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Meeting Minutes Operating Committee December 15–16, 2015 Westin Buckhead Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia A regular meeting of the NERC Operating Committee (OC) was held on December 15−16, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia. The meeting agenda and the attendance list are affixed as Exhibits A and B, respectively; and individual statements and minority opinions as Exhibits C and D, respectively. The meeting presentations are posted in a separate file at OC Presentations. OC Chair Jim Case convened the meeting at 1:00 p.m. EST. Secretary Larry Kezele announced that a quorum was present, read the Notice of Public Meeting and referred the committee to the NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines. Chair’s Opening Remarks Chair Case welcomed the OC to Atlanta and noted that the OC has another full agenda of material to consider and debate. He drew the OC’s attention to the following agenda items:

1. ERSTF Status Report

2. Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control

3. Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data

4. IVGTF Recommendations for Operating Technical Guidelines Remarks of Trustee Gerry Cauley, NERC President and CEO Mr. Gerry Cauley welcomed the OC to Atlanta and noted that he was approaching 6-years as NERC’s CEO. He started at NERC in December 1996 and for a time worked with the Market Interface Committee, which was once one of the Technical Committees. He noted that at times he and the Board of Trustees have wrestled with how to align the Technical Committees with the efforts and strategic plan of NERC and the Board of Trustees. Mr. Cauley identified the following areas of ongoing reliability risk management:

1. Root cause analysis and comprehensive event analysis.

Meeting Highlights 1. Approved the revised Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs –

TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data.

2. Approved the development of an Inadvertent Interchange Reliability Guideline and a Reporting ACE Reliability Guideline by the Project 2010-14.2.1 Standard Drafting Team and the Resources Subcommittee.

3. Approved the Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control.

4. Appointed Eric Senkowicz (FRCC RC) as Operating Reliability Subcommittee chair and David Devereaux (IESO RC) as ORS vice chair.

5. Appointed Troy Blalock (South Carolina Electric and Gas) as Resources Subcommittee chair and John Tolo (Tucson Electric Power) as RS vice chair.

6. Appointed Leeth De Priest as Generating Availability Data System Working Group chair and Steve Wenke as GADSWG vice chair.

7. Approved revisions to Reliability Metrics 12, 13, 14 and 15.

8. Approved the revised Time Monitoring Reference Document and the revised Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document.

2. Relay misoperations.

3. Equipment failures as identified in the State of Reliability reports.

4. BES modelling given the changing characteristics of system load and generation.

5. Situation Awareness and the need for the right system operator tools. Consent Agenda By consent, the committee approved the minutes of the September 15–16, 2015 meeting. Chair’s Remarks Chair Case welcomed the following new members to the Operating Committee: 1) Ralph Rufrano (NPCC Regional Entity Sector) and Dick Pursley (MRO Regional Entity Sector). Vice Chair Linke provided a brief overview of the November 4, 2015 Member Representatives Committee meeting and the November 5, 2015 Board of Trustees meeting. The OC’s report to the Board of Trustees was included in the agenda packet for this meeting.

OC Action Item Review Chair Case reviewed the list of action items and reported that several have been completed or are on the agenda for this meeting. The revised action item list is attached as Exhibit E. Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) Status Report ORS Chair Joel Wise summarized the subcommittee’s status report, which was included in the OC agenda packet. He highlighted the subcommittee’s work 1) with the IDC Tools Association on the Parallel Flow Visualization project, 2) on geomagnetic event reporting and 3) to revise the Time Monitoring Reference Document and the Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document. The ORS also endorsed a draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data. Chair Wise noted that his term as ORS chair terminates on December 31, 2015 and that the ORS recommends the appointment of Eric Senkowicz (FRCC RC) as ORS chair and David Devereaux (IESO RC) as ORS vice chair. Without OC objection, Chair Case appointed Eric Senkowicz (FRCC RC) as ORS chair and David Devereaux (IESO RC) as ORS vice chair. Resources Subcommittee (RS) Status Report RS Chair Gerry Beckerle provided an overview of subcommittee activities, including:

1. Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative

2. Support of BAL-003-1 Implementation

3. Draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control

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4. Issuance of a letter to Regional Entity Inadvertent Survey contacts in accordance with the OC’s motion made at its September 2015 meeting.

Chair Beckerle noted that his term as RS chair terminates on December 31, 2015 and that the RS recommends the appointment of Troy Blalock (South Carolina Electric and Gas) as RS chair and John Tolo (Tucson Electric Power) as RS vice chair. Without OC objection, Chair Case appointed Troy Blalock (South Carolina Electric and Gas) as RS chair and John Tolo (Tucson Electric Power) as RS vice chair. Event Analysis Subcommittee (EAS) Status Report EAS Chair Hassan Hamdar provided an overview of subcommittee activities including: 1) Third Annual Monitoring and Situational Awareness Technical Conference held on September 29-30, 2015, 2) Overview of two industry webinars on Version 3.0 of the ERO Event Analysis Process and Appendices, and 3) collaboration efforts with the North American Transmission Forum and the North American Generator Forum (Presentation 5.c). Chair Hamdar noted that there are three Lessons Learned are pending publishing in December:

1. Human Error Leads to Evacuation of Primary Control Room

2. Control Network communication Path

3. Managing and Monitoring of an SOL and IROL Exceedance Leading to Manual Load Shedding that was not required

Chair Hamdar stated that NERC’s goal with publishing Lessons Learned is to provide industry with technical and understandable information that assists them with maintaining the reliability of the bulk power system. NERC requests that industry provide input on Lessons Learned by taking a short survey. The survey link is provided on each Lessons Learned. Personnel Subcommittee (PS) Status Report Lauri Jones, chair of the PS, reviewed the subcommittee’s status report drawing the OC’s attention to the Future Initiatives/Deliverables section of the status report. Chair Jones also reported that the PS is starting to develop Version 4.4 of the Continuing Education Manual, which may be a two-year effort. Continuing Education Provider workshops are being scheduled. Chair Jones led the OC in a discussion of its effort to draft a Reliability Guideline for Situational Awareness. OC comments or questions included:

1. What does Situational Awareness mean to system operators?

2. What information is needed by system operators?

3. Situational Awareness is not a NERC defined term, yet it is used in several NERC Reliability Standards.

4. May be necessary to differentiate between situational awareness for system operators and situational awareness as used by NERC and the Regional Entities.

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5. Focus on the attributes of situational awareness. Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) Chair Case reported that he has been the committee’s representative to the RISC for approximately two years and that following Board of Trustees approval Vice Chair Linke will become the OC’s representative to the RISC. Vice Chair Linke reported that his nomination to replace Chair Case on the RISC will likely be addressed by the NERC Board of Trustees at its February 2016 meeting. The RISC may be requested to release its draft annual report by July 2016. Essential Reliability Services Task Force (ERSTF) Todd Lucas reported that the ERSTF Framework report was accepted by the Operating and Planning Committees on October 23, 2015 and that the ERSTF Abstract report was accepted, without exception, by the Operating and Planning Committee on November 2, 2015. The NERC Board of Trustees reviewed and accepted the ERSTF Framework and Abstract Reports on December 7, 2015. The Framework Report presents three broad areas for further analysis: Frequency Response, Voltage Support and System Modelling. Dr. James Merlo reported that NERC Staff will be developing a plan to gather the data to support the frequency measures. Eastern Interconnection Data Sharing Network Todd Lucas, on behalf of David Souder, provided a summary of the EIDSN’s effort to implement EInet, which is intended to replace NERCnet (Presentation 7.b). EIDSN was formed by Eastern Interconnection reliability coordinators in January 2014. The primary and secondary EInet networks consists of 57 nodes. The transition from NERCnet to EInet is complete and all NERCnet owners have placed NERCnet disconnect notices. SaskPower has joined EIDSN and the IDC Tools Association is expected to join EIDSN in the spring of 2016. Performance Analysis Subcommittee (PAS) Status Report PAS Chair Melinda Montgomery briefed the OC on recent PAS activities (Presentation 7.c). She reported that a change in leadership of the Generating Availability Data System Working Group (GADSWG) is taking place and that Chair Case needs to approve the recommended chair and vice chair of the GADSWG in accordance with the GADSWG scope. Without OC objection, Chair Case appointed Leeth De Priest as GADSWG chair and Steve Wenke as GADSWG vice chair. Ms. Montgomery provided an overview of revisions to the following Reliability Metrics:

