Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation

                       Marsha Smith

1:15 p.m.            Decisions on next steps in developing the protocol

2:00 p.m.            Adjourn joint CREPC/WGA session

2:30 p.m.            Roundtable on developments in the states and provinces
                           (bring 60 copies of any handouts)

4:00 p.m.            Business meeting

• Multi-state project for a Western power tracking system -- Phil Carver (OR OE)
              Washington Fuel Mix Disclosure System -- A Brief Overview    (Priority 2)
              US DOE grant application for Western Power Tracking System    (Priority 2)
• Nominees for the state/provincial positions on the board of the new Western Electricity Coordinating Council
             Agencies belonging to WECC  (Priority 1)
             WECC Bylaws -- Governance  (Priority 1)
             WECC Bylaws -- Standards  (Priority 1)
             WECC Transition Plan  (Priority 2)
• CREPC appointments to the WSCC reliability compliance committee  (Priority 2)
• Western appointment to NERC stakeholder committee
• Next meeting
• Other?

5:00 p.m.            Adjourn

Thursday, November 1

8:00 a.m.            Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.            Western RTOs

Purpose of the discussion
Marsha Smith, Chair

Status of the Western RTO formation and filings with FERC
        California ISO -- Terry Winter -- pwrpt
        RTO WEST -- John Carr -- pwrpt
        TransConnect -- Ted Williams
        WestConnect -- Carey Deis -- pwrpt

9:30 a.m.               Status of Seams Work

WMIC work on congestion management -- Wally Gibson, NWPPC

RTO Seams Steering Group -- Bud Krogh -- pwrpt

10:00 a.m.            Break

10:15 a.m.            Discussion of Common/Compatible Systems

RTO Seams Steering Committee -- Don Watkins -- pwrpt

10:30 a.m.            Planning and Expansion -- Questions (Priority 1)
                                                                          October 2001 FERC Questions  (Priority 2)

Representatives of RTO West, TransConnect, California ISO, and WestConnect

RTO West -- Mark Maher
TransConnect -- Ted Williams
WestConnect -- Ed Beck -- pwrpt
California ISO -- Jeff Miller -- pwrpt

Western Electricity Coordinating Council role -- Ron Nunnally, WICF -- pwrpt

RTO Order 2000 on Planning and Expansion Discussion  (Priority 3)
RTO Order 2000 on Planning and Expansion Conclusions  (Priority 3)

11:15 a.m.                Price Reciprocity -- Questions (Priority 1)

Overview -- RTO Seams Steering Group

RTO West -- Cindy Crane -- pwrpt
California ISO -- Steve Greenleaf
WestConnect -- Joel Spitzkoff

        RTO Order 2000 Interregional Coordination Discussion and Conclusions  (Priority 3)
        RTO Order 2000 Reciprocal Waiving Access Fee Discussion and Conclusions  (Priority 3)

12:00 noon         Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m.            State/FERC Roundtable Discussion

State/FERC perspectives on RTO formation, RTO seams issues, and the FERC RTO workshop
                    Pat Wood FERC Chairman
                    Nora Brownell FERC Commissioner
Questions FERC posted for mid-October RTO meetings  (Priority 2)

2:45 p.m.                Break

3:00 p.m.                Congestion Management -- Questions (Priority 1)
                                                                              October 2001 FERC Questions  (Priority 2)

RTO West    -- Chuck Durick -- pwrpt
California ISO -- Steve Greenleaf -- pwrpt
WestConnect -- Joel Spitzkoff -- pwrpt

RTO Order 2000 on Congestion Management Discussion  (Priority 3)
RTO Order 2000 on Congestion Management Conclusions  (Priority 2)
RTO Order 2000 Congestion Pricing Discussion and Conclusions  (Priority 2)

3:45 p.m.                Market Monitoring -- Questions (Priority 1)
                                                                     October 2001 FERC Questions  (Priority 2)

Representative of RTO Seams Steering
RTO representatives comments
        California ISO -- Anjali Sheffrin -- pwrpt

RTO Order 2000 on Market Monitoring Discussion  (Priority 3)
RTO Order 2000 on Market Monitoring Conclusions  (Priority 3)
     

4:15 p.m.                Concluding Discussion

Marsha Smith, Chair

4:30 p.m.                Adjourn

 

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