Amended Agenda

Planning Committee

September 13, 2011 | 1-5 p.m. CDT

September 14, 2011 | 8-noon CDT

Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel & Suite

400 S. 14th Street

St. Louis, MO 63103

(314) 613-6400

Administrative

a.  Welcome and Introductions – Chair Mitchell

b.  Arrangements and Schedule of Events – Secretary

c.  Announcement of Quorum – Secretary

d.  NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement – Secretary

e.  Future Meetings – Secretary

f.  Agenda Approval – Secretary

Agenda

1.  Consent Agenda*

a.  Approve – June 7-8 and July 11 Teleconference Draft Meeting Minutes as final – PC_Draft_Meeting_Minutes_Toronto_June_2011 PC_Draft_Teleconference_Minutes_July_11_2011

b.  Approve - Integration of Variable Generation’s Task 1.8 report “Potential Bulk System Reliability Impacts of Distributed Resources”

2.  Chairman’s Remarks

a.  Report on August 3-4, 2011 NERC Board of Trustees and Member Representatives Committee Meetings - Chair Mitchell

3.  Information Only

a.  Development of Interconnection-wide Models – Timeline & Issues – Mark Lauby

b.  Update on ALR activities– Mark Lauby

c.  TVA tornado damage – Tim Ponseti

d.  Surry Nuclear Plant tornado damage – Carl Eng

e.  Event Analysis Working Group – Jacquie Smith

4.  Committee Matters*

a.  Approval – Recommendations on Consolidating Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis Reports and Measures – John Moura

b.  Approval – PC procedures for NERC Alerts – David Weaver / Dale Burmester

c.  Appointment – Executive Committee membership – Chair Mitchell

d. Review – PC Next -Steps and Future Work Plan actions required - Chair Mitchell

i.  Leadership positions for subgroups

ii. Subgroups’ membership rosters

iii.  Draft subgroups’ scopes

e.  Discussion - Starting in 2012, PC to hold 3 meetings each year for2 days (with ½ day for Joint Sessions) compared to 4 meetings for 1 day (with ½ day for Joint Session one time per year)– Chair Mitchell

f.  Discussion - Merging Planning and Operating Committees – Chair Mitchell

5.  Subgroup Reports*

PC Action / Presentation
a. / Reliability Assessment Subcommittee / 1.  Review and provide Feedback – DRAFT Special Reliability Assessment: Gas / Electric Interdependencies - Primer On Existing Environment PHASE I - Draft Report
2.  Review and Provide Feedback – DRAFT Special Reliability Assessment: Gas / Electric Interdependencies - PHASE II - Work Plan
3.  Approve - 2010/2011 Post-Winter Reliability Assessment Report
4.  Review and Provide Feedback – DRAFT 2012 Special Reliability Assessment: Reliability Impacts of Environmental Regulations - Scope / RAS Chair Mark Kuras/John Moura
b. / Reliability Metrics Working Group / Review and provide feedback – Revised Integrated Reliability Index (IRI) / RMWG Chair Bill Adams
c. / Geo-Magnetic Disturbance Task Force / Review and provide feedback – GMD Preliminary Report (Title TBD). / GMDTF Chair Donald Watkins
d. / Transmission Issues Subcommittee / Approve –Frequency Response Criteria Report for BAL-003 for use by Standards Drafting Team use / TIS Chair Mark Byrd Bob Cummings
e. / System Protection and Control Subcommittee / Approve – SPCS guideline: “Use of Circuit Breaker Position Indication in Breaker Failure Protection” / SPCS Vice Chair, Bill Miller
f. / Spare Equipment Database Task Force / Approve – SEDTF Final Report / SEDTF Chair Dale Burmester

*Background materials included. Please see individual status reports for dates when actual report will be posted and available for download.

6. PC Work-Product Delivery – Added Agenda Item for Discussion