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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Reliability Technical Conference
Agenda
As announced in the Notice of
Technical Conference issued on October
7, 2011, the Commission will hold a
technical conference on Tuesday,
November 29, 2011, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. and Wednesday, November 30,
2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to explore
the progress made on the priorities for
addressing risks to reliability that were
identified in earlier Commission
technical conferences. The conference
also will discuss emerging issues,
including processes used by planning
authorities and other entities to identify
reliability concerns that may arise in the
course of compliance with
Environmental Protection Agency
regulations, and the tools and processes
(including tariffs and market rules)
available to address any identified
reliability concerns. The agenda for this
conference is attached. Commission
members will participate in this
conference.
The Commission will be accepting
written comments regarding the matters
discussed at this technical conference.
Any person or entity wishing to submit
written comments regarding the matters
discussed at the conference should
submit such comments in Docket No.
AD12–1–000, on or before December 9,
2011.
Information on this event will be
posted on the Calendar of Events on the
Commission’s Web site, https://
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www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The
conference will be transcribed.
Transcripts will be available
immediately for a fee from Ace
Reporting Company ((202) 347–3700 or
1–(800) 336–6646). A free webcast of
this event is also available through
https://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with
Internet access who desires to listen to
this event can do so by navigating to
www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and
locating this event in the Calendar. The
event will contain a link to the webcast.
The Capitol Connection provides
technical support for webcasts and
offers the option of listening to the
meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If
you have any questions, visit https://
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993–3100.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov
or call toll free 1–(866) 208–3372 (voice)
or (202) 208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX
to (202) 208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
conference, please contact:
Sarah McKinley, Office of External
Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8368,
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
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Docket No. RC11–6–000
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Dated: November 9, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Reliability Technical Conference
Commissioner-Led Reliability
Technical Conference
November 29, 2011
1 p.m.–5 p.m.
November 30, 2011
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Agenda
November 29, 2011
1 p.m. Commissioners’ Opening
Remarks
1:20 p.m. Introductions
Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, Chair
1:25 p.m. Panel I: Identifying Priorities
for NERC Activities
Presentations: NERC will be invited to
provide an update on its priorities as
identified in the February 8, 2011
Reliability Technical Conference.
Panelists will be invited to express their
general views on how NERC’s
prioritization tool has been working.
Has NERC addressed concerns raised at
the February 8, 2011 Reliability
Technical Conference. Panelists will be
asked to address some or all of the
following:
a. What are the most critical reliability
issues and/or standards development
initiatives that needed to be addressed
in 2011 and 2012? What is the status of
the priorities identified by NERC at the
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February technical conference? Has
NERC’s prioritization tool been useful?
b. One of the priorities was improving
the compliance and enforcement
process. How is that being addressed?
c. What are the biggest challenges to
addressing these priorities and/or
completing these initiatives in an
effective and timely manner? What next
steps are appropriate to timely and
effectively address the priorities
discussed?
d. How do NERC and reliability
standards development teams
incorporate in new or re-ordered
priorities regarding reliability standards
into their work plans? How are
emerging issues considered and are any
becoming high priorities?
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Panelists
• Gerry W. Cauley, President and
Chief Executive Officer, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
• Kevin Burke, Chairman, President
and CEO, Consolidated Edison Inc., on
behalf of Consolidated Edison and the
Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
• Mike Smith, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Georgia Transmission
Corporation, on behalf of Georgia
Transmission Corp. and the National
Rural Electric Association (NRECA)
• John A. Anderson, President,
Electricity Consumers Resource Council
(ELCON)
• Allen Mosher, Senior Director of
Policy Analysis and Reliability,
American Public Power Association
(APPA); NERC Standards Committee
Chairman
• Deborah Le Vine, Director, System
Operations, California Independent
System Operator Corporation (CAISO)
• William J. Gallagher, NERC Member
Representatives Committee Chairman;
Retired CEO, Vermont Public Power
Supply Authority
• Peter Fraser, Acting Managing
Director of Regulatory Policy, Ontario
Energy Board
3:30 p.m. Panel II: Incorporating
Lessons Learned into a More
Reliable Grid
Presentations: Panelists will address
how lessons learned are incorporated
into NERC priorities. Panelists will be
asked to address some or all of the
following:
a. How do lessons learned from events
analysis get disseminated to industry?
b. How do NERC’s non-standards
processes such as the Industry Alerts,
Recommendations, Event Analysis,
Essential Actions, Lessons Learned and
Compliance Application Notices
interact with the reliability standards?
To what extent do these processes aid
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in identifying important reliability
matters that are not addressed under the
existing Reliability Standards?
c. Is the alerts process getting the
message out on issues of immediate
importance?
d. How do you gauge whether
industry is appropriately implementing
NERC alerts or lessons learned from an
event analysis?
e. Is there a feedback loop into the
Reliability Standards development
process to determine if there is a gap in
the standards? If so, how has that been
working? If not, should there be?
