Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation


AGENDA

April 29-30, 2002

San Diego, CA


 

April 29

April 30

May 1

May 2

1:00 p.m. –5:30 p.m. CREPC meeting

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CREPC meeting

8:30 a.m.-5:30 WIEB Board of Directors meeting

8:30 a.m. – Noon 
WSE Resource Tracking workshop

8:30 a.m. – noon

WIEB Board of Directors meeting

  

Monday, April 29

1:00 p.m.            Report of the Chair and outline of the meeting
                               WGA transmission permitting protocol
                               Chronology of protocol
                               Federal energy legislation (reliability, eminent domain, intrusion into retail decisions)                              

                                           Background information
                                                  Table summarizing the status of federal energy legislation 
                                                   Letters of Western governors            
                                                  Reliability
                                                          Text of Thomas amendment that was adopted by the Senate
                                                          NERC letter refuting arguments against the Thomas amendment
                                                                    Chamberlain pwrpt
                                                  Eminent domain
                                                          Fact sheet on state actions in permitting transmission
                                                  Federal intrusion into state retail decisions

1:30  p.m.             Western Electricity Coordinating Council
                                 Report of Class 5 (state/provincial) Board members (Bill Chamberlain, Prasad Potturi, Marsha Smith, Denise 
                                       Mullen-Dalmer) 
                                Information flow to CREPC members
                                Western Governors' letter to the WECC
                                WECC press release                   

2:00 p.m.            Standard Market Design (SMD)
                                 (Briefing on the elements of SMD as outlined by FERC in their working paper on SMD, including the timeline
                                 for developing the final rule.)
                                 ·    Kevin Kelly, FERC   pwrpt
                                        Options for Resolving Rate & Transition Issues
                                        FERC Standard Market Design Paper
                                        FERC Standard Market Design Comparison Table
                                        SSG-WI Comparison Table -  (not available as of 5/15)


                           Existing policies and actions underway in the West related to SMD

2:45 p.m.            Regional transmission planning
                                 ·  CREPC representatives to SSG-WI planning effort identify the issues and their recommendations
                                        Steve Ellenbecker
                                ·   SSG-WI representative report on the plans of the RTOs to create seamless regional transmission planning in the
                                     Western Interconnection and next steps
                                        Charlie Reinhold (WestConnect)   pwrpt                                                   

3:30 p.m.            Break

3:45 p.m.           WGA Transmission Financing White Paper
                                ·    John Carr, PacifiCorp   pwrpt
                                ·   Wally Gibson (NWPPC), CREPC representative   pwrpt
                                ·    Phil Carver's memo

4:30 p.m.            Demand Response  (This discussion builds on the October workshop in Seattle.  Western states/provinces that have
                           been actively involved in instituting demand response programs will share case studies on the lessons learned from various
                           programs.  This will include identifying successful programs, as well as programs that have encountered significant 
                           obstacles, paying specific attention to answering the major questions raised in Seattle and what are the next steps in these
                           states.  This session should also examine the importance demand response will play in FERC’s final rule on SMD.)
                                                                                Final Demand Response document  (revised as of 8/19/02)
                                                                                Related background documents
                                                                                Seattle Questions 

                                ·    Bill Eastlake, Demand Response Team chairman
                                ·    Presentations by ID, CA, OR, WA, AZ, AB, BC, CO, MT, NV, NM, SK, UT, WY

5:30 p.m.            Recess

 

Tuesday, April 30

7:00 a.m.           Continental breakfast

8:00 a.m.           Demand Response Roundtable

                         (Continue reports by states/provinces)
                         California Action Plan
                         California Notice

                         Utah PowerFoward notes
                          Utah PowerForward slide

10:00 a.m.        Break 

10:15 a.m.         Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) primer 
                                Arne Olson, Energy, Environmental, Economics, Inc.   pwrpt
                                ·    NY ISO Financial Model

10:45 a.m.       Comparison of Western RTO proposals and SMD paper
                               
·    RTO West - John Carr
                               
·    California ISO - Steve Greenleaf   pwrpt
                               
·    WestConnect - Charlie Reinhold

12:15 p.m.       Lunch -- on your own

1:30 p.m.        Other Standard Market Design Issues (Session will identify the issues raised in the FERC SMD
                         paper that are the most germane to the West and issues to be raised during the regional panel discussion.)


2:15 p.m.         Business Session
                              Review CREPC appointments
                              Tomorrow's generation tracking workshop
                              Proposal for CREPC work on interconnection standards
                              Other

2:45 p.m.         Adjourn

3:00 p.m.         State-Federal Regional Panel (Victoria Conference Room)
                             ·    SMD paper and forthcoming rule
                             ·    Costs and benefits of Western RTO configurations

                          [This discussion will follow the FERC rules for the conduct of regional panels.  It is anticipated that
                          some or all the FERC commissioners will be connected via teleconference.]

5:00 p.m.           Adjourn