2006 CMBG Conference CMBG History Presented By: Rick Harris CMBG Steering Committee

2006 CMBG Conference Why does the CMBG exist? open forum to share CM information with our peers nuclear industry CM Community of Practice

2006 CMBG Conference How CMBG was started First Nuclear Configuration Management Benchmarking conference hosted by PPL in Fall 1994 in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. 17 US utilities represented

2006 CMBG Conference How CMBG was started Each utility made presentation about their Configuration Management program No motivational speeches No sales promotions by service providers

2006 CMBG Conference The CMBG Idea Grows Second conference hosted by Ontario Hydro in 1995 Drafted plans for continuing organization - approved in 1996 Name: Configuration Management Benchmarking Group Formed Steering Committee Wrote Mission Statement Defined ground rules for holding future conferences

2006 CMBG Conference CMBG Mission To provide a forum for the exchange of information which is useful to practitioners of nuclear facility configuration management and to act as the CM Community of Practice for the nuclear industry.

2006 CMBG Conference CMBG Steering Committee Mission To support the Benchmarking Group mission by providing continuity and direction for the group’s activities and to represent CMBG in communications with INPO, NEI and other industry groups.

2006 CMBG Conference Role of Steering Committee: Promote CM principles and practices Work to increase active participation in annual conferences Establish and apply criteria for selecting a host for the annual conference Define ground rules for planning and conducting conferences Provide input to the agenda for annual conferences Assign and direct the functions of working groups

2006 CMBG Conference Steering Committee Members Tom Czerniewski, Entergy NE Lloyd Hancock, industry consultant Rick Harris, Duke Energy- Chairman Bob Hess, PG&E Bill Kline, FENOC Sam Melton, Progress Energy John Parler, SCE&G Keith Reinsmith, PPL Susquehanna Mike Stout, Spescom Software, Inc. Cliff Wallen, Dominion – 2006 host

2006 CMBG Conference CMBG is not affiliated with any other single organization No funding from any agency No membership fees Conference costs are paid by registration fees and supplemented by host utility Host utility pays for web site CMBG makes no position statements or endorsements

2006 CMBG Conference CMBG Conferences YearHostLocation 1994PP&LPoconos, PA 1995Ontario HydroOntario, Canada 1996Houston Light & PowerGalveston, TX 1997Commonwealth EdisonChicago, IL 1998NAESCOBoston, MA 1999Duke PowerCharlotte, NC 2000Consolidated EdisonTarrytown, NY 2001Progress EnergyRaleigh, NC 2002PSEG NuclearAtlantic City, NJ 2003PPL SusquehannaHershey, PA 2004Wolf Creek NuclearKansas City, KS 2005First EnergyCleveland, OH 2006DominionRichmond, VA

2006 CMBG Conference CMBG Accomplishments Annual Conferences Communications Network Web Site ( Named Configuration Management Community of Practice by NEI in 2002 Task Forces developed consistent CM Process Model and KPI’s Support for an industry standard (ANSI/NIRMA CM )

2006 CMBG Conference 2005 Conference Attendees 88 people involved in CM 27 US Utilities 2 Utilities outside US* 3 Other Nuclear Facilities 3 Nuclear Industry Organizations 7 Service Providers (invited) *Past conference attendees outside the US have included representatives from Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain and the IAEA

2006 CMBG Conference 2006 IAEA Participants IAEA – Vienna HQ Armenia Czech Republic * Hungary Lithuania * Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Ukraine * Wednesday – Friday IAEA workshop only See CM Survival Guide for list of Eastern European Nuclear Plants

2006 CMBG Conference Communications Network Name/company/phone/ 355 people 32 US Utilities 9 Utilities outside US 7 Other Nuclear Facilities 14 Nuclear Industry Organizations 32 Service Providers

2006 CMBG Conference Recent Developments NEI CM Community of Practice (2002) CMBG “Principles and Practices” (2003) CM Process and PI’s included in NEI Standard Nuclear Performance Model (2003) Revision 1 to INPO CM Process Description AP-929 (2005) Current effort to revise ANSI/NIRMA Standard-CM Breakout Session #9