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Agenda |
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Doubletree Lloyd Executive Center |
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Portland, Oregon |
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April 21, 2010 |
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Multnomah Ballroom |
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8:00 a.m. |
Call to order and review agenda |
| John Savage, Chair | |
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8:15 a.m. |
What are the burning grid reliability issues? What keeps you up at night? |
| Joe McClelland, FERC Office of Electric Reliability / Jon Wellinghoff, FERC Chairman | |
| Gerry Cauley, NERC CEO (by phone) | |
| Mike Assante, NERC Director of Cyber Security (by phone) | |
| David Areghini, SRP/WECC Board Chair | |
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Discussion topics |
| · What are the next steps on results-based standards? | |
| How do we know when we are doing well? | |
| · Cyber security "Be afraid? Be very, very afraid?" What is the issue? What is the real threat? | |
| What are the implications for smart grid? What should WIRAB and PUCs be doing? | |
| What are the costs of complying with cyber security standards? | |
| What are the implications of pending cyber security legislation? | |
| Background | |
| Gerry Cauley's vision statement for NERC | |
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9:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | Frequency response reserves...do we have a problem? |
| WECC Frequency Response Task Force | |
| WECC Reliability Based Control Field Trial | |
| Don Watkins (BPA), WECC Operating Committee Chair [pdf] | |
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10:30 a.m. |
NERC reliability assessments: rapid demand growth after recession; |
| Impact of four EPA regulations on fossil fuel plant retirements; climate change initiatives | |
| Mark Lauby, NERC Director, Reliability Assessments & Performance Analysis [pdf] ; [pdf] | |
| Background | |
| Briefing for Members Representatives Committee - February 12, 2010 | |
| Rapid demand growth after recession | |
| Four EPA regulations | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Adjourn |
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