1. NERC Planning Committee Update
Branden Sudduth
Director, Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

2. Planning Committee Logistics
Last meeting held on September 16-17, 2014
New chair and vice chair announced
Need for WECC participation
Committee
Activities
Next meeting December 9-10 in Atlanta
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

3. Essential Reliability Services Task Force
Concept paper under development
Effort divided into four subgroups
Load and Resource Balance
Voltage Support
Frequency Support
Policy and Advisory Group
Developing a framework for assessment and detailed technical analysis for each subgroup area
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

4. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
RAPA
Reliability Assessments
Long-term Reliability Assessment
Winter Reliability Assessment
Performance Analysis
2015 State of Reliability Report
AC Substation Equipment Task Force
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

5. EPA Section 111(d) Regulations
NERC’s approach
Preliminary assessment in early October
Conduct a more detailed analysis after rule is finalized
Focus on timing component and resource replacements
Potential data request to Planning Coordinators
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

6. Other Items of Interest
Model validation update
2014 Polar Vortex weather phenomenon report
Order 754 – Study of protection system single points of failure
Spare Equipment Database Working Group
Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force
CIP-014 – Physical security standard
Western Electricity Coordinating Council