1. Metric 12 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed Protection System Equipment)

2. Metric 13 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Human Errors)

3. Metric 14 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed AC Substation Equipment)

4. Metric 15 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed AC Circuit Equipment)

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Following a brief discussion, Leonard Kula moved to approve revisions to Reliability Metrics 12, 13, 14 and 15. The committee approved the motion. Ms. Montgomery reported that the PAS is beginning its effort to develop a metric to address ERSTF Framework Report Measure 7 (Reactive Capability). Ms. Montgomery reported that the PAS is in need of members with operations experience and encouraged the OC and its subcommittee to help solicit new PAS members. She also reviewed the schedule for developing the 2016 State of Reliability Report. She reported that she expects to attend the March 2016 OC meeting to request OC reviewers of the 2016 SOR report. Update on SPP, MISO, and Joint Parties Transmission Usage Agreement David Zwergel provided an update of the MISO – SPP Settlement (Presentation 7.e). He addressed the following highlights of the agreement:

1. The settlement is a commercial agreement.

2. Generally retains capacity sharing (MISO/SPP Joint Operating Agreement Section 5.2).

3. MISO will compensate SPP and Joint Parties for flows across North-South interface.

4. Hurdle rate will be removed from MISO’s market.

5. Replaces the Operations Reliability Coordination Agreement (ORCA).

6. MISO and SPP will withdraw their respective complaints and SPP will withdraw the Service Agreement currently on file.

7. Creates an Operating Committee for ongoing management of agreement. Mr. Zwergel reported that the initial term of the Settlement Agreement is from January 29, 2014 through January 31, 2021. ERO Event Analysis Process Dashboard Jule Tate, Senior Manager Event Analysis, briefed the OC on the metrics and data collected through the ERO Event Analysis Process from October 2010 to date (Presentation 7.f). The objectives of Mr. Tate’s presentation were to provide a brief history of current ERO EA Process, identify what the NERC Events Analysis department is gaining from the ERO EA Process and provide a current status report. The EA Field Trial (Phase I) began in October 2010, while the Phase II field trial began in May 2011. There have been three versions of the ERO EA Process with Version 3 to be implemented on January 1, 2016. Deliverables from the ERO EA Process include: 1) Lessons Learned, 2) Trending and Event Severity Risk Index (eSRI), 3) Training Opportunities, 4) Alerts and 5) Cause Coding and Trending. Mr. Tate informed the OC on the number of Lessons Learned published in 2014 and 2015 and the number of events categorized by the ERO EA Process since January 2011. He also identified the number of NERC alerts that have been issued from 2008 through 2015 (year-to-date).

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Mr. Tate also highlighted the availability of events analysis related Training Modules and videos and event reports (e.g., Polar Vortex Review). He reviewed the ERO cause codes and trending of those cause codes, focusing the OC’s attention on cause code A4 (Management/organization), which leads to approximately 20 percent of the total root cause determinations. Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data ORS Vice Chair Senkowicz briefed the committee on the development of the Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data. He noted that the ORS approved the Responses to the Comments received during the 45-day posting. In addition, the ORS approved a revised reliability guideline. Leonard Kula moved to approve the revised Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data. Following a brief discussion, the committee approved the motion. BAL-001-2 (Field Trial Status Report) Glenn Stephens, Chair of the BAL-001-2 Standard Drafting Team, provided an overview of the ongoing BAL-001-2 (BAAL) field trial (Presentation 7.h). To facilitate implementation of BAL-001-2, the SDT is proposing a transition in the field trial to:

1. Revise the BAAL calculation to recognize scheduled frequency consistent with the approved standard; and

2. Move to exception reporting for field trial participants. The field trial was approved by the Standards Committee in June 2005. The industry approved BAL-001-2 in July 2013. FERC approved the standard in April 2015 and it becomes effective on July 1, 2016. However, the original equation for BAAL differed from the FERC approved BAAL equation. Mr. Stephens informed the RS of the proposed changes to the field trial at the RS’s October 2015 meeting. The purpose of this presentation was to similarly inform the OC. He anticipates that the Standards Committee (SC) will approve modifying the field trial in January 2016. SC approval will be followed by an industry webinar on BAAL implementation. The field trial participant window for change will be from February 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. FERC Order 817 (Approving Transmission Operations Reliability Standards and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards) Mark Olson, Standards Developer, provided an overview of FERC Order 817 (Transmission Operations Reliability Standards and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards) (Presentation 7.i). Order 817 approved revised TOP and IRO standards from Project 2014-03 and those FERC approved standards become effective in 2017. However, in the final order FERC directed modifications to address some concerns raised in the June 2015 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Those directives include:

1. TOP monitoring of non-BES facilities

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2. Redundancy and diverse routing of data exchange capabilities

3. Testing for data exchange capabilities used in primary control centers Mr. Olson reported that it is expected that the Standards Committee will initiate a project to address Order 817 directives in early 2016. Project 2009-02 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities) Mark Olson, Standards Developer, provided a status report of Project 2009-02 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities) (Presentation 7.k). The standard drafting team has drafted two reliability standards to meet the SAR objectives:

1. IRO-018-1 (applicable to reliability coordinators)

2. TOP-010-1 (applicable to transmission operators and balancing authorities) IRO-018-1 contains two requirements which address 1) the quality of real-time data necessary to perform real-time monitoring and assessments and 2) the quality of analysis used in real-time assessments. In addition, there is a third requirement that addresses the use of an alarm process monitor that provides notification to system operators when a failure of its real-time monitoring alarm processor has occurred. TOP-010-1 contains similar requirements as IRO-018-1. The initial drafts of the proposed reliability standards were not approved by the ballot body. Therefore, following a review of the comments provided during the first comment and ballot period, the SDT developed a second draft of the proposed standards, which are currently posted for comment through January 25, 2016. Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise Chair Case stated that the purpose of the Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise is to aid the committee in its efforts to develop its 2016 work plan. The work plan should identify what the committee and its subcommittees need to focus on throughout 2016. Furthermore, the work plan should identify what the OC will address in 2016, when it is expected to complete each task and how the OC will accomplish the tasks. Vice Chair Linke suggested that a scorecard or dashboard could be developed from quarterly review of the work plan. At this juncture, the OC and its guests broke into four task teams to address the following major topical areas:

1. Team 1 – Situation Awareness

2. Team 2 – Guidelines

3. Team 3 – Development of Standards

4. Team 4 – Subcommittees Each team was tasked with developing a presentation of its recommendations. Adjourn and Reconvene The committee adjourned at 5:10 p.m. EST and reconvened the following morning at 8:02 a.m. EST.

