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GSOC Updates. 2011 GSOC Update Steve Caison Director of Member Services. Control Area Compact Extension. Carries the agreement to at least 2018 Executed by GPC, OPC, GSOC FERC approved. DOE Smart Grid. Smart Grid. 11 projects planned; 10 projects started Completed in 2010
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GSOC Updates 2011 GSOC Update Steve Caison Director of Member Services
Control Area Compact Extension • Carries the agreement to at least 2018 • Executed by GPC, OPC, GSOC • FERC approved
Smart Grid • 11 projects planned; 10 projects started • Completed in 2010 • Telecom upgrade • Critical infrastructure protection; tools development • Future • Enhancements to help monitor interruptions and status of the grid • Replace the current data historian • Upgrade Energy Management System
GSOC Data Portal • Easier to use • More beneficial to Members • New Features: • View data in dynamic charts • Download reports
System Peaks: 1999 to 2011(2011 Peak is forecast) Impact of the Recession MW
Compliance Activities • June: Cyber-security compliance filings submitted to SERC • September: NERC/SERC Technical Feasibility Exception Audit • October: Peer review conducted by the North American Transmission Forum • Ongoing: Compliance with Critical Infrastructure Protection and Bulk Electric System reliability standards.
OPC Partnership Generation Hawk Road Economically dispatched, resulting in savings Plant Wansley Implemented must-run policy to manage coal pile
GTC Partnership • Operators’ keen eyes prevents copper theft
Issues & Focus 2011 • Reliability Legislation/Compliance • FOC Contracts • Infrastructure Enhancements • Smart Grid • Data Delivery via web & SharePoint effort • Telecommunications initiative • Balancing/Interchange Authority • Workforce Strategy