Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation


1:30 p.m.	Joint Meeting with SSG-WI Market Monitoring Work Group

	The purpose of the joint meeting is to share information on market monitoring discussions at SSG-WI, FERC and among CREPC members. Key discussion issues are likely to include:

	>>How FERC can help in the near-term to build state understanding of market performance.
	>>What are the key assumptions underlying the SSG-WI market monitoring proposal. For example, is the existence of three western RTOs a requisite for the proposal to work?
	>>What access will states/provinces have to market information and under what conditions?
	>>Which markets (e.g., RTO markets, bi-lateral markets, natural gas markets) need to be monitored and data needed to monitor markets?
	>>Where should the line be drawn between the responsibilities of individual market monitoring units and a westwide monitoring unit? What flexibility should a westwide market monitor have to modify its responsibilities in the future?
	>>How would the FERC jurisdictional status of a westwide monitoring unit affect the participation of non-jurisdictional entities?

	Call to Order
	Marsha Smith, Chair, CREPC
	Kristi Wallis, SSG-WI Market Monitoring Work Group Chair

	A Review of Market Monitoring Activities at U.S. Independent System Operators - (priority 1) (Bernie Lesieutre/Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley Lab) [pdf]

	Briefing on SSG-WI proposal (Kristi Wallis, SSG-WI) [pdf]
	>>Reactions to the SSG-WI proposal

	Update on Six State/FERC OMOI Joint Statement - (LouAnn Westerfield, ID PUC)

	FERC actions (George Godding, FERC) [pdf]
	>>Analysis of state authority to maintain confidential information
	>>Information FERC can provide to states now

	Open discussion

	Background information:
	CA PUC Wood letter on SSG-WI Market Monitoring Proposal - *(priority 1)*
	A Review of Market Monitoring Activities at U.S. Independent System Operators
	Western State/OMOI Joint Mission Statement [pdf] *(priority 3)*
	SSG-WI Market Monitoring Recommendations and slide presentation [pdf's] *(priority 1)*
	RTO West Comments on SSG-WI Recommendations [pdf] *(priority 1)*
	FERC Summary of State/Province Disclosure Statutes [pdf's] *(priority 1)*
	AB, AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, SK, UT, WA, WY
	GAO Report on FERC oversight and enforcement capability [pdf] *(priority 2)*
	Data Confidentiality Provisions of Selected ISOs [pdf] *(priority 2)*

4:00 p.m.	Adjourn joint meeting

	CREPC Meeting

4:15 p.m.	Review meeting agenda
	Report of the Chair - Marsha Smith
	Western Governors' policies
	Protecting the Reliability of the Western Electric Power System [pdf] (priority2)
	Western Energy Policy Roadmap [pdf] (priority 3)
	Organization of the meeting

5:00 p.m.	Recess


	Wednesday, November 5

7:30 a.m.	Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.	Convene meeting - Marsha Smith (ID)
	Introductions

	Examination of Regional Decision Making Mechanism

	The purposes of this discussion are to: (1) bring CREPC up-to-date on the activities and issues being addressed by the work groups and related work, (2) request that the work groups take on a new assignment which is to evaluate the value, if any, of a more formal regional body of states/provinces, in their areas of work, (3) invite other CREPC members to join the work groups, (4) decide on next steps that will lead to a recommendation to Western governors, and (5) make appointments to a joint WGA/CREPC Steering Committee.

	Discussion of:

	Regional Decision Making
	>>Marsha Smith/Lou Ann Westerfield (ID PUC); Lee Beyer/Stefan Brown (OR PUC); Bob Rowe/Marla Larson (MT PSC); Bill Chamberlain (CEC); Dick Byers (WA UTC); Steve Weissman (CA PUC); Steve Waddington (WY Governor's Office)
	>>Developments in other regions - Bob Anderson (RAP) [pdf]

	Market Monitoring
	>>Lou Ann Westerfield (ID); Dick Byers (WA); Dick Burdette/Grant Siwinski (NV); Larry Nordell/Marla Larson (MT); Erin Koch-Goodman (CA).

	Grid reliability
	>>WECC class 5 - Bill Chamberlain, (CA); Prasad Poturri, (NM); Marsha Smith, (ID); Peter Ostergaard, (BC).

	Resource Assessment [pdf]
	>>WRAT - Cynthia Praul (CA); Steve Weissman (CA); Phil Carver (OR); Wally Gibson (NWPCC); Larry Nordell (MT); Kirby Lampley (NV); Bill Eastlake (ID); Bryce Freeman (WY).