Panelists
• Gerry W. Cauley, President and
Chief Executive Officer, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation
• Thomas J. Galloway, President and
Chief Executive Officer, North American
Transmission Forum
• Tom Burgess, Executive Director,
Integrated System Planning and
Development, FirstEnergy, on behalf of
FirstEnergy and EEI
• Scott Helyer, Vice President,
Transmission at Tenaska, on behalf of
Electric Power Supply Association
(EPSA)
• State Commission(s) to be
Announced
• Mary Kipp, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Chief Compliance
Officer, El Paso Electric
Commissioner Closing Comments
November 30, 2011
9 a.m. Commissioners’ Opening
Remarks
9:20 a.m. Introductions
Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, Chair
9: 30 a.m. Remarks: Janet McCabe,
Principal Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Air and
Radiation, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
9:40 a.m. Panel III: Presentations and
Discussion on the Current State of
Processes for Identifying UnitSpecific Local or Regional
Reliability Issues in Response to
Final EPA Regulations
Presentations: Panelists will be asked
to describe their local and regional
processes for identifying unit-specific
reliability issues in response to final
EPA environmental requirements.
Panelists should address the following
broad questions in their presentations:
a. How should reliability aspects of
EPA’s proposed and final regulations be
addressed? What local or regional
processes are used to plan for emerging
issues such as the EPA regulations?
How are you incorporating the EPA
regulations into this process?
b. What have you proposed to the
EPA regarding an exemption process?
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Do you support the exemption process
changes identified by the RTOs or other
entities in comments to the EPA? Do
you have any alternative proposals?
c. What market structures and tariff
rules are used to address local and
regional reliability issues that may arise
from generation retirements potentially
triggered by EPA regulations? Are any
changes to market and tariff rules
needed?
d. Do you have the right tools to
identify any problems that may arise?
Are there other process changes that
could help address reliability-related
requests for exemptions from the EPA
regulations?
Panelists
• Mark Lauby, Vice President and
Director of Reliability Assessment and
Performance Analysis, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation
• Michael Kormos, Senior Vice
President of Operations, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
• Carl Monroe, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
• Thomas F. Farrell II, Chairman,
President & CEO—Dominion, on behalf
of EEI
• Kathleen Barron, Vice President,
Federal Regulatory Affairs and Policy,
Exelon Corporation
• Anthony Topazi, Chief Operating
Officer, Southern Company
• State Commission(s) to be
Announced
12 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Continuation of Panel III
Discussion with Commissioners: Open
dialogue and questions and answers
between Panel 1 and Commissioners.
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Panel IV: Discussion on multijurisdictional processes.
Presentations: Panelists will be asked
to describe how they coordinate
processes such as the state integrated
resource planning with their reliability
planning and the safety valve proposal.
Panelists should address the following
broad questions in their presentations:
a. What, if any role should the
Commission or DOE play in studying
replacement generation or other
reliability solutions due to retirements?
What role does the retail regulator, such
as a state public utility commission or
municipal authority play in forming
your bulk power system reliability
plans?
b. Do you support the exemption
process changes identified by the RTOs
or other entities in comments to the
EPA? What role can the Commission
play in evaluating individual requests
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under a safety-valve approach? Do you
have any alternative proposals?
Assistant General Counsel, GenOn
Energy, Inc.
Panelists
Commissioner Closing Comments
• Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant
Secretary for Electricity & Infrastructure
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
• Gerry W. Cauley, President and
Chief Executive Officer, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
• Nick Akins, CEO of American
Electric Power (AEP), on behalf of AEP
and EEI
• Clair J. Moeller, Vice President
Transmission Asset Management,
Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc. (MISO)
• State Commission(s) to be
Announced
• Eric Baker, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Wolverine Electric
Power Cooperative
• Debra Raggio, Vice President,
Government and Regulatory Affairs,
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda.*
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AGENCY: Agency Holding Meeting:
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DATES: Date and Time: November 17,
2011, 10 a.m.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone
(202) 502–8400. For a recorded message
listing items struck from or added to the
meeting, call (202) 502–8627.
This is a list of matters to be
considered by the Commission. It does
not include a listing of all documents
relevant to the items on the agenda. All
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Item No.
Docket No.
Company
Administrative
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AD02–7–000 ............................................................................................
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AD07–13–004 ..........................................................................................
Agency Business Matters.
Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations.
2011 Report on Enforcement.
Electric
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E–2 .............
RR11–1–002 ............................................................................................
E–3
E–4
E–5
E–6
ER11–3616–000, ER11–3616–001 .........................................................
