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Business Practices Subcommittee Update

This update provides information on recent and upcoming meetings, changes in draft standards, informal comments received, data submission requirements, upcoming activities, testing criteria, implementation timeline, coordination with NERC and IDC Association, and next steps.

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Business Practices Subcommittee Update

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  1. Business Practices Subcommittee Update Executive Committee Meeting February 18, 2014

  2. NAESB BPS Update • Recent Meetings • November 13-14, 2013 • November 22, 2013 – Tag Impacts Task Force • December 2, 2013 – Tag Impacts Task Force • December 4-5, 2013 • January 7, 2014 • February 5-6, 2014 • Upcoming Meetings • March 18-19, 2014 – St. Petersburg/Duke • April 23-24, 2014 – Little Rock/SPP Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  3. Draft Standards - Status • Working on a Draft PFV Recommendation • Informal Comments Periods • First Round February 18- March 18, 2013 • Second Round January 8-31, 2014 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  4. Changes From First Round of Informal Comments • Removed Coordination Arrangements/Two-Tier Firm Curtailment • Recognize Seams Agreements • GTL priority overrides • Different methodologies of granularity • Updated Whitepaper Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  5. Second Round of Informal Comments • Posted January 8th – January 31st • Eleven Entities submitted comments • AECI • Duke • GTC • Manitoba Hydro • MISO • NCEMC Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  6. Second Round of Informal Comments • Entities submitted comments (Contd.) • NYISO • PJM • Southern • SPP • TVA Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  7. Informal Comments Issues • Real Time Data Requirements • 12 – 18 Months Parallel Test • NAESB/IDC Association Coordination. • Testing Details Criteria/Procedures • Threshold for curtailment 5% vs 3%. • Recognition of Market Coordinated Flowgates • Criteria for determination of Generator Priority Schedules Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  8. Data Submission Requirements • The data includes, but not limited to the following: • Real time generator output • Each BA or defined control zone Loads • Generator outages • Transmission outages • Facility flows Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  9. Upcoming Activities • Review and address second round of informal comments • Estimate 4-6 months • Develop a list of concerns to be evaluated during full staffing/field trial Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  10. Additional Documents • Whitepaper • Big picture view • Meeting Materials • IDC User’s Manual – Outside of BPS Scope • How calculations are performed • System Data eXchange (SDX) User’s Manual – Outside of BPS Scope • New entities submitting data • Acknowledgements/error processing Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  11. Testing • Evaluation Criteria • Data (Input/Output) • Access to data • Quality of data • Sufficient data • Commitment to Testing • NAESB • NERC • Association • Industry • Timeline to Testing Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  12. Timeline Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  13. Implementation • 12-18 Month Test • Projected 2nd-3rd quarter 2016 • Decision to Move to Production • NAESB • NERC/Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) • IDC Association Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  14. Coordination – NERC • Commitment to Testing • Responsibility to Improve Accuracy of the IDC Tool • ORS Role Moving Forward (Monitor Reliability Impact) – Approve Test Criteria • Standard Drafting Teams • IRO 5-Year Review Team • Curtailment of Intra-BA Point-to-Point Tags Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  15. Coordination – IDC Association • Commitment to Testing • Responsibility to Improve Accuracy of the IDC Tool • Access to Data During Testing • IDC Working Group • Updates to User’s Manuals • Response to comments related during informal/formal comments • Review and input into Recommendation and Whitepaper Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  16. Next Steps • Subcommittee • Reviewing responses for second round of Informal Comment • Update Recommendation based on Subcommittee Decision – Informal Comments • Develop a list of concerns to be evaluated during full staffing/field trial • Work with IDCWG • Review and provide input on informal comments, Whitepaper, and Recommendation • Update User Manuals • Update Whitepaper – Informal Comments • WEQ Leadership/NAESB Staff – Coordination Issues • NERC - Ongoing • IDC Association – Ongoing Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  17. Next Steps (Contd.) • Post Recommendation for Formal Comments • 2nd or 3rdQuarter 2014 • BPS plan to include a Full Staffing Considerations List as a part of the recommendation for formal comments. • Granularity of the GTL flow calculations Sink Side • Continuity of Seams Agreements • Possible Reliability Issues during Reload • Load Zone Granularity of the PFV Model • Allow Firm Resources to Increase Impacts on flowgates • Details of how to calculate Firm & Non-Firm GTL flows • Review that Credit for Redispatch logic works as intended • WILL THIS LIST BE SUFFICIENT FOR EC TO APPROVE STANDARDS? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  18. Questions/Feedback ? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

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