	Transmission Planning and Expansion
	>> Steve Ellenbecker (WY); Steve Waddington/Bryce Freeman; Phil Carver (OR); Cynthia Praul (CA); Jerry Smith (AZ); Carl Linvill (NV); Jeff Burks (UT). (These are the CREPC members who have been involved in SSG-WI or subregional transmission planning efforts.)

	Transmission Permitting [pdf]
	>>Implementation of the WGA transmission permitting protocol – Governors’ designees under protocol (Laurie Woodall (AZ); Carl Linvill (NV); David Stewart-Smith (OR); Jim Luce (WA); Steve Waddington (WY); John Geesman (CA).

	Any other topical areas that should be examined when determining the value of a more formal regional body (e.g., transmission rate design, demand response, interconnection policies, efficient use of the grid, energy efficiency, electricity-related environmental policies, seams between RTOs and between RTO and non-RTO participants)

	Potential request of work groups to prepare reports addressing:

	1. Coming challenges in their area of work to achieving the goal of providing reliable and affordable electric power in the Western Interconnection (situation analysis);

	2. Whether there are any probable changes in the industry that would alter these challenges;

	3. Whether any type of interstate cooperation or collaboration is needed to successfully address those challenges;

	4. Whether any type of state/FERC cooperation or collaboration is needed to successfully address those challenges; and

	5. Any ideas on how interstate or state/FERC cooperation or collaboration might occur

	Next steps in producing recommendations to WGA/CREPC steering committee for a report to governors

	Background Information:
	FERC website on regional state committees (priority 2)
	WGA Status Report on the Investigation of a Western Interconnection Regional Electricity Decision Mechanism [pdf] *(priority 2)*
	WGA transmission permitting protocol [pdf] - (priority 3)
	WGA Western Interconnection Multi-State Entity Development Project [pdf] - (priority 3)

11:15 a.m.	Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System - Jeff Burks, UT DNR
	WREGIS presentation [pdf]

	Background Information:
	Needs assessment draft report [pdf]
	Environmental Finance article on RECs [pdf]
	Stakeholders Workshop Notice [pdf]
	RECs project presentation [pdf]

11:35 a.m.	Net System Electricity Mix - Tony Usibelli, WA EPG; Phil Carver, OR DOE [pdf]

11:45 a.m.	Break for lunch – everyone is on their own

1:00 p.m.	Demystifying WECC
	Draft report - WECC Organizational Review Bill Chamberlain [pdf] *(priority 3)*

1:30 p.m.	Implementation of Federal Reliability Legislation
	Jack King/Dennis Eyre - WECC

1:45 p.m.	Impacts of creating additional control areas
	City of Redding - Jim Feider
	California ISO - Kyle Hoffman [pdf]
	WECC - Dennis Eyre

	Background Information:
	City of Redding Comments 8-8-03 [pdf]
	City of Redding Perspective 10-1-03 [pdf]
	California ISO Comments on WAPA Control Area Plan [pdf] (priority 2)
	California ISO Market Surveillance Committee comments [pdf] (priority 2)
	Northern California Transmission Map [pdf] (priority 2)

2:30 p.m.	RTO and SSG-WI updates
	RTO West, John Carr
	WestConnect, Charlie Reinhold [pdf]
	SSG-WI, Bud Krogh

3:15 p.m.	Break

3:45 p.m.	wesTTrans - Charlie Reinhold

	Background Information:
	Executive summary [pdf] *(priority 1)*
	wesTTrans presentation [pdf] (priority 2)

4:00 p.m.	Western Interconnection, LLC - Camden Collins [pdf]

	Background Information:
	Letter to FERC Chairman Wood 9-29-03 [pdf] (priority 2)
	Section 204 application to FERC 9-29-03 [pdf] (priority 3)
	Request for Declaratory Order 9-29-03 [pdf] (*priority 3)*

4:30 p.m.	National Wind Coordinating Committee Transmission Planning Principles
	Roger Hamilton, NWCC [pdf]

	Background Information:
	Draft principles [pdf]

5:00 p.m.	Western Integrated Resource Plans

	*Purpose:* Staff seeks state verification of the load and resource acquisition elements of load service entity resource plans. The information will be used to improve linkages between resource plans and the regional transmission planning efforts of SSG-WI and the sub-regional planning efforts of STEP, CATS, RMATS, and NTAC. Such information should also prove valuable in the resource assessment activities of WECC and CREPC’s Westwide Resource Assessment Team. Municipal and Canadian load serving entities will be considered in the future.

