-24, 20181
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1.Welcome, Call to Order, Introductions—Andrew Christensen, BPA (1:00)
Andrew Christensen, SDWG chair, will call the meeting to order and determine whether a quorum is present for the conducting of business. Attendees will be asked to introduce themselves by name and affiliation, both in person and over the phone/webinar.
2.Review WECC Antitrust Policy—Elena Melloni, WECC
Elena Melloni, WECC Staff and SDWG Liaison will inform attendees of the WECC Antitrust Policy. Link to the WECC Antitrust Policy.
3.Approve Agenda
Andrew Christensen will introduce the proposed meeting agenda. We will hear any discussion, additions or corrections to the published agenda at this time.
Request for a motion to approve the proposed agenda
4.Review November 2, 2017 Minutes—Elena Melloni, WECC
Elena Melloni, WECC Staff, will introduce the minutes from the November 2, 2017 meeting. We will hear any discussion, addition or correction to the published draft minutes at this time. The minutes are posted on the meeting webpage for review prior to the meeting. Link
Request for a motion to approve the draft minutes
5.Review of Previous Action Items— Elena Melloni, WECC
Elena Melloni, WECC Staff, will review action items carried over from the November 2017 meeting of the SDWG. Action items for review are provided on the SDWG Team Site. Link
6.10-Year Planning Case Feedback- Nick Hatton, WECC Staff (1:15-1:30)
Nick Hatton, WECC Staff, will lead discussion on the evolution of the 10-year cases and insuring the cases continue being relevant to Data Submitters needs.
7.ADSTF Update—Vijay Satyal, Jon Jensen and Enoch Davies, WECC Staff (1:30 – 2:00)
Vijay Satyal, Jon Jensen and Enoch Davies will give an update on the Anchor Data Set Task Force. Update will include proposed impacts to the Base Case Compilation schedule, and Observations from Resource Mapping Exercise between the 2028 HS1 PFand 2026 Western Planning Regions PF Seed Base Case.
8.Base Case Coordinator—Erik Olson, PSE (2:00 – 3:00)
Erik Olson, Base Case Coordinator, will facilitate discussion on the following topics:
- 2019 Base Case Compilation Schedule
Request for a motion to approve the 2019 Base Case Compilation Schedule.
- Revision to the standard disturbance list
Request for a motion to approve the standard disturbance list.
Break (3:00 – 3:15)
9.EMS alignment—Ramu Ramanathan, Maxis (3:15 – 3:45)
Ramu Ramanathan, Maxis, will present on the efforts to align the PeakRC, CAISO, and BPA EMS models in WECC.
10.WECC Staff Report—Elena Melloni, WECC (3:45 – 4:15)
Elena Melloni will provide an update on the following items:
- Late Data Log
- Status of the Data Bank
- Area Interchange Spreadsheet
11.Base Case Build Process—Elena Melloni, WECC Staff (4:15 – 4:45)
Elena Melloni, WECC Staff, will present on the process used to compile data submittals into a single WECC Base Case. Including reconciling interchange targets, applying the Master Tie Line file, and creating case specific dynamics from the Master dyd file.
Adjourn Day 1 (4:45)
12.Peak Model alignment efforts — Krishna Karnamadakala, PeakRC (8:00 – 9:00)
Krishna Karnamadakala, PeakRC, will present on the efforts that Peak has undertaken to align the node-breaker and planning models. Krishna will demonstrate series of tools that Peak has developed and offers to members.
13.Flagged Data letter—Kent Bolton, WECC (9:00 – 9:30)
Kent Bolton, WECC, will present a draft of the letter that will be sent to Data Owners flagged by the NERC Quality Metrics. Kent will also review the metrics used and preliminary results.
14.Compliance Coordinator—Sirisha Tanneeru, Xcel Energy (9:30 – 10:15)
Sirisha Tanneeru, Compliance Coordinator, will facilitate discussion on the following topics:
- Tech writer edits for 2019 DPM – Approval Item
- Discuss the criteria for over voltage check in SADD (Jon Young, CG)
- Discuss standard for modeling distributed generation in WECC cases.
Break (10:15 – 10:30)
15.SDWG Chair Report—Andrew Christensen, SDWG Chair (10:30 – 11:00)
Mr. Christensen will provide a summary of recent actions taken by the Data Subcommittee (DS), outline topics for SDWG discussion, and identify other activity at WECC impacting the SDWG scope.
- Model Implementation Schedule Link
- MVWG Update – Renewable Energy Model
- NERC SAMS Node Breaker Modeling pilot Update
- BA field resource from PeakRC
16.PDWG Update—Jamie Austin, PDWG Chair (11:00 – 12:00)
Jamie Austin, PDWG Chair, will give a brief presentation on the Production Cost Model and the Grid View Software. She will also propose a few areas where the PDWG and the SDWG can work together to improve the two models.
17.Public Comment
18.Review of New Action Items
19.Review Upcoming Meetings (12:00)
May 7-8, 2018...... Salt Lake City, UT
August 27-28, 2018...... Salt Lake City, UT
20.Adjourn
The meeting is expected to adjourn by 12:00 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, January 24th, 2017.
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