Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation

7:00 a.m.	*Continental Breakfast*

8:00 a.m.	Call to order / introductions / review agenda
	· John Savage, Chair

8:10 a.m.	Natural gas-electricity interface in the West
	· Overview of challenges
	o Mark Lauby and John Moura (NERC) (by phone) [pdf]
	· Panel discussion of key issues (long-term gas supply/price, need for operational
	improvements, variable generation and gas integration)
	o Bill Monsen (Principal, MRW Associates) [pdf]
	o Colin Crowley (Puget Sound Energy) [pdf]
	o Terri Eaton (Xcel Energy) [pdf]
	o Dave Olsen (Western Grid Group) [pdf]

	Background
	NERC: Gas/Electricity Interdependencies and Recommendations, June 15, 2004
	WIEB staff summary (priority 2); report
	Forthcoming NERC 2011 Gas/Electric Interdependencies Report
	NERC July 28, 2011 presentation
	Aspen Environmental Group Report (prepared for the APPA):
	Implications of Greater Reliance on Natural Gas for Electricity
	Generation, July 2010
	WIEB staff summary; report; presentation on report
	INGAA Foundation: Firming Renewable Electric Power Generators: Opportunities and
	Challenges for Natural Gas Pipelines - WIEB staff summary; report
	Xcel Energy Inc., Final Report: Public Service Company of Colorado 2 GW and 3 GW
	Wind Integration - WIEB staff summary; report
	NREL: Cost-causation and Integration Cost Analysis for Variable Generation
	WIEB staff summary; report
	California ISO, Integration of Renewable Resources: Operational Requirements and
	Generation Fleet Capability
	WIEB staff summary; report
	FERC February Cold Snap Report, August 2011
	WIEB staff summary; report
	NERC February Cold Snap Report, September 2011
	WIEB staff summary; report

9:45 a.m.	Break

10:15 a.m.	Regional cooperation on energy efficiency: Residential and industrial initiatives to consider
	· Introductions - Lisa Schwartz (RAP)
	· Presentations
	o Howard Geller (Southwest Energy Efficiency Project) [pdf]
	o Mardi Cino [pdf] and John Wallner [pdf] (Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance)
	· Questions and answers

11:00 a.m.	*Findings and recommendations from WGA WREZ3 interview with utilities and PUCs*
	· Lisa Schwartz, Regulatory Assistance Project [pdf]

	Background
	Executive Summary of WREZ 3 report
	Full draft WREZ 3 report

11:45 a.m.	Lunch on your own

1:15 p.m.	Integration of variable generation
	Introduction and guiding inquiries - Victoria Ravenscroft (WIEB)
	Why is this important to the West - Chuck Goldman (LBNL) [pdf]

	1. Energy Imbalance Market
	· WECC update - Michelle Mizumori [pdf]
	o Past and future involvement by WECC
	o Revised cost-benefit analysis results
	o Open market design issues
	· Update on pricing webinar - Larry Chaset (SPSC Consultant) [pdf]
	· Benefits under an EIM
	o Reserve benefits, Jack King (NREL) [pdf]
	o Individual benefits to BAs
	Patrick Damiano (ColumbiaGrid) [pdf]
	John Apperson (PacifiCorp) [pdf]
	· Best utilization of the gas fleet under an EIM - Dave Olsen (WGG) [pdf]
	· State Responses to EIM
	o Oregon PUC public meeting on EIM - John Savage (OR PUC)
	o Nevada PUC investigatory docket - Rebecca Wagner (NV PUC)
	o Colorado inquiries - Jim Tarpey (CO PUC)
	· Potential state/provincial actions
	o Adopted statement on an EIM [pdf] ACTION ITEM UPDATED
	o Discuss options for coordination among PUCs on evaluation of an EIM

	Background
	WECC EIM Cost Benefit Analysis revised report
	EIM High Level Market Design
	Background on pricing options, WECC EIM Functional Specification, Sept 8, 2011
	NREL Analysis of Flex reserve savings under and EIM
	Pre-meeting EIM pricing webinar recording
	o EIM pricing webinar slides