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Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise (cont’d) Each team provided a summary of its input into the OC’s 2016 Work Plan development effort (Exhibit F). At the conclusion of the brainstorming exercise Chair Case noted that the work product of this exercise will be used by the OC Executive Committee and the OC’s Subcommittee leadership to develop a draft 2016 work plan. GridEx III After Action Status Report Bill Lawrence, Senior Manager CIP Awareness, briefed the OC on the 2015 GridEx III Grid Security Exercise (Presentation 7.d). There were 208 active organizations participating in the exercise and 161 observing organizations. There were 4,227 registered simulation deck users. The Executive Tabletop participants included: Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council CEOs, White House, National Security Council, DOE, DHS, FEMA and other federal and state agencies. Mr. Lawrence reiterated that the purpose of the exercise program is to strengthen the industry’s capability to respond to and recover from severe events. Project 2010-14.2.1 (Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls – BAL-005, BAL-006 and FAC-001) Jerry Rust, chair of the Project 2010-14.2.1 Standard Drafting Team, provided an overview of the project’s status (Presentation 7.l). Project 2010-14.2.1 addresses revisions to BAL-005, BAL-006 and FAC-001. He noted that one of the requirements in BAL-005 is proposed to be moved to FAC-001, while one of the requirements of BAL-006 is proposed to be moved to BAL-005. The SDT is also proposing to retire BAL-006. Following Mr. Rust’s presentation, Gerry Beckerle moved to approve the development of an Inadvertent Interchange Reliability Guideline and a Reporting ACE Reliability Guideline by the Project 2010-14.2.1 Standard Drafting Team and the Resources Subcommittee. The committee approved the motion. Project 2010-07.1 (Vegetation Management) Chair Case reported that FAC-003-3 is currently being balloted, therefore, in accordance with the Standards Process Manual, NERC staff cannot publicly comment of the proposed reliability standard. However, Chair Case reported that the OC has an open action item to review the FAC-003-3 Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distances report, dated August 4, 2015. Project 2015-07 (Internal Communications Capabilities) Sean Bodkin, Standards Developer, provided an overview of Project 2015-07 (Presentation 7.n). COM-001 establishes Interpersonal Communication capabilities for applicable entities. Interpersonal Communication is defined as “Any medium that allows two or more individuals to interact, consult, or exchange information.” In April 2015, FERC approved COM-001-2, but directed NERC to address:

1. Internal communication capabilities to the extent that such communication could involve the issuance or receipt of Operating Instructions or other communications that could have an impact on reliability, and

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2. The adequacy of internal communications capability whenever internal communications could directly affect the reliable operation of the bulk power system.

The SDT has drafted a revised COM-001-3 reliability standard to address the FERC directives and the revised standard was posted for a 45-day comment period on September 25, 2015. COM-001-3 received an approximately 53% approval vote. The SDT reviewed the industry comments and modified the standard and is developing an extended outreach plan to communicate the responses to the major comment themes received from industry. Project 2010-14.2.2 (Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls – BAL-004-2) Glenn Stephens, vice chair of the Project 2010-14.2.2 Standard Drafting Team, provided an overview of an effort to retire reliability standard BAL-004-2 (Time Error Correction) (Presentation 7.o). The initial ballot to retire BAL-004-0 was approved. In addition, the SDT developed and posted for a 45-day comment period an implementation plan and White Paper on September 24, 2015. The SDT will now 1) reach out to non-power industry participants and 2) request that NAESB retire WEQ-006. NERC will file to request FERC approval for retirement of BAL-004-0, while emphasizing that the proposal for retirement of BAL-004-0 is contingent upon simultaneous retirement of NAESB WEQ-006. Maintaining Transmission Line Ratings Consistent with As-built Conditions – Good Utility Practices Steven Masse, Senior Engineer, briefed the OC on a NERC Reliability Assurance project that addressed good utility practices for maintaining transmission line ratings consistent with as-built conditions (Presentation 7.x). The Facility Ratings Alert was issued in October 2010 and any discrepancies in facility ratings were to be remediated as quickly as practical consistent with reliability. The right-of-way assurance project included validation site visits to assure that entities with significant high priority line discrepancies have completed remediation. In addition, the project provided for industry sharing of methods and cost-effective programs developed to sustain adequate conductor clearances consistent with facility ratings. The project results were presented in a report titled Maintaining Transmission Line Ratings Consistent with As-built Conditions - Good Utility Practices, dated December 2015. Remediation techniques included 1) facility de-rating, 2) relocation of distribution, 3) re-sagging of conductor, 4) modification of transmission line structures and 5) removing objects or regrading ground in right-of-way. The project identified the following good utility practices: 1) As-built verification, 2) ROW encroachments, 3) periodic line patrols, 4) clearance buffers, 5) corporate management of ROW clearances and line ratings issues and 6) survey frequency. Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative Troy Blalock, vice chair of the Resources Subcommittee, provided a status report of the Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative (Presentation 7.p). Identified issues include improper dead band setting with the generator governor and lack of coordination between the turbine, plant controls, or any other outer loop control. Mr. Blalock stated that the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners passed a Resolution titled Resolution Urging Generators to Take Corrective Action and Implement Primary Frequency Response at its November 2015 Annual Meeting.

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Mr. Blalock noted that the RS passed a motion stating that the RS supports the efforts of NERC and FERC Staff to modify the LGIA and the SGIA pro forma tariffs to incorporate primary frequency response according to the draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control. The current FERC pro forma LGIA and SGIA are virtually silent on requiring a working governor and in regards to the governor’s settings. With regard to the existing generator fleet, every BES generator should have a working governor and be set in accordance with the frequency response guideline for system reliability and system restoration. He noted that the RS seeks OC guidance on how to address the existing generation fleet to insure working governors. Dr. James Merlo, Senior Director – Reliability Risk Management, reported that NERC will be developing a plan to address the existing generation fleet and that the plan should be completed in the first quarter of 2016. Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Response Troy Blalock provided an overview of the revised Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Response and the proposed response to comments (Presentation 7.q). Todd Lucas moved to approve the Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control. The committee approved the motion. 2015 Long-Term Reliability Assessment David Calderon, Engineer of Reliability Performance Analysis, provided an overview of the 2015 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (Presentation 7.r). Findings presented in the reliability assessment include:

1. Reserve margins in all Assessment Areas appear sufficient but continue to trend downward.

2. NERC continues its Reliability Assessment of the Clean Power Plan and other environmental rules.

3. Operators and planners face uncertainty with increased levels of distributed energy resources and new technologies.

4. A change in resource mix requires additional measures and approaches for assessing future reliability.

Chair Case tasked Sammy Roberts, Leonard Kula and Kevin Conway with reviewing the 2015 LTRA to identify the need to develop potential operational guidelines. He requested that this task be completed by the second week of January such that the task team’s work product can be factored into the development of the OC’s 2016 work plan. In addition, Mr. Calderon stated that he would be soliciting the OC for volunteers to serve on the Distributed Energy Resources Task Force. 2015 Frequency Response Annual Analysis – Phase II – Report on Frequency Response Performance Bob Cummings, Senior Director of Engineering and Reliability Initiatives, informed the OC that a report on Frequency Response Performance was not developed due to the discovery of many data discrepancies. NERC has decided to file the Frequency Response Annual Analysis report, which the OC approved at its September 2015 meeting with FERC, without the companion performance report. (Secretary’s Note: NERC filed the FRAA report with FERC on December 16, 2015.)

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IVGTF Recommendations for Operating Technical Guidelines Chair Case noted that the OC Executive Committee reviewed the IVGTF recommendations and developed draft responses. The responses will be shared with NERC Staff. Topic-Based Reliability Assessment Vice Chair Linke reviewed the Topic-Based Reliability Assessment discussion paper and noted that the operating environment in the first 12-months would be assessed. The Planning Committee’s Reliability Assessment Subcommittee would discontinue the annual summer and winter seasonal assessments, although, the data that supports these assessments would continue to be collected. Chair Case noted that the OC would not be forming a new subcommittee to manage and coordinate the development of this work product. Rather, the RAS will continue to take the lead in this new effort. He also reported that he assigned two OC members to be OC liaisons to the RAS, although the RAS scope is being changed to allow the addition of more OC members to the subcommittee. Chair Case also suggested that the OC should receive regular status reports from the RAS. Time Monitoring and Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Documents ORS Vice Chair Senkowicz provided an overview of the revised Time Monitoring Reference Document and the revised Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document. Jerry Rust moved to approve the revised Time Monitoring Reference Document and the revised Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document. The committee approved the motion. Vice Chair Senkowicz reported that the PJM Reliability Coordinator will be replacing the NYISO RC as the Eastern Interconnection Time Monitor on February 1, 2016. The PJM RC will also become the Eastern Interconnection GMD Monitor on February 1, 2016. Next Meeting The next meeting of the Operating Committee will be on March 8–9, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Adjourn There being no further business before the Operating Committee, Chair Case adjourned the meeting on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 11:45 a.m. EST.

