1. Data Coordination Working Group (DCWG) Status Report
Chuck Chakravarthi
Chair, DCWG
April 2008

2. DCWG Meeting April 9-10, 2008 (Washington, DC)
Met with EIA
Discussed:
EIA’s data needs
DCWG Scope
Action Items from the Last Meeting and status
DCWG Work Plan
Confidence Levels for Capacity margins reported by the regions
Regional Feedback on Summer/LTRA data collection.
NERC’s current & future data analysis approach

3. Work Status: Joint Meeting with EIA (Task 6 of DCWG Work Plan)
Meeting held on April 9, 2008 in Washington D.C.
EIA to write letter to NERC outlining (Task 7 of DCWG work plan):
Needed Improvements to Current EIA 411 Data Collection
Future Areas of Collaboration
NERC will work with EIA on forth coming changes related to Presidential Permitting for Canadian/Mexico Interconnections
NERC will work with EIA to Update NERC/EIA MOU
NERC to send letter to EIA thanking them (Bob Schnapp) for support on Schedule 7 (Transmission Outage Data) & Schedule 3.
DCWG formed a task force, headed by Mark Lauby of NERC, to re-design Schedule 2 (Unified Generator Database):
To Support NERC’s LTRA effort
To closely match EIA 860 to meet EIA needs
EIA desires Spring/Fall Meetings with DCWG
Fall meeting to be held prior to the release of NERC’s LTRA
NERC will stay abreast of EIA’s work with FERC on DSM document

4. Work Status: DCWG Meeting
Meeting held on April 9-10, 2008 in Washington D.C.
Discussed Posting of Meeting Materials
Formed a task force defining confidence levels for capacity data reported by regions (Fedora, Simons & Molesky along with a representative from SERC and NERC)
Will seek EIA feedback on findings
SERC to summarize data submittal recommendations based on regional feedback on the Summer/LTRA data collection
Will be presented at April RAS meeting
Request RAS move the LTRA due date to May 1 corresponding to EIA’s new due data of July 15, 2008
NPCC Representative (Fedora) will perform a trial run to demonstrate risk assessment approaches to capacity margin analysis (Supporting Task 4 of the DCWG Work plan)
Next DCWG conference call scheduled for 6/18/08
Seasonal and LTRA questionnaire to be modified based on feedback from DCWG members