	Background Information:
	Arizona Public Service
	Avista Utilities
	Idaho Power
	Nevada Power
	Northwestern Energy
	PacifiCorp
	Pacific Gas & Electric
	Portland General Electric
	Public Service Company of New Mexico
	Puget Sound Energy
	Sempra Energy Utility
	Sierra Pacific
	Tucson Electric
	Xcel Energy

	Corrections to staff information

5:30 p.m.	Adjourn


	*Thursday, November 6*
	Joint Meeting of CREPC/WECC/SSG-WI

	I. Transmission Planning and Project Implementation in the WI

7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.	SSG-WI Planning Work Group transmission expansion assessment
	>>Dean Perry [pdf]
	>>Kurt Granat

	Purpose: Summarize key results of Planning Work Group Congestion Simulations for 2008 and 2013; describe potential opportunities and benefits of expansion projects on key western corridors under differing scenarios of generation additions (coal, wind, and gas). Report on status of establishing and maintaining a transparent, portable, consistent database containing information needed to conduct studies of interconnection technical and policy studies.

	Background Information:
	SSG-WI transmission report
	Executive Summary - Oct. 2003 (priority 1)
	Body of report and appendices (priority 3)

9:30 a.m.	Overview of Sub-Regional Planning Activities in the WI

	*Purpose*: Describe status, purpose and schedules of existing and emerging subregional transmission planning activities in four sub regions of the interconnection.

	>> STEP - Jeff Miller, CAISO *(priority 3)* [pdf]
	>> CATS - Harlow Peterson, SRP *(priority 3)*
	>> RMATS - Steve Waddington, WY *(priority 3)*
	>> NTAC - Chris Reese, PSE (priority 3)
	>> Relationship to SSG-WI Planning Process - Dean Perry [pdf]

10:30 a.m.	Panel: How are transmission system "needs" translated into projects?

	Purpose: Explore state regulator, utility, and ISO roles and views regarding how transmission planning and expansion assessments can lead to actual decisions to fund and build transmission and non-transmission projects that meet identified needs.

	>> Marsha Smith, ID PUC, moderator
	>> Terry Winter, CAISO
	>> John Carr, PacifiCorp [pdf]
	>> Steve Waddington, Wyoming Governor's Office
	>> Carl Wood, California PUC
	>> Carey Deise, APS
	>> Marv Landauer, BPA [pdf]

12:00 p.m.	Lunch - on your own

	II. Electricity Resource and Needs Assessment in the Western Interconnection

	The purpose of this portion of the meeting is to begin to chart a course as to how western entities can cooperatively undertake an annual, methodical review of major elements of adequacy (sufficient generation or demand response to meet load; sufficient transmission to move generation to load; sufficient natural gas supply and infrastructure to meet end user and natural gas power plant demand; and, energy infrastructure and market rules that work in conjunction to avoid extreme scarcity, high prices and the exercise of significant market power).

1:15 p.m.	Presentations of results of major 2003 assessments

	Purpose: Provide decision-makers and stakeholders with results of most recent west-wide and sub-regional assessments of electricity resources and needs in the 2005-10 time period.

	Western Electricity Coordinating Council
	>> Jeff Miller, Chair WECC Reliability Subcommittee [pdf]
	California Energy Commission Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Assessment
	>> Mike Jaske (CA) [pdf]
	Northwest Power and Conservation Council
	>> Wally Gibson [pdf]

	Background Information:
	WECC Power Supply Assessments (priority 2)
	CEC 2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report (priority 2)

2:05 p.m.	Panel: Robustness of results and needed improvement

	Purpose: Identify the inherent limitations of current assessment approaches, models, data availability, load forecasting, hydro system operation and transmission constraints.

	>> Mary Johannis, BPA (models) [pdf]
	>> Mike Jaske, CEC (loads/demand response) [pdf]
	>> Chris Reese, Puget Sound Energy (energy (gwh) analyses)
	>> Kurt Granat, PacifiCorp (hydro system operation)
	>> Phil Carver Oregon Energy Office (reserve concepts)


3:40 p.m.	Western regional entities' responsibilities and authority for assessment and adequacy

	*Purpo*se: Examine the responsibilities of existing entities related to assessment of electricity resources and needs.

	>> Marsha Smith, CREPC
	>> Jack King, WECC
	>> John Carr, SSG-WI
	>> Bill Keese, WIEB

4:10 p.m.	Facilitated Discussion by Western Entity Representatives

	Purposes:

	>> Lay the foundation for a potential summit on resource adequacy proposed for spring, 2004.
	>> Outline potential scope of a summit and associated objectives.
	>> Identify summit planning representative from each entity

5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Joint Meeting of CREPC/WECC/SSG-WI