Larry Kezele Larry Kezele Secretary

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Agenda Operating Committee December 15, 2015 | 1:00–5:00 p.m. (EST) December 16, 2015 | 8:00 a.m.–Noon (EST)

Westin Buckhead Atlanta 3391 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, Georgia

Introductions and Chair’s Opening Remarks

NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement

Agenda

1. Administrative - Secretary

a. Arrangements

i. Safety Briefing and Identification of Exits

b. Announcement of Quorum

c. Background Information

i. OC Membership (2015-2017)

ii. OC Roster*

iii. OC Organizational Chart

iv. OC Charter

v. Parliamentary Procedures*

vi. Participant Conduct Policy

d. Future Meetings

2015 Meeting Dates Time Location Hotel March 8, 2016 March 9, 2016

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to Noon Louisville, KY Hyatt Regency

Louisville June 7, 2016 June 8, 2016

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to Noon Atlanta, GA TBD

September 13, 2016 September 14, 2016

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to Noon TBD TBD

December 13, 2016 December 14, 2016

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) 8:00 a.m. to Noon (Eastern) Atlanta, GA TBD

Exhibit A

2. Consent Agenda – Chair Case

a. September 15–16, 2015 Draft OC Meeting Minutes*

Action: Approve Objective: Approve consent agenda. Presentation: No

Duration: 5 minutes Background Items: September 15-16, 2015 Draft OC Meeting Minutes

3. Chair’s Remarks

a. Welcome to New OC Members

i. Ralph Rufrano – NPCC RE Representative

ii. Dick Pursley – MRO RE Representative

b. Report on November 4, 2015 Member Representatives Committee Meeting and the November 5, 2015 Board of Trustees Meeting*

4. OC Action Items Review* – Chair Case

Action: None Objective: Review and discuss open action items from prior OC meetings.

OC Strategic Plan Goal: None, this is an administrative item. Background: The OC Action Item list will be reviewed near the beginning of each OC meeting, with the intent to reach prompt resolution. Presentation: No

Duration: 10 minutes Background Items: Revised OC Action Item List

Notes:

5. Subcommittee Status Reports

a. Operating Reliability Subcommittee* – Chair Joel Wise

b. Resources Subcommittee* – Chair Gerry Beckerle

c. Event Analysis Subcommittee* – Chair Hassan Hamdar

d. Personnel Subcommittee* – Chair Lauri Jones

6. Reliability Issues Steering Committee Status Report – Vice Chair Linke

7. Committee Matters

a. Essential Reliability Services Task Force (ERSTF) – Todd Lucas, ERSTF Co-Chair

Action: None Objective: Review and discuss recent ERSTF activities and timeline.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: The ERSTF Framework report was accepted by the Operating and Planning Committees on October 23, 2015. The ERSTF Abstract reports was accepted, without exception, by the Operating and

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Planning Committee on November 2, 2015. It is expected that the NERC Board of Trustees will review and consider acceptance of the ERSTF Framework and Abstract Reports on December 7, 2015. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: None

Notes:

b. Eastern Interconnection Data Sharing Network – David Souder

Action: None Objective: Review and discuss the EIDSN’s plans to install a data sharing network (EInet), which will replace NERCnet.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain the structure, processes and relationships with other NERC standing committees, and foster relationships with other forums, to achieve high levels of reliability for the BES. Action Item Number: 1403-12 Background: Mr. Souder will brief the OC on the current status of the EIDSN project to develop a fully redundant data sharing network and the transition of NERCnet to EInet. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 10 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

c. Performance Analysis Subcommittee (PAS) Status Report – Melinda Montgomery, PAS Chair

Action: Approve Objective: Review and discuss an overview of PAS activities. Appprove revisions to four metrics.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain the structure, processes and relationships with other NERC standing committees, and foster relationships with other forums, to achieve high levels of reliability for the BES. Action Item Number: None Background: Ms. Montgomery will brief the OC on recent PAS activities. She will report that a change in leadership of the GADSWG is taking place and that Chair Case needs to approve the recommended chair and vice chair of the GADSWG in accordance with the GADSWG scope. She will also provide a metrics update and an overview of the schedule for the upcoming 2016 State of Reliability Report. The four metrics that require OC approval are:

1. Metric 12 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed Protection System Equipment) 2. Metric 13 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Human Errors) 3. Metric 14 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed AC Substation Equipment) 4. Metric 15 (Automatic AC Transmission Outages Initiated by Failed AC Circuit Equipment)

Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: 1. Metric 12 2. Metric 13 3. Metric 14 4. Metric 15

Notes:

d. GridEx III After Action Status Report – Bill Lawrence, NERC Staff

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Action: None Objective: Review and discuss an after action status report of GridEx III conducted on November 18-19, 2015.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: The purpose of the GridEx Program is to strengthen the capability to respond to and recover from severe events. Thus, the objectives of GridEx III were to 1) exercise crisis response and recovery, 2) improve communication, 3) identify lessons learned, and 4) engage senior leadership. During the exercise the E-ISAC Portal was used to post alerts and information as it would in the real world. The GridEx III Player Handbook provided Players with information and materials that assisted them before, during and after the exercise. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 10 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

e. Update on SPP, MISO, and Joint Parties Transmission Usage Agreement – David Zwergel

Action: None Objective: David Zwergel will provide an overview of a settlement agreement that was filed with FERC on October 13, 2015 regarding the SPP, MISO, and Joint Parties Transmission Usage Agreement.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: On October 13, 2015, a settlement agreement was filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) around capacity usage and associated compensation to be paid for use of as-available, non-firm transmission capacity on neighboring transmission systems among MISO, SPP, and the Joint Parties, which includes Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI), Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) and PowerSouth Energy Cooperative. The settlement agreement replaces the Operations Reliability Coordination Agreement (ORCA) between the parties.

The settlement was reached through collaboration and compromise on behalf of all parties. Resolving these issues provides greater certainty for market participants across the regions. If approved by FERC, the agreement provides the governance for continued shared use of the transmission system where it enables more economical delivery of energy, while also providing compensation for that use. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

f. ERO Event Analysis Process Dashboard – Jule Tate, Senior Manager, Event Analysis

Action: None Objective: Review ERO Event Analysis Process dashboard data and metrics to date.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Continually strive for excellence in event analysis (EA), emerging cause code trending and information sharing.

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Action Item Number: None Background: NERC Reliability Risk Management staff will share metrics and data collected through the ERO Event Analysis Process from October 2010 to date. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 30 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

g. Draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data – Eric Senkowicz, Vice Chair Operating Reliability Subcommittee

Action: Approve Objective: Review, discuss and approve the Draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: At its June 2013 meeting, the OC tasked the Operating Reliability Subcommittee with developing a reliability guideline that addresses monitoring system contingencies with or without real-time contingency analysis and the notification of neighboring entities upon loss of or degradation of reliability tool functionality. At its December 2014 meeting, the Operating Committee approved posting the draft Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data for a 45-day comment period. The guideline was posted for comment on February 19, 2015 with comments due by April 6, 2015. At its November 2015 meeting, the ORS approved Responses to Comments and a red-line of the Revised Reliability Guideline for presentation to the OC. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

h. BAL-001-2 (Field Trial Status Report) – Glenn Stephens, Chair of the BAL-001-2 Standard Drafting Team

Action: None Objective: Mr. Stephens will provide a status report of the ongoing BAL-001-2 (BAAL) field trial.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: The Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL) field trial began in June 2005. FERC approved BAL-001-2 and the BAAL standard becomes effective on July 1, 2016. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 20 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

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i. FERC Order 817 (Approving Transmission Operations Reliability Standards and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards) – Mark Olson, NERC Standards Developer

Action: None Objective: Mr. Olson will provide a status report of FERC Order 817.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: On March 18, 2015, NERC filed a petition for approval of nine proposed Reliability Standards related to Transmission Operations and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination, which replace the Reliability Standards pending in Docket Nos. RM12-12-000, RM13-14-000, and RM13-15-000. On May 12, 2015, NERC submitted supplemental information to the original petition to address the removal of Load Serving Entities from the applicability of proposed Reliability Standard TOP-001-3 in light of the Commission’s order on NERC’s Risk-Based Registration initiative. On June 18, 2015, FERC issued a NOPR proposing to approve the revised standards. On August 24, 2015, NERC filed comments in response to the NOPR. On November 19, 2015, the Commission issued Order No. 817 approving the TOP and IRO Reliability Standards and directing NERC to make three modifications to the standards within 18 months of the effective date of the final rule. The final rule will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: FERC Order 817

