Agenda
Operating Committee
116-390 Village Blvd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.452.8060 | www.nerc.com
September 15, 2009 | 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
September 16, 2009 | 9 a.m. – noon
Westin City Center Dallas
650 N. Pearl Street
Dallas, TX
(214) 979-9000
1. Welcome Chairman
a. Introduction and Chairman’s Remarks
2. Administration
a. Arrangments Secretary
b. Quorum Secretary
c. Procedures Secretary
d. Introduction of Members and Guests Chairman
e. Agenda Chairman
3. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes of June 9 – 10 2009, meeting Chairman Approval
4. Chairman’s Report
a. NERC Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman
b. Member Representative Committee
c. NERC BoT Technology Committee
5. Committee Matters
a. Report of OCEC Nominating Committee Kent Saathoff
b. Election of Executive Committee Chairman
c. Review of OC Subgroups Tom Bowe
d. Revision to OC Charter* Chairman Approval
6. Events Analysis
a. Update on On-Going Investigations Bob Cummings Update
b. Lessons Learned from Events Analysis
c. Identify OC members on EACG
7. Solar Magnetic Disturbances Bill Murtagh Discussion
8. A-H1/N1 Flu preparations Tom Bowe
9. High Impact Low Frequency (Probability) Mark Lauby
10. Reliability Fundamentals Working Group* Steve Lee and
a. Reliability Concepts document Peter Brandien
11. Reliability Metrics Working Group Herb Schrayshuen
a. Provide feedback and recommendations
on the RMWG’s 2009 metrics report
(The report is available at
http://www.nerc.com/filez/rmwg.html
12. Sub Group Update
a. ORS
i Market Flow Field Trial David Zwergel Approval
ii. Transition one of the Operating David Zwergel Information
Manual documents from a Reference
Document to an OC Reliability
Guideline. Geomagnetic Disturbances
b. IS Chairman
i. Dynamic Transfer Guidelines* Approval
ii. Interchange Reference Guidelines* Approval
c. PS No Report
d. JESS No Report
e. RS Terry Bilke
i. Project 2007–18 WECC Field Trial Doug Hils Endorse
13. Request for urgent action SAR on Attachment Chairman
1 to Standard EOP-002-0
14. Reliability Tools Chairman
a. Letter from OC on Mission Critical Reliability
Tools redundancy
b. Update from ORS on Reliability Tools Matrix
15. Seasonal Operational Reliability Assessment Mark Lauby Discussion
a. “look-back” for lessons learned Chuck Chakravarthi
b. 2009 Long-Term Reliability Assessment
16. Frequency Response Chairman Discussion
17. Reliability Impacts of Climate Change
Initiative (RICCI) Ben Crisp Update
18. Emerging Events Chairman
a. OPCSDT
19. Wrap-up Chairman
a. Next meeting
*Background material included
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