Business Practices Subcommittee Update Executive Committee Meeting February 18, 2014

2 Free Template from 2 NAESB BPS Update Recent Meetings –November 13-14, 2013 –November 22, 2013 – Tag Impacts Task Force –December 2, 2013 – Tag Impacts Task Force –December 4-5, 2013 –January 7, 2014 –February 5-6, 2014 Upcoming Meetings –March 18-19, 2014 – St. Petersburg/Duke –April 23-24, 2014 – Little Rock/SPP

3 Free Template from 3 Draft Standards - Status Working on a Draft PFV Recommendation Informal Comments Periods –First Round February 18- March 18, 2013 –Second Round January 8-31, 2014

4 Free Template from 4 Changes From First Round of Informal Comments Removed Coordination Arrangements/Two-Tier Firm Curtailment Recognize Seams Agreements –GTL priority overrides –Different methodologies of granularity Updated Whitepaper

5 Free Template from 5 Second Round of Informal Comments Posted January 8 th – January 31 st Eleven Entities submitted comments –AECI –Duke –GTC –Manitoba Hydro –MISO –NCEMC

6 Free Template from 6 Second Round of Informal Comments Entities submitted comments (Contd.) –NYISO –PJM –Southern –SPP –TVA

7 Free Template from 7 Informal Comments Issues Real Time Data Requirements 12 – 18 Months Parallel Test –NAESB/IDC Association Coordination. –Testing Details Criteria/Procedures –Threshold for curtailment 5% vs 3%. Recognition of Market Coordinated Flowgates Criteria for determination of Generator Priority Schedules

8 Free Template from 8 Data Submission Requirements The data includes, but not limited to the following: –Real time generator output –Each BA or defined control zone Loads –Generator outages –Transmission outages –Facility flows

9 Free Template from 9 Upcoming Activities Review and address second round of informal comments –Estimate 4-6 months Develop a list of concerns to be evaluated during full staffing/field trial

10 Free Template from 10 Additional Documents Whitepaper –Big picture view Meeting Materials IDC User’s Manual – Outside of BPS Scope –How calculations are performed System Data eXchange (SDX) User’s Manual – Outside of BPS Scope –New entities submitting data –Acknowledgements/error processing

11 Free Template from 11 Testing Evaluation Criteria Data (Input/Output) –Access to data –Quality of data –Sufficient data Commitment to Testing –NAESB –NERC –Association –Industry Timeline to Testing

12 Free Template from 12 Timeline

13 Free Template from 13 Implementation Month Test –Projected 2 nd -3 rd quarter 2016 Decision to Move to Production –NAESB –NERC/Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) –IDC Association

14 Free Template from 14 Coordination – NERC Commitment to Testing Responsibility to Improve Accuracy of the IDC Tool ORS Role Moving Forward (Monitor Reliability Impact) – Approve Test Criteria Standard Drafting Teams –IRO 5-Year Review Team Curtailment of Intra-BA Point-to-Point Tags

15 Free Template from 15 Coordination – IDC Association Commitment to Testing Responsibility to Improve Accuracy of the IDC Tool Access to Data During Testing IDC Working Group –Updates to User’s Manuals –Response to comments related during informal/formal comments –Review and input into Recommendation and Whitepaper

16 Free Template from 16 Next Steps Subcommittee –Reviewing responses for second round of Informal Comment –Update Recommendation based on Subcommittee Decision – Informal Comments –Develop a list of concerns to be evaluated during full staffing/field trial –Work with IDCWG Review and provide input on informal comments, Whitepaper, and Recommendation Update User Manuals –Update Whitepaper – Informal Comments WEQ Leadership/NAESB Staff – Coordination Issues –NERC - Ongoing –IDC Association – Ongoing

17 Free Template from 17 Next Steps (Contd.) Post Recommendation for Formal Comments –2 nd or 3 rd Quarter 2014 BPS plan to include a Full Staffing Considerations List as a part of the recommendation for formal comments. –Granularity of the GTL flow calculations Sink Side –Continuity of Seams Agreements –Possible Reliability Issues during Reload –Load Zone Granularity of the PFV Model –Allow Firm Resources to Increase Impacts on flowgates –Details of how to calculate Firm & Non-Firm GTL flows –Review that Credit for Redispatch logic works as intended WILL THIS LIST BE SUFFICIENT FOR EC TO APPROVE STANDARDS?

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