Notes:

j. Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise – Chair Case Action: None Objective: The OC will conduct a brainstorming exercise

related to its current work plan and strategic plan. OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: None, this is an administrative item. Action Item Number: None Background: The OC Executive Committee and subcommittee leadership will meet on the morning of February 2, 2016 in Memphis, TN to strategize and develop its 2016 work plan. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 60 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

k. Project 2009-02 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities) – Mark Olson, NERC Standards Developer

Action: None Objective: Mr. Olson will provide a status report of Project 2009-02.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background:

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Status - A 45-day formal comment period for IRO-018-1 (Reliability Coordinator Real-time Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities) and TOP-010-1 (Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities) was open through November 9, 2015. Initial ballots and non-binding polls of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels were conducted through November 9, 2015. The draft RSAW was posted for feedback through November 9, 2015. Standards IRO-018-1 and TOP-010-1 were not approved in the initial ballot. Project 2009-02 was initiated in response to work done by the OC’s Real-time Tools Best Practices Task Force (RTBPTF). From 2009 to 2011, a SAR drafting team developed a SAR and technical white paper to establish requirements for the "functionality, performance, and maintenance of Real-time Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities." Since that time, new TOP and IRO standards have been developed that affect the scope of Project 2009-02. The proposed standards will establish requirements for Real-time monitoring and analysis capabilities used by system operators in support of reliable System operations. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 20 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

l. Project 2010-14.2.1 (Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls – BAL-005, BAL-006 and FAC-001) – Jerry Rust, Chair of the Project 2010-14.2.1 Standard Drafting Team

Action: None Objective: Mr. Rust will provide a status report of Project 2010-14.2.1.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: Status – A formal comment period for BAL-005-1 –Balancing Authority Control and FAC-001-3 – Facility Interconnection Requirements, and the recommended retirement of BAL-006-2 – Inadvertent Interchange is open through January 11, 2016. An additional ballot for the three standards and a non-binding poll of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels for BAL-005-1 and FAC-001-3 will be conducted December 31, 2015 through January 11, 2016. A non-binding poll will not be conducted for BAL-006-2 due to its recommended retirement. The ballots and non-binding polls for this posting are additional (even though the system shows them as initial). The standards were previously balloted together and are now being balloted separately. The NERC Standards Committee appointed eleven industry subject matter experts to serve on the BARC 2 periodic review team (BARC 2 PRT) in the fall of 2013. The BARC 2 PRT used background information on the standards and the questions set forth in the Periodic Review Template developed by NERC and approved by the Standards Committee, along with associated worksheets and reference documents, to determine whether BAL-005-0_2b and BAL-006-2 should be: (1) affirmed as is (i.e., no changes needed); (2) revised (which may include revising or retiring one or more requirements); or (3) withdrawn. As a result of that examination, the BARC 2 PRT recommended to revise BAL-005-0_2b and BAL-006-2. The NERC Standards Committee appointed ten industry subject matter experts to serve on the BARC 2 standard drafting team (BARC 2 SDT) in the fall of 2014.

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Standard(s) Affected – BAL-005-0.2b - Automatic Generation Control, BAL-006-2 - Inadvertent Interchange, FAC-001-1 - Facility Connection Requirements Purpose/Industry Need – The objective of BAL-005 is to establish requirements for acquiring necessary data for the BA to calculate Reporting ACE so that balancing of resources and demand can be achieved under Tie-Line Bias Control. The current objective of BAL-006 is to define a process for monitoring BAs to ensure that, over the long term, Balancing Authority Areas do not excessively depend on other Balancing Authority Areas in the Interconnection for meeting their demand or Interchange obligations. As the revisions proposed for BAL-006 focus on the minimum requirements for Adjacent Balancing Authorities to agree upon the hourly MW amounts of scheduled and actual Interchange between them, which reinforces that errors in coordination or process will be identified. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 20 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

m. Project 2010-07.1 (Vegetation Management) – Sean Bodkin, NERC Standards Developer

Action: None Objective: Mr. Bodkin will provide a status report of Project 2010-07.1 (Vegetation Management).

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: Status – A 45-day formal comment period for FAC-003-4 (Transmission Vegetation Management) is open through December 16, 2015. The ballot pool is being formed through November 30, 2015. An initial ballot will be conducted December 7-16, 2015. A non-binding poll for the associated Violation Risk Factors (VRFs) and Violation Severity Levels (VSLs) will not be conducted due to the fact that only non-substantive changes were made to the requirements, and no changes made to the VRFs and VSLs.

Additional Background – In FERC Order No. 777, the Commission directed NERC to “conduct or contract testing to obtain empirical data and submit a report to the Commission providing the results of the testing.” NERC retained the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to conduct testing to support appropriate Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distances (MVCDs) specified in NERC Reliability Standard FAC-003-3. The MVCDs in the Standard are calculated based on application of the Gallet equation which incorporates a gap factor. The preliminary test result findings determined that the gap factor applied in the Gallet equation requires adjustment. The resulting adjustment will increase MVCDs for all alternating current system voltages covered by Table 2 of the Standard.

Standard(s) Affected: FAC-003-3 Transmission Vegetation Management

Purpose/Industry Need – The purpose of this Advisory is to provide Transmission Owners and Generator Owners advance information about these preliminary results and anticipated adjustments, so that

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informed decisions may be adopted as appropriate in the maintenance strategies, procedures, processes, or specifications used in vegetation management programs. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: FAC-003-3 Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distances

Notes:

n. Project 2015-07 (Internal Communications Capabilities) – Sean Bodkin, NERC Standards Developer

Action: None Objective: Mr. Bodkin will provide a status report of Project 2015-07.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: Status – A 45-day formal comment period for COM-001-3 Communications was open through November 16, 2015. An initial ballot and non-binding poll of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels was conducted November 6-16, 2015. Additional Background – Project 2015-07 will address the directive from FERC Order No. 808 to modify the COM-001-2 standard or develop a new standard to address “internal communications capabilities that could involve the issuance or receipt of Operating Instructions or other communications that could have an impact on reliability.” See Order No. 808, at Para. 1 and Para. 41. Standard(s) Affected – COM-001-2 (Communications) Purpose/Industry Need – On April 16, 2015, FERC issued Order No. 808, Communications Reliability Standards. In this order, FERC approved COM-001-2 and also directed that NERC to either develop a new standard or make the following modification to the existing COM-001-2 standard:

[FERC] direct[s] NERC to develop modifications to COM-001-2, or to develop a new standard, to address our concerns regarding ensuring the adequacy of internal communications capability whenever internal communications could directly affect the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power System. See Order No. 808, at P 41.

[T]he Commission directs NERC to develop a modification to Reliability Standard COM-001-2 that addresses internal communications capabilities that could involve the issuance or receipt of Operating Instructions or other communications that could have an impact on reliability.

FERC’s directive thus encompasses a directive that the modified or new standard “address the adequacy of internal telecommunications (or other internal communication systems) that may have an adverse effect on reliability, even within a single functional entity, including: (1) communications between geographically separate control centers within the same functional entity; and (2) communications between a control center and field personnel. These scenarios present a gap in reliability of the Bulk-Power System that NERC should address.” See Order No. 808, at P 41.

