Attachment J
Drafting Team Roster
WECC-0120 FAC-501-WECC-1
Transmission Maintenance
Five-Year Review
Below please find a biographical snapshot for the members of the WECC-0120 FAC-501-WECC-1, Transmission Maintenance Drafting Team.
Jeff WatkinsNV Energy
Chair / Mr. Watkins has 4 years working as a Substation Field Engineer assisting with commissioning of new substations, troubleshooting misoperations and assisting the crews with maintenance tasks including analyzing maintenance results including DGA, breaker motion analysis and power factor testing.
Additionally, he has 7 years working as a System Protection Engineer creating settings for new installations andtrouble-shooting misoperations. He served as a subject-matter expert for PRC-005-X, and developed/implemented a new maintenance program for protection systems to comply with PRC-005-2.
Mr. Watkins also has 1 year of experience working in the Compliance Department as a Compliance Engineer. A majority of the time is spent working with the various departments interpreting standards and supplying technical help when needed. He also performs technical assessments on certain standards (such as PRC-023 and TPL-001-4) to help ensure that the standards are correct from a technical standpoint.
Cristi Sawtell / Ms. Sawtell began her career in the electrical industry at Bonneville Power as a Transmission Lineman performing maintenance and construction activities. In 2010 she joined the Work Planning and Evaluation Group overseeing yearly maintenance and construction work plans for the Transmission Field Organization. For the last 2 ½years Ms. Sawtell has been working as the Transmission Field Compliance Specialist, focused on the maintenance organizations compliance program related to PRC-005 and FAC-501 standards.
Diana Torres
Imperial Irrigation District / Ms. Torres has worked in the public utility industry for 29 years, with the last 10 years in the reliability compliance office performing compliance assessments of Operations and Planningstandards and developing and training on internal compliance programs (which included background of NERC/WECC compliance, WECC CMEP, WECC audit training and internal controls). Ms. Torres coordinated and helped lead four WECC audits working directly with WECC audit leads.
For the last four years, Ms. Torres has worked with subject-matter experts to conduct compliance assessments of the FAC-501 standard, Transmission Maintenance and Inspection Program evidence and procedures.She regularly attends WECC outreach events, such as open webinars, compliance workshops and human performance conferences.
Kathee Downey
PacifiCorp / Ms. Downey has been involved in WECC committees for several years, on drafting teams, and leading drafting teams. Specifically, those relating to Interchange Scheduling and Accounting Sub-Committee (ISAS) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 764.Currently she is serving as PacifiCorp's representative on the Operating Committee and ISAS.
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