RD11–3–000 ............................................................................................
RD11–10–000 ..........................................................................................
RC11–1–001 ............................................................................................
RC11–2–001 ............................................................................................
EL11–33–001 ..........................................................................................
EL11–58–000 ..........................................................................................
ER05–1065–011, OA07–32–008 ............................................................
ER09–1273–002, ER09–1273–004 .........................................................
ER11–2875–001, ER11–2875–002 .........................................................
EL11–20–001 ..........................................................................................
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E–11 ...........
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E–14 ...........
ER10–1706–001, ER10–1706–002 .........................................................
RR11–5–000 ............................................................................................
ER11–4215–000 ......................................................................................
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company.
Nebraska Public Power District and Southwest Power
Pool Regional Entity.
California Independent System Operator Corporation.
North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC.
Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC.
Northeast Transmission Development, LLC.
Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.
Entergy Services, Inc.
Westar Energy, Inc.
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
PJM Power Providers Group v. PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
California Independent System Operator Corporation.
North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Nevada Power Company.
Gas
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G–3 ............
G–4 ............
RP12–121–000 ........................................................................................
RP12–122–000 ........................................................................................
RP12–123–000 ........................................................................................
Bidding by Affiliates in Open Seasons for Pipeline Capacity.
Bear Creek Storage Company L.L.C.
MIGC LLC.
ANR Storage Company.
Hydro
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FirstLight Hydro Generating Company.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
The Nevada Hydro Company, Inc.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Reliability Technical Conference Agenda
Reliability Technical Conference. Docket No. AD12-1-000
North American Electric Docket No. RC11-6-000
Reliability Corporation.
Public Service Commission of Docket No. EL11-62-000
South Carolina and the South
Carolina Office of Regulatory
Staff.
Not consolidated.
As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on
October 7, 2011, the Commission will hold a technical conference on
Tuesday, November 29, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday,
November 30, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to explore the progress made
on the priorities for addressing risks to reliability that were
identified in earlier Commission technical conferences. The conference
also will discuss emerging issues, including processes used by planning
authorities and other entities to identify reliability concerns that
may arise in the course of compliance with Environmental Protection
Agency regulations, and the tools and processes (including tariffs and
market rules) available to address any identified reliability concerns.
The agenda for this conference is attached. Commission members will
participate in this conference.
The Commission will be accepting written comments regarding the
matters discussed at this technical conference. Any person or entity
wishing to submit written comments regarding the matters discussed at
the conference should submit such comments in Docket No. AD12-1-000, on
or before December 9, 2011.
Information on this event will be posted on the Calendar of Events
on the Commission's Web site, https://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available
immediately for a fee from Ace Reporting Company ((202) 347-3700 or 1-
(800) 336-6646). A free webcast of this event is also available through
https://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to listen
to this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of
Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain
a link to the webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical
support for webcasts and offers the option of listening to the meeting
via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit https://www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 993-3100.
Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-(866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208-2106
with the required accommodations.
For more information about this conference, please contact:
Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Dated: November 9, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Reliability Technical Conference
Commissioner-Led Reliability Technical Conference
November 29, 2011
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
November 30, 2011
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Agenda
November 29, 2011
1 p.m. Commissioners' Opening Remarks
1:20 p.m. Introductions
Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, Chair
1:25 p.m. Panel I: Identifying Priorities for NERC Activities
Presentations: NERC will be invited to provide an update on its
priorities as identified in the February 8, 2011 Reliability Technical
Conference. Panelists will be invited to express their general views on
how NERC's prioritization tool has been working. Has NERC addressed
concerns raised at the February 8, 2011 Reliability Technical
Conference. Panelists will be asked to address some or all of the
following:
a. What are the most critical reliability issues and/or standards
development initiatives that needed to be addressed in 2011 and 2012?
What is the status of the priorities identified by NERC at the
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February technical conference? Has NERC's prioritization tool been
useful?
b. One of the priorities was improving the compliance and
enforcement process. How is that being addressed?
c. What are the biggest challenges to addressing these priorities
and/or completing these initiatives in an effective and timely manner?
What next steps are appropriate to timely and effectively address the
priorities discussed?
d. How do NERC and reliability standards development teams
incorporate in new or re-ordered priorities regarding reliability
standards into their work plans? How are emerging issues considered and
are any becoming high priorities?