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Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: FERC Order No. 808

Notes:

o. Project 2010-14.2.2 (Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls - BAL-004-2) – David Lemmons, Chair of the Project 2010-14.2.2 Stanard Drafting Team, and Darrel Richardson, NERC Standards Developer

Action: None Objective: Messrs. Lemmons and Richardson will provide a status report of Project 2010-14.2.1.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: A 45-day formal comment period for the recommended retirement of BAL-004-0 – Time Error Correction was open through November 12, 2015. A ballot pool was formed through October 23, 2015 and an initial ballot was conducted November 3-12, 2015. The drafting team has talked with NAESB about the possibility of retiring WEQ-006 (Manual Time Error Correction). The drafting team will also be reaching out to external stakeholders, for example, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which in the past has expressed concerns with retiring BAL-004-0. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 20 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

p. Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative – Troy Blalock, Vice Chair, Resources Subcommittee

Action: None Objective: Review and discuss the status of the Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: 1403-07 Background: On February 5, 2015, NERC issued the Industry Advisory Generator Governor Frequency Response. Vice Chair Blalock has presented on this topic to such organizations as the National Association Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the North American Generator Forum, On April 7, 2015, NERC staff and the Resources Subcommittee sponsored a Generator Governor Frequency Response Advisory webinar, which was attended by approximately 500 industry stakeholders. On June 23 and 24, 2015, NERC Staff and Resources Subcommittee hosted a meeting in Atlanta with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Architect and Engineering Firms. The Resources Subcommittee continues to discuss the following issues: 1) the FERC LGIA and SGIA are silent in requiring a working and coordinated governor and 2) addressing existing generators that are incapable of providing frequency response, including the lack of coordination with plant DCS and improper settings of dead band. In addition, at the RS’s October 2015 meeting, the subcommittee approved a motion supporting the efforts of NERC and FERC staff to modify the LGIA and SGIA pro forma tariffs to incorporate primary frequency response according to the draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control.

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Presentation: Yes

Duration: 20 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

q. Draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control – Troy Blalock, Vice Chair, Resources Subcommittee

Action: Approve Objective: Review, discuss and approve the Responses to Comments and a draft red-line revision of the Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain and enhance reliability through the pursuit of clear NERC Reliability Standards, reliability guidelines, NERC Alerts, interpretations, lessons learned, and other operational compliance clarifications. Action Item Number: None Background: The OC approved posting the draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control for a 45-day comment period, which ended on November 12, 2015, at its September 2015 meeting. The RS developed a Revised Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control (Red-line) based on the comments received and developed a Response to Comments. Vice Chair Blalock will provide an overview of the revised reliability guideline and the response to comments. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: None

Notes:

r. 2015 Long-Term Reliability Assessment – Amir Najafzadeh, NERC Staff

Action: None Objective: Review and discuss the 2015 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain the structure, processes and relationships with other NERC standing committees, and foster relationships with other forums, to achieve high levels of reliability for the BES. Action Item Number: None Background: Mr. Najafzadeh will provide an overview of the 2015 LTRA report, which focuses on:

1. Reserve Margin Shortfalls 2. Environmental Regulations 3. Distributed Energy Resources 4. Change in Resource Mix

It is expected that the NERC Board of Trustees will review and consider acceptance of the 2015 LTRA on December 7, 2015. The targeted release date for the report is December 15, 2015. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: None

Notes:

s. 2015 Frequency Response Annual Analysis – Phase II – Report on Frequency Response Performance – Bob Cummings, NERC Staff

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Action: Accept Objective: Review, discuss and accept the draft 2015 Report on Frequency Response Performance. Note, this is a companion document to the 2015 Frequency Response Annual Analysis Report endorsed by the OC at its September 2015 meeting.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: At its September 2015 meeting the OC endorsed the 2015 Frequency Response Annual Analysis Report. NERC staff drafted the 2015 Frequency Response Performance Analysis Report. The report is currently being reviewed by the Resources Subcommittee and the results of that review and the report will be shared with the OC upon receipt of acceptance by the RS. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 10 minutes Background Item: The report will be provided to the OC in a separate mailing.

Notes:

t. IVGTF Recommendations for Operating Technical Guidelines* – Chair Case

Action: None Objective: To review and discuss the development of Operating Technical Guidelines identified in the IVGTF Summary and Recommendations final report.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain the structure, processes and relationships with other NERC standing committees, and foster relationships with other forums, to achieve high levels of reliability for the BES. Action Item Number: None Background: At the June 2015 OC meeting, Noha Abdel-Karim, reported that the IVGTF Final Report recognizes the accomplishments of the twelve IVGTF efforts that address broader and detailed aspects of integration of large amounts of variable generation. Ms. Abdel-Karim reported that upon acceptance of the IVGTF Final Report by the OC and PC, the IVGTF’s work will be complete and the task force can be disbanded. The report addresses transitioning the IVGTF’s recommendations to the LTRA, to special assessments, to NERC staff, to Standards and to the ERSTF. Following a brief discussion, the OC approved disbanding the IVGTF, with the understanding that NERC staff would report periodically on the status of implementation of the recommendations to the OC. The OC was asked to consider several of the IVGTF recommendations related to operations. The OC’s Executive Committee met on November 19, 2015 and again on December 15, 2015 to review IVGTF recommendations and develop draft responses to each recommendation. The proposed response, based on the November 19, 2015 OC Executive Committee meeting, is attached. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: OC Executive Committee Recommendations Regarding the Development of Operating Technical Guidelines

Notes:

u. Draft Topic-Based Reliability Assessment* – Vice Chair Linke and Pooja Shah, NERC Staff

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Action: None Objective: To provide update on status of Topic-Based Reliability Assessments.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain the structure, processes and relationships with other NERC standing committees, and foster relationships with other forums, to achieve high levels of reliability for the BES. Action Item Number: None Background: The Reliability Assessment team approached the OC with a proposal for conducting short-term assessments in lieu of two seasonal assessments. The team also stressed the need for incorporating operational information in the assessments, to produce a robust assessment, that addresses any upcoming reliability issues. The team, and both the Planning and Operating Committees, have had extensive discussion on the scope, need and timeline for this initiative. This update will provide the outcome of those discussions and the path forward. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Item: Draft Topic-Based Reliability Assessment

Notes:

v. Time Monitoring Reference Document* – Joel Wise, Chair, Operating Reliability Subcommittee

Action: Approve Objective: Review, discuss and approve a revision to the Time Monitoring Reference Document.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: In December 2010, the OC approved Version 2 of the Time Monitoring Reference Document. At its November 2015 meeting, the ORS approved a revision to the Time Monitoring Reference Document. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: 1. Version 2 – Time Monitor Reference Document 2. Draft Version 3 – Time Monitoring Reference

Document Notes:

w. Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document* – Joel Wise, Chair, Operating Reliability Subcommittee

Action: Approve Objective: Review, discuss and approve a revision to the Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document.

OC Strategic Plan Guiding Principle: Maintain high levels of expertise to provide sound conclusions and opinions on operational issues. Action Item Number: None Background: In September 2005, the OC approved Version 2 of the Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document. On June 19, 2014, FERC issued an order approving EOP-010-1 (Geomagnetic Disturbance Operations). EOP-010-1 became effective on April 1, 2015. Requirement 1 of EOP-010-1 states: “Each Reliability Coordinator shall develop, maintain, and implement a GMD Operating Plan that coordinates GMD Operating Procedures or Operating Processes within its Reliability Coordinator Area.” Recognizing

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the implementation requirements of EOP-010-1, the ORS approved significant changes to Version 2 of the Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Document at its November 2015 meeting. Presentation: Yes

Duration: 15 minutes Background Items: 1. Version 2 – Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference

Document 2. Draft Version 3 – Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference

Document Notes:

*Background materials included.