3:15 p.m.	Break

3:45 p.m.	*2. Other measures to improve variable generation integration*
	· Wind/solar forecasting - findings from SPSC / NREL survey of BAs
	o Kevin Porter, Exeter Associates [pdf]
	· Joint Initiative Update - Intra-hour and I-TAP projects and dynamic scheduling
	o Charlie Reinhold (WestConnect)/Kristi Wallis (ColumbiaGrid)/Sharon Helms (NTTG)
	[pdf]
	· Dynamic scheduling: What are the impacts on reliability and transmission
	capacity? What are the implementation issues?
	o Dynamic transfer capacity task force work - Rich Bayless (NTTG) [pdf]
	· Using demand response for integrating variable generation
	o Chuck Goldman (LBNL) [pdf]
	· Summary of BA actions on better integration of variable generation
	o Results from survey - Kevin Porter (Exeter Associates) [pdf]
	· Proposed ongoing tracking of industry actions to lower integration costs
	o Adopted letter to Joint Initiatives requesting participation data [pdf] ACTION ITEM UPDATED
	o Future survey of industry progress

	Background
	Mass market demand response and variable generation integration issues, LBNL
	Joint Initiative update to WECC Board September 2011

5:30 p.m.	Recess

7:00 a.m.	*Continental Breakfast*

8:00 a.m.	*FERC developments - Christina Hayes, Legal Advisor to Chairman Wellinghoff*

8:30 a.m.	*Implementation of FERC Order 1000: A Facilitated Panel Discussion*
	· Discussion Topics (Link to full set of discussion questions)
	1. How will Order 1000 reshape the subregions?
	o How will this affect the existing SPGs and SCG?
	o Will the U.S. non-jurisdictional entities participate?
	o How will this affect WECC?
	2. How will the subregions be governed and what is the role of the states?
	o What should be the governance structure for the subregions?
	o Does industry believe that states should be merely stakeholders or part of the
	governance structure?
	o What do states think?
	o What is the role of stakeholders in governance and decision making in
	the subregion?
	3. How will the subregions develop plans compared to current practice?
	o What constitutes a plan?
	o Are subregions required to pick winners (and losers) and propose specific projects
	for construction?
	o Are existing proposed projects exempt from Order 1000 planning requirements?
	o What is required to satisfy the interregional coordination and information sharing
	requirements?
	4. How will the subregions allocate costs?
	o What specific cost allocation method(s) will the subregions use?
	o In the case of interregional transmission projects, how do subregions anticipate
	allocating costs in compliance with the Order?
	o What role if any does the industry believe the states should play in cost allocation?
	o How are merchant developers treated under Order 1000?

	· Facilitators
	■ Jeff Goltz, WA UTC / Ric Campbell, UT PSC / Doug Larson, WIEB

	· Panel
	Frank Afranji, PGE	Jeff Miller, SCG and Columbia Grid
	Rich Bayless, NTTG	Brad Nickell, WECC
	Charles Combs, BPA	Dave Olsen, Western Grid Group
	Sarah Edmonds, PacifiCorp	Charlie Reinhold, WestConnect
	Susan Henderson, Xcel Energy	Bob Smith, APS
	Barry Huddleston, CleanLine Energy Partners	Marsha Smith, ID PUC
	Kevin Kelly, FERC	Rohan Soulsby, BCCPG
	Ron Lehr, AWEA	Jim Tarpey, CO PUC
	Jason Marks, NM PRC	Rob Taylor, Salt River Project

	Background
	FERC Chairman Wellinghoff's October 13 testimony
	Order 1000 press release; fact sheet; Order
	FERC Order 1000 presentation

11:00 a.m.	CREPC business meeting
	· Potential CREPC/SPSC Task Force on Order 1000 [pdf] ACTION ITEM
	· Potential Transmission Technology Forum, John Savage (OR PUC) [pdf] ACTION ITEM
	· Topics for next Resource Planners' Forum, Steve Ellenbecker (WIEB) [pdf] ACTION ITEM
	· EPA Outreach to PUCs on air regulations, Jim Tarpey (CO PUC) [pdf]