Panelists
Gerry W. Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer,
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO, Consolidated
Edison Inc., on behalf of Consolidated Edison and the Edison Electric
Institute (EEI)
Mike Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Georgia
Transmission Corporation, on behalf of Georgia Transmission Corp. and
the National Rural Electric Association (NRECA)
John A. Anderson, President, Electricity Consumers
Resource Council (ELCON)
Allen Mosher, Senior Director of Policy Analysis and
Reliability, American Public Power Association (APPA); NERC Standards
Committee Chairman
Deborah Le Vine, Director, System Operations, California
Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO)
William J. Gallagher, NERC Member Representatives
Committee Chairman; Retired CEO, Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
Peter Fraser, Acting Managing Director of Regulatory
Policy, Ontario Energy Board
3:30 p.m. Panel II: Incorporating Lessons Learned into a More Reliable
Grid
Presentations: Panelists will address how lessons learned are
incorporated into NERC priorities. Panelists will be asked to address
some or all of the following:
a. How do lessons learned from events analysis get disseminated to
industry?
b. How do NERC's non-standards processes such as the Industry
Alerts, Recommendations, Event Analysis, Essential Actions, Lessons
Learned and Compliance Application Notices interact with the
reliability standards? To what extent do these processes aid in
identifying important reliability matters that are not addressed under
the existing Reliability Standards?
c. Is the alerts process getting the message out on issues of
immediate importance?
d. How do you gauge whether industry is appropriately implementing
NERC alerts or lessons learned from an event analysis?
e. Is there a feedback loop into the Reliability Standards
development process to determine if there is a gap in the standards? If
so, how has that been working? If not, should there be?
Panelists
Gerry W. Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer,
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Thomas J. Galloway, President and Chief Executive Officer,
North American Transmission Forum
Tom Burgess, Executive Director, Integrated System
Planning and Development, FirstEnergy, on behalf of FirstEnergy and EEI
Scott Helyer, Vice President, Transmission at Tenaska, on
behalf of Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)
State Commission(s) to be Announced
Mary Kipp, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Chief Compliance Officer, El Paso Electric
Commissioner Closing Comments
November 30, 2011
9 a.m. Commissioners' Opening Remarks
9:20 a.m. Introductions
Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, Chair
9: 30 a.m. Remarks: Janet McCabe, Principal Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
9:40 a.m. Panel III: Presentations and Discussion on the Current State
of Processes for Identifying Unit-Specific Local or Regional
Reliability Issues in Response to Final EPA Regulations
Presentations: Panelists will be asked to describe their local and
regional processes for identifying unit-specific reliability issues in
response to final EPA environmental requirements. Panelists should
address the following broad questions in their presentations:
a. How should reliability aspects of EPA's proposed and final
regulations be addressed? What local or regional processes are used to
plan for emerging issues such as the EPA regulations? How are you
incorporating the EPA regulations into this process?
b. What have you proposed to the EPA regarding an exemption
process? Do you support the exemption process changes identified by the
RTOs or other entities in comments to the EPA? Do you have any
alternative proposals?
c. What market structures and tariff rules are used to address
local and regional reliability issues that may arise from generation
retirements potentially triggered by EPA regulations? Are any changes
to market and tariff rules needed?
d. Do you have the right tools to identify any problems that may
arise? Are there other process changes that could help address
reliability-related requests for exemptions from the EPA regulations?
Panelists
Mark Lauby, Vice President and Director of Reliability
Assessment and Performance Analysis, North American Electric
Reliability Corporation
Michael Kormos, Senior Vice President of Operations, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Carl Monroe, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Thomas F. Farrell II, Chairman, President & CEO--Dominion,
on behalf of EEI
Kathleen Barron, Vice President, Federal Regulatory
Affairs and Policy, Exelon Corporation
Anthony Topazi, Chief Operating Officer, Southern Company
State Commission(s) to be Announced
12 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Continuation of Panel III
Discussion with Commissioners: Open dialogue and questions and
answers between Panel 1 and Commissioners.
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Panel IV: Discussion on multi-jurisdictional processes.
Presentations: Panelists will be asked to describe how they
coordinate processes such as the state integrated resource planning
with their reliability planning and the safety valve proposal.
Panelists should address the following broad questions in their
presentations:
a. What, if any role should the Commission or DOE play in studying
replacement generation or other reliability solutions due to
retirements? What role does the retail regulator, such as a state
public utility commission or municipal authority play in forming your
bulk power system reliability plans?
b. Do you support the exemption process changes identified by the
RTOs or other entities in comments to the EPA? What role can the
Commission play in evaluating individual requests
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under a safety-valve approach? Do you have any alternative proposals?
Panelists
Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary for Electricity &
Infrastructure Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
Gerry W. Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer,
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Nick Akins, CEO of American Electric Power (AEP), on
behalf of AEP and EEI
Clair J. Moeller, Vice President Transmission Asset
Management, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
(MISO)
State Commission(s) to be Announced
Eric Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Wolverine Electric Power Cooperative
Debra Raggio, Vice President, Government and Regulatory
Affairs, Assistant General Counsel, GenOn Energy, Inc.
Commissioner Closing Comments
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