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EXHIBIT B

ATTENDEES Operating Committee Meeting

December 15−16, 2015 OFFICERS

Chair Jim Case Vice Chair Lloyd Linke Secretary and Staff Coordinator Larry Kezele

MEMBERS

VOTING MEMBERS Cooperative Jeff Harrison Keith Carman Electricity Marketer Federal/Provincial Tom Irvine

Stuart Goza IOU Todd Lucas Gerry Beckerle ISO/RTO Leonard Kula David Zwergel Large End-use Tom Siegrist Customer State/Municipal Doug Peterchuck Richard Kinas Transmission Dependent Utility Merchant Generator Tom Leeming State Government Bill Chambliss

VOTING MEMBERS (cont’d) Small End-use Kevin Conway Customer TRE Alan Bern FRCC Hassan Hamdar (Proxy

for Ron Donahey) MRO Dick Pursley NPCC Ralph Rufrano RF John Idzior SERC Sammy Roberts WECC Jerry Rust SPP Jim Useldinger NON-VOTING MEMBER U.S. Federal Richard Sobonya

ATTENDEES — Operating Committee Meeting (cont’d) September 15–16, 2015

SUBCOMMITTEE LEADERSHIP EAS Vice Chair Rich Hydzik ORS Chair Joel Wise ORS Vice Chair Eric Senkowicz PS Chair Lauri Jones PS Vice Chair Rocky Williamson RS Vice Chair Troy Blalock

REGIONAL ENTITY MRO Dan Schoenecker NPCC Andrey Oks SERC Steve Corbin Texas RE Bob Collins WECC Steve Ashbaker

NERC STAFF Sandy Shiflett James Merlo Jule Tate Brenda Boline Bob Cummings Darrel Richardson Jason Hickman Ben McMillan David Calderon Mark Olson Howard Gugel

GUESTS Paul Roehr ATC Don Badley NWPP Peter Brandien ISO-NE Bradley Collard Sun Power Darrel Yohnk ITC David Austin NIPSCO Patti Metro NRECA Glenn Stephens Santee Cooper Brian Mitchell Georgia Power Ben Engelby ACES Marshall Bissonnette Open Systems International Karie Barczak DTE Electric

2

ATTENDEES — Operating Committee Meeting (cont’d) September 15–16, 2015 Yvette Landin ERCOT Colleen Frosch ERCOT Elaine Kwarcinski Alabama Power Matt Pawlowski Florida Power

3.

Exhibit C

Individual Statements Operating Committee Meeting December 15–16, 2015

There were none.

Exhibit D

Minority Opinions Operating Committee Meeting December 15–16, 2015

No minority opinions were offered for the record.

Exhibit E

NERC Operating Committee Action Items

Dated: December 30, 2015

December 2012 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1212-21 BARC SDT (Jerry Rust and Gerry Beckerle)

BARC Final Report of Field Trial – lay out the analysis – lessons learned from field trial structure and testing

Dec 2013

Sept 2016

Need information from Drafting Team Facilitator. BARC SDT provided an overview of the field trial at the June 2014 and September 2014 meetings. SDT developed a Preliminary Report. Board approved BAL-001-2 and it was filed at FERC on 4/2/14. The OC expects the field trial to remain in place until its FERC approved compliance enforcement date, after which a final field trail report will be developed and presented to the OC. December 15 – BAL-001-2 becomes effective on July 1, 2016. SDT provided an overview of the Field Trial.

Final Report Due

following the

Enforcement Date.

In Progress

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March 2014 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1403-12 EIDSN (Rich Mandes)

Keep the OC informed of the progress of:

1. The transition of NERCnet to EIDSN

2. The development of a replacement to NERCnet data sharing network

September 2014

Meeting

NERCnet to remain with NERC until replacement network becomes available, which is currently scheduled for 2nd quarter 2015. March 2015 – EInet expected to be in service in May 2015. June 2015 – EIDSN targeting EInet in-service date of June 30, 2015. NERC expected to extend Frame Relay contract with Verizon to allow for more testing beyond June 30. September 2015 – EIDSN reported that EInet is in service. NERCnet to be discontinued on September 30, 2015. Synchrophasor data is expected to be exchanged over EInet by year end. December 2015 – All NERCnet nodes have issued disconnect notices. EInet in service. Should we keep this topic on future OC agendas? Chair Case discussed with David Souder and agreement was reached to remove this topic from future OC agendas unless circumstances change.

Complete

June 2014 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1406-07 Resources Subcommittee

Eastern Interconnection Frequency Response Initiative

December Meeting

RS managing the survey and collecting the data.

Complete

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December 2014 – RS Recommends pursuing development of a NERC Advisory Alert. The draft Alert was issued to the OC for comments and it is expected that the Alert will be issued in early February 2015. March 2015 – NERC Alert Issued. Webinars to be scheduled to inform industry. June 2015 – On April 7, 2015 NERC staff and the Resources Subcommittee sponsored a Generator Governor Frequency Response Advisory webinar, which was attended by approximately 500 industry stakeholders. September 2015 – OC reviewed and approved for posting the draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control. December 2015 – OC approved the Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control. See Action Item 1512-01.

1406-08 Resources Subcommittee

Establishment of a data repository by NERC for the generator survey data

September Meeting

NERC staff to address. December 2014 – No progress to date. March 2015 – No progress to date. June 2015 – No progress to date. September 2015 – The Balancing Authority Submittal Site is being tested by the Resource Subcommittee. December 2015 – Generator survey data to be stored in a Modelling Database.

In Progress

September 2014 Meeting Action Items NERC Operating Committee Action Items Page 3 of 8

OC meeting and

item number Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1409-01 ORS Maintain liaison with the CIPC Grid Exercise Working Group

December Meeting

At its September 2014 meeting the OC discussed the status of development of GridEx III. March 2015 – OC received a status report of exercise planning. June 2015 – OC received a status report of exercise planning. September 2015 – Many of the reliability coordinators on the ORS are supporting GridEx III. December 2015 – GridEx III After Action report to OC by E-ISAC.

Complete

1409-04 ORS Review and approve for posting the Real-Time Tools Degradation reliability guideline.

December 2015

Meeting

ORS developing draft guideline. December 2014 – ORS presented draft guideline to the OC. OC approved for 45-day comment period. March 2015 – In progress. June 2015 – In progress. September 2015 – In progress. December 2015 – OC approved the Reliability Guideline: RCs – BAs – TOPs Communication: Loss of Real-Time Reliability Tools Capability / Loss of

Complete

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Equipment Significantly Affecting ICCP Data

December 2014 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1412-02 Kezele Updating of OC Reference Documents and Reliability Guidelines

March 2015 February

2016

March 2015 – OC and its subcommittee are beginning to prepare work plans. June 2015 – OC further reviewed and discussed its work plan. September 2015 – The OC will further review its Work Plan at a February 2016 Strategic Planning working session. December 2015 – The OC conducted a Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise.

In Progress

March 2015 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1503-01 OC Vice Chair Case, Todd Lucas, and Darrel Yohnk to review the FAC-003 Project report.

June 2015 The topic was addressed by the OC at its March 2015 meeting. The draft FAC-003 Project report is expected to be available for review on May 1, 2015. June 2015 – No report provided. September 2015 – No report provided. December 2015 – Link to the FAC-003-3 Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distances

Complete

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report provided in the OC Agenda and Meeting Minutes.

June 2015 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1506-01 Resources Subcommittee

The RS to develop a reliability guideline to provide generator operators guidance on equipment settings that support frequency response (i.e., dead bands, droop, outer loop control, etc.). The guideline would include recommendations for governor testing.

December 2015

September 2015 – OC approved posting the draft Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control for public comment. December 2015 – OC approved the Reliability Guideline: Primary Frequency Control.

Complete

September 2015 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

1509-01 Lauri Jones with input from the ORS and EAS

Develop a strawman guidance document for discussion at the December 2015 OC meeting.

December 2015

September 2015 – Appointed a task group of Lauri Jones and representatives of the ORS and the EAS to develop a strawman guidance document for discussion at the December 2015 OC meeting. December 2015 – The OC further discussed the scope of this project during its review of the PS status report and as part of the OC Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise.

In Progress

1509-02 OC Executive Committee

Develop the OC’s 2016 Work Plan March 2016 September 2015 – The OC Executive Committee will meet in February 2016 to begin development of its 2016 work plan. December 2015 – OC conducted a Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise. See Exhibit F to the OC meeting minutes. The OC Executive Committee and Subcommittee leadership will

In Progress

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meet on February 2, 2016 to continue developing the 2016 Work Plan.

1509-03 OC Leadership Team and the

Executive Committee

Review the IVGTF recommendations assigned to the OC.

December 2015

September 2015 – The OC reviewed a list of potential Operating Technical Guidelines resulting from the recommendations of the twelve IVGTF reports. December 2015 – The OC Executive Committee developed responses to each of the IVGTF recommendations. Chair Case to provide OC responses to NERC staff.

