Agenda 
Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation 
of the Western Interstate Energy Board

Holiday Inn on the Bay

San Diego, California

 September 19-21, 2005

 

casual attire (no ties)

 

Schedule of Meetings
 

Monday 
September 19, 
2005

Tuesday 
September 20, 
2005

Wednesday 
September 21, 
2005

Thursday 
September 22, 
2005

CREPC orientation
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


 

CREPC  8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CREPC business meeting
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Natural Gas Workshop
10:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. lunch break

2:30 p.m. bus pick up for tour to Solar Turbines facility

5:15 p.m.  arrival at boat dock 

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. harbor tour

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
WIEB  meeting 

Board working lunch

 

Monday, September 19

2:30 p.m. - Pre-Meeting Workshop:  CREPC 101
5:00 p.m. The purpose of this workshop is to provide interested CREPC members with background information on the history, operation, and priority topics of the Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation.
Background material
     Larson presentation
     Anderson presentation

Tuesday, September 20

7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. Convene meeting
Introductions
8:45 a.m. Report by CREPC Chair
Background information
     WGA Resolution 05-02 on Regional Electricity Policy Making
     Governors' letter to companies operating control areas
9:00 a.m. Introduction of proposed CREPC work plan (action will be taken on the work plan at the business meeting)
     Draft Work Plan Background
     Draft CREPC Work Plan  
     Draft Work Plan Appendices
9:15 a.m. Overview of DOE actions to implement electricity-related provisions of the Energy Policy Act
     ·   Larry Mansueti/Julia Souder, DOE
Background material
     Electricity title summary
     List of rulemakings in Electricity title
     FERC schedule for implementing Energy Policy Act
Issue 1: Identification of transmission congestion and national interest transmission corridors; designation of energy corridors on federal lands
     ·   Larry Mansueti/Julia Souder, DOE
     ·   Dean Perry, SSG-WI
     ·   Discussion
Background material
     Text of sections of EPAct
     Western Interconnection Transmission Path Flow Study
     Observations on process for evaluating congestion and designating National Interest Corridors - presentation
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Issue 2: Reliability
Formation of Electric Reliability Organization; roles of Regional Reliability Organizations and Regional Advisory Bodies; provisions for deference and delegation; comments on FERC's proposed rules to implement reliability section.
     ·   Louise McCarren, WECC
     ·   Bill Chamberlain, CEC
Background material
     Chamberlain presentation
     Text of reliability section of EPAct
     FERC NOPR on electric reliability organization and standards
     WGA Resolution 03-27 Protecting the Reliability of the Western Electric Power System
11:00 a.m. Issue 3: Economic dispatch
EPAct requires DOE to conduct a study of economic dispatch and FERC to establish joint boards to address economic dispatch.
     ·   Larry Mansueti/Julia Souder, DOE
     ·   Marsh Smith, ID PUC
Background material
     Text of economic dispatch sections of EPAct
     Letter from DOE
11:30 a.m. Identification of activities to share information on EPAct implementation
     Chamberlain-Messenger presentation
11:45 a.m. Lunch - on your own
1:00 p.m. Changes in the Western Industry 
     ·   WECC and SSG-WI reports on addressing regional commercial issues
                  o Louise McCarren, WECC
                  o Dean Perry, SSG-WI
                  o Kristi Wallis, SSG-WI/LouAnn Westerfield (ID PUC)
Key issues are:  WECC role in managing a database for transmission expansion planning and resource adequacy assessments; WECC role in transmission expansion planning; WECC role in resolving commercial issues; SSG-WI role in market monitoring
Background material
     Wallis presentation
     Highlights of July WECC Board meeting
      Additional information from July WECC Board meeting
2:15 p.m. Resource Adequacy - Grace Anderson, CREPC West-wide Resource Assessment Team
    ·   WECC 2005 Power Supply Assessment methodology and results
                  o WECC staff
    ·   Conceptual scope of work for implementing WECC assessments and resource adequacy goals
                  o Mike Jaske, CREPC West-wide Resource Assessment Team/CEC
Background material
     Anderson presentation
     Holland presentation
     Jaske presentation
     2005 WECC Power Supply Assessment
3:00 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Other regional developments 
    ·   Grid West - Kurt Conger
    ·   TIG  - Kristi Wallis
    ·   WestConnect - Charlie Reinhold
    ·   SSG-WI transmission planning and expansion - Dean Perry
Background material
     BPA Analysis
     GridWest Decision Point 2 page
     TIG information
     Conger presentation
4:30 p.m. WREGIS status report
    ·   Bob Anderson, Chair of Interim WREGIS Governing Committee
Background material
     Anderson presentation
     WREGIS update
4:45 p.m. CREPC work group reports 
    ·   Transmission Regulatory Principles Work Group
                  o Becky Wilson/Carl Linvill
    ·   Other
Background material
     Nelson presentation to NARUC (07-25-05)
     TREG Draft Report (4-13-05)
     WIA Comments (8-26-05)
     NWE Comments (9-06-05)
     BPA Comments (8-24-05)
     PacifiCorp Comments (9-16-05)
5:30 p.m. Recess

Wednesday, September 21

7:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. CREPC Business Meeting
    ·   Market assessment /monitoring
                  o Chuck Goldman, LBL
    ·   Discussion and action on proposed Draft CREPC work plan
    ·   Other items
Background material
     CREPC business session slides
     Presentation used in September 16th web seminar
10:30 a.m. Adjourn CREPC meeting
10:45 a.m. WIEB/CREPC Natural Gas Workshop
     Jim Fore presentation
     Dave Maul presentation
     Angela Tanghetti presentation
1:00 p.m. Lunch - on your own
2:30 p.m. Bus picks up participants for Solar Turbines tour and harbor boat tour