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2 2 MFR…. Uh…  How do you get a man to stop biting his nails? Make him wear shoes.  What do you instantly know about a well- dressed man? His wife is good at picking out clothes.  How many men does it take to tile a bathroom? Two. If you slice them very thinly.

3 Free Template from 3 Today’s Update Contains….  NAESB  Coordinate Interchange Scheduling Subcommittee  OASIS Subcommittee  Business Practice Subcommittee  Other  NERC  FERC  ATC Workshop

4 Free Template from 4  e-Tag  Electric Industry Registry Update  WEQ-004 Coordinate Interchange Business Practice Standards  Meetings

5 Free Template from 5  Interoperability testing completed in 2014  Implementation/cut-over occurred midnight CST between March 30 th and 31 st 2015  Retirement Date: May 1, :00 CST  You have the month of April to replace any e-Tags  Materials are posted on the NAESB web site (but you have to login first) 

6 ER13001 – NERC requested EIR include schema and GUI for registration and approval of pseudo- ties. Testing and retesting, not quite complete. Proposed implementation date is June 9, Also, look for NERC announcement concerning INT-004-3, R3.

7  Market Operator code-role white paper  Determine if Business Practices are needed for registration of pseudo-ties

CISS Calendar

OASIS Subcommittee

OASIS Subcommittee Calendar

 Spent the last five years working on Parallel Flow Visualization (PFV). The PFV recommendation was approved at the Feb 24, 2015 WEQ EC meeting.  Was assigned last year the “MOD” effort of turning portions of MOD-001, -004, -008, -028, -029, and -030 into NAESB Business Practice Standards. Business Practices Subcommittee

14 Free Template from 14  A WEQ EC Task Force took 200+ requirements/sub- requirements abandoned by the NERC MOD A drafting team and developed a recommendation of “1 must have” and “41 please consider” requirements  In Oct 2014, the Business Practice Subcommittee began crafting ATC/AFC business practice standards  Desired completion by subcommittee is the end of 2Q2015

Business Practices Subcommittee Calendar

 Next WEQ EC meeting April 28, 2015 in Carmel, IN  Expect significant conversation regarding the revised standards for redirects on a firm basis, both from unconditional parent reservations and conditional parent reservations. The proposed recommendation contains a requirement for each provider to post in their business practices how they “handle” redirects from conditional parents. Random NAESB Stuff

 Removing the LSE and PSE Functions  NERC convinced FERC to remove the Load-Serving Entities and Purchasing-Selling Entities from the reliability registration.  SO, what happens with INT-004-3, R1 & R2 and with INT that is a direct result of the FERC directive (to the ERO)? NERC Adventures

 Held at FERC 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST, Tuesday, April 21, 2015  Workshop on Available Transfer Capability Standards for Wholesale Electric Transmission Services (reference AD )  FERC staff will convene a workshop to discuss actions the Commission could take to ensure that transmission providers continue to calculate and post available transfer capability (ATC) in a manner that ensures nondiscriminatory access to wholesale electric transmission services.  Panel of various industry folk – from the west Excel, Puget Sound, and consultant for Powerex. Issues – detailed requirements versus flexibility, coordination between providers, and transparency to customers and regulatory beings. FERC ATC Workshop

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