In Progress

1509-04 OC Short-Term Reliability

Assessment Task Team

Chair Case tasked Vice Chair Linke, ORS Vice Chair Senkowicz, Regional Entity representatives (e.g., Dan Schoenecker and Jerry Rust), David Zwergel and EAS Chair Hassan to further define the role of the OC in the development of the STRA.

December 2015

September 2015 – The OC reviewed the expectations of the PC’s RAS of the OC in the development of the proposed STRA. December 2015 – Vice Chair Linke briefed the OC on the status of developing Topic-Based Reliability Assessments. The PC’s RAS will continue to drive the development of these assessments. While it has been decided to discontinue publication of the seasonal assessments, the data that will continue to be collected.

In Progress

1509-05 Chair Case Assign one or two OC members as liaisons of the PC’s RAS.

December 2015

September 2015 – The OC’s liaison to the PC’s RAS is retiring from NPCC and a replacement or two needs to be identified. December 2015 – Chair Case reported that Jeff Harrison and Richard Kinas volunteered to serve as OC liaisons to the RAS.

Complete

December 2015 Meeting Action Items

OC meeting and item number

Assignment Description Due Date Progress Status

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1512-01 James Merlo NERC to develop a plan to address existing generation fleet and FERC LGIA and SGIA.

March 2016 In Progress

1512-02 James Merlo NERC to develop a plan to gather the data to support the frequency measures identified in the ERSTF Framework Report.

March 2016 In Progress

1512-03 Chair Case Assign OC reviewers of the 2016 State of Reliability Report.

March 2016 In Progress

1512-04 Project 2010-14.2.1 STD and RS

Develop an Inadvertent Interchange Guideline.

September 2016

In Progress

1512-05 Project 2010-14.2.1 STD and RS

Develop a Reporting ACE Guideline. September 2016

In Progress

1512-06 Kezele Send Time Error Correction and Reliability White Paper to OC.

March 2016 December 16, 2015 – Link to White Paper sent to OC.

Complete

1512-07 Sammy Roberts, Leonard Kula, and

Kevin Conway

Review the 2015 Long-Term Reliability Assessment for development of potential operational guidelines.

January 15, 2016

Results of this review will be used in the development the OC’s 2016 Work Plan.

In Progress

1512-08 David Calderon Solicitation of OC members to serve on the Distributed Energy Resources Task Force.

March 2016 In Progress

1512-09 RAS Coordination with Reliability Assessment Subcommittee on the development of Topic-Based Reliability Assessments. Include RAS Status Report on quarterly OC agendas.

March 2016 In Progress

1512-10 Kezele Post the Time Monitoring and Geomagnetic Disturbance Reference Documents to the NERC web site.

March 2016 In Progress

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Exhibit F

NERC Operating Committee 2016 Work Plan

(Work Plan Brainstorming Exercise)

Team 1 – Situational Awareness (Leonard Kula – Team Lead) 1. Group 1 regarding the topic: Define ‘situational awareness’ – Personnel subcommittee

Start with a focus upon situational awareness necessary for real-time reliability (RC, BA, and TOP).

2. Definition can be expanded to consider other functional entities (TO, GO etc.) and/or time-frames (operations planning). The definition of situational awareness is foundational for further activity on this topic.

3. We have to be cognizant that the definition could lead to some compliance risk. 4. Develop best practices/lessons learned regarding situational awareness – ORS and EAS.

Factors/dimensions for consideration include: Philosophy – provide data vs. assemble information.

5. Tools, including dashboards. 6. Breadth of view – how wide do you have to go to have situational awareness? For

example, does an RC go out 3 busses into a neighbors system? 5 busses? Model/monitor the entire interconnection? Human factors perspective – how to best display information?

7. Tie into other groups/industries – NATF, nuclear generation, aerospace. Review standards with a focus on the phrase ‘situational awareness’ and how the phrase is used in the relevant standards – an ad hoc committee?

8. For each instance that the phrase is used, assess whether the term is used consistent with the definition developed by PS. Given the definition used by PS, does that change how the standards are read? Are there any gaps or overlaps?

Team 2 – Guidelines (Gerry Beckerle – Team Lead)

1. The NERC Operating Committee needs to establish a clear goal on “why” are OC Guidelines created.

2. Current Reasons: a. To satisfy a NERC/FERC objective and potentially avoid a Reliability Standard. b. To create a useful document for operations – training, information, operational, etc.

3. Recommendation: Focus on the later of the above two. 4. Discovery: OC should develop a list of all existing guidelines and associated documents. 5. Categorize the above list

a. Guidelines that have gone through the OC current guideline process, including OC approval

b. Guidelines that are labeled guideline, but have not gone through the process c. Documents that should be guidelines d. Documents that should not be guidelines

6. Assigned the list to the appropriate subcommittee for additional work a. Organized all the associated documents into one complete document b. Develop a timeframe for completion c. Develop a review matrix with time lines d. Provide industry updates and refreshers e. Gather all the metrics being used associated with the guideline and present the

findings (quarterly or semi-annual) 7. Establish a Guideline section on the NERC home page – up-front and easily identifiable

a. Include appropriate links 8. Survey for “burning” issues needing guideline development

a. Prioritize and assign to appropriate subcommittee for development 9. Develop a cross reference subject tied to specific subcommittee

a. For example, Frequency – Resources Subcommittee Team 3 – Standards Support (Jim Useldinger – Team Lead)

1. Regularly have a Standards Developer that is assigned to a Standards Project attend OC meetings to report on the SDT activities/draft standard status

2. Assign an OC member to a Standards Project and report back to OC on the SDT status 3. Have the OC RTO reps report on their region’s standards development activities 4. Have an OC open agenda item to review active Standards Projects for earlier awareness

and involvement with DTs 5. On the OC website maintain a list of active Standards Projects with links to the Projects

site 6. Create an OC TF focusing on SDT activities and proposed/revised standard reviews,

report out at OC meetings 7. OC TF with support from full OC provide comments to standards under development 8. OC TF review the Standard Development process and bring to full OC for review

Team 4 – Subcommittees (Jeff Harrison – Team Lead)

1. Are the NERC OC Subcommittees structured properly to meet the goals and objectives of the NERC OC? a. Review NERC rules and procedures to see what direction and flexibility is expressed

in these documents related to the NERC OC Subcommittees. i. NERC OC Work Plan ii. 902

iii. 802

iv. Other? b. Ensure that Scope documents are in alignment.

2. Are the NERC OC Subcommittees still viable/required? a. Each NERC OC Subcommittee should have an active process to review and answer

this question. i. Review against rules and procedures. ii. Review current assignments against NERC OC Work Plan

iii. Review current assignments against NERC OC Strategic Plan b. Is the work assigned able to be measured? c. Is the work assigned accountable to the Committee/Sub-Committee?

3. What is the NERC OC expecting from each Sub-Committee? a. Committees should keep up to date with rules and procedures to see if there are any

impacting changes. b. Subcommittees should have a clear path to success and scheduled c. Subcommittees assignments should address issues from the RISC

i. Review of the risks identified by the RISC Committee of the BOT to ensure subcommittees are addressing the operational risks the BOT has prioritized

4. What are we not getting done? a. Question for each Subcommittee. Complete a Gap analysis. b. Provide a list of items each Sub-Committee would like to do, but cannot get done

due to time and resource limitations. 5. What would make the OC Subcommittees more efficient?

a. Is there more administrative support is needed? b. Are the goals and objectives prioritized such that if work has to be cut, the

Subcommittees are still performing the most important actions? c. How do the NERC OC Subcommittees get information back to the OC and the

regional entities? d. Do the Subcommittees have a method to challenge work requested of them?

i. Each request should be compared against the scope/charter of each Subcommittee

e. Find methods to limit distraction and scope creep. f. Develop methods of accountability. g. Develop clear path and triggers for Subcommittees to request additional support and

resources. h. Are there areas where the Subcommittees overlap?

i. Possible efficiencies improvement: look at the methods used by the PC where each Task Force list work items, this is rolled up into a list in similar format to the Subcommittees, which is provided to the Committee. Overlap reduction, reassignment, and prioritization is achieved by this bottom up approach with a list of actions all in the same format.