	Background
	Summary of takeaways from 2009 and 2010 Resource Planners' Forums
	Pre-meeting New Transmission Technologies webinar recording
	o Slides from the October 19 webinar on new transmission technologies
	RTO proposal to EPA on MACT rule

11:30 a.m.	Adjourn joint meeting

12:45 p.m.	SPSC meeting

	Report by DOE
	o Larry Mansueti (DOE)

	Implementation of Section 1221 (Congestion study, NIETC designations)
	o David Meyer (DOE) (by phone)

	Background
	DOE/FERC joint statement on backstop siting
	Staff paper on potential engagement in DOE / FERC 2012 congestion study ACTION ITEM
	Position adopted by SPSC on DOE congestion study UPDATED

	New list of Common Case Transmission Assumptions (criteria, projects) [pdf]
	o Jeff Miller (SCG chair)

	Staff suggestions on SPSC next steps for Common Case Transmission Assumptions [pdf]
	o Steve Ellenbecker (WIEB)

	Background
	SCG draft report on 2022 Common Case assumptions

	WECC's First 10-year plan
	· Overview of 10-year plan recommendations and next steps by TEPPC [pdf]
	o Brad Nickell (WECC)
	· What needs to be done next on Path 8 (Montana-NW) and Path 65/66 (Pacific Interties) [pdf]
	o Findings from SPSC pre-meeting webinar
	▪Tom Carr (WIEB)

	Background
	SPSC 10-year plan recommendations
	WECC 10-year plan summary
	Pre-meeting Path 8/ Paths 65/66 webinar recording
	o Slides from October 20 webinar on Path 8 / Paths 65-66

	New 10-year studies
	· Update on 2022 Common Case and 2011 study program
	o Heidi Pacini (WECC) / Tom Carr (WIEB) [pdf]
	· DSM Work Group report on Common Case, High DSM/DG Case
	o Rebecca Wagner (NV), DSM Work Group chair [pdf]
	o Galen Barbose (LBNL) [pdf]
	· Institutionalizing DSM/DG/DR/RPS common case inputs into TEPPC
	and subregional planning
	o Tom Carr (WIEB)
	· Potential topics for future SPSC study requests [pdf]
	o SPSC staff

	Background
	SPSC DSM Work Group analysis
	SPSC 2011 study requests
	TEPPC 2011 study program

	WECC 20-year plan
	· Analytic tool - when will WECC run 20-year cases
	o Brad Nickell (WECC)
	· SPSG scenarios
	o Jim Tarpey (SPSG chair) and Byron Woertz (WECC) [pdf]
	· SPSC 20-year study request
	o Tom Carr (WIEB) [pdf]

	Background
	Scenario Planning Steering Group scenarios
	Scenario Planning Steering Group summary table

	Integrating wildlife data in WECC planning for generation
	· John Harja, (Western Governors' Wildlife Council) [pdf] (by phone)

	Water-energy nexus developments
	· Alex Davis, (Western States' Water Council) [pdf] (by phone)

3:30 p.m.	Break

3:45 p.m.	Ideas for possible allocation of SPSC consulting funds [paper] [presentation] ACTION ITEM
	· MORE Power
	· Inputs to WECC on technology breakthrough cases
	· Outside critique of western transmission planning
	· Transmission technology forum
	· Status of RPS compliance
	· Internet based tool to analyze historical flow scheduling and ATC data

	Background
	Pre-meeting MORE Power webinar recording
	MORE Power Value Statement - Tom Kaiserski
	MORE Power presentation - Randy Alliss
	MORE Power presentation - Dave Hurlbut

	SPSC budget report and potential reallocation of funds
	· Doug Larson (WIEB) [pdf] ACTION ITEM

	Background
	Expenditures by category [pdf]

	Steps to improve operational efficiency of the SPSC

	Other business

5:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Agenda Joint Meeting Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation and State-Provincial Steering Committee

Agenda
Joint Meeting
Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation
and
State-Provincial Steering Committee