1. NERC Orientation Joint Guidance Committee WECC Leadership
Annual Training Session
Salt Lake City, UT
May 6-7, 2009
Steve Rueckert
Director of Standards

2. NERC ORIENTATION NERC is the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO)
As the ERO, NERC is authorized to Develop and Enforce Reliability Standards
NERC Standards Development Process
WECC needs to stay plugged into the NERC Process
Weekly Newsletter
Position Papers
Conference Calls
NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP)

3. NERC ORIENTATION WECC is a Regional Entity (RE)
The ERO delegated certain responsibilities to 8 Regional Entities
Standard Setting
Process for Developing and Approving WECC Standards
Compliance Enforcement
WECC CMEP
Delegation Agreement specifies how WECC will conduct these activities
Contract with NERC
Approved by FERC

4. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Independent Board of Trustees
Eleven members
Governs NERC Activities
Approves NERC Standards
Approves Regional Reliability Standards

5. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure – Twelve Industry Sectors
Investor-Owned Utility
State/Municipal Utility
Cooperative Utility
Federal/Provincial Utility
Transmission Dependent Utility
Merchant Electricity Generator
Electricity Marketer
Large End-Use Electricity Customer
Small End-Use Electricity Customer
ISO/RTO
Regional Reliability Organization
State Government

6. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Member Representative Committee (MRC)
Two members from each of 12 industry sectors
Allows for additional Canadian representation
Staggered terms
MRC representatives:
Elect BOT members
Vote on amendments to the NERC Bylaws
Provide advice and recommendations to the BOT
Keep their sector constituents informed about MRC activities, discussions, and decisions
Western Delegates meeting and information

7. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Compliance and Certification Committee (CCC)
Monitors NERC’s compliance to standards that apply to NERC
Monitors NERC’s adherence to the Rules of Procedure
Recommends revisions to the Rules of Procedure
Serves as the mediator for any disagreements between NERC and the Regional Entities concerning NERC performance audits of Regional Entities’ compliance programs

8. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee (CIPC)
The mission of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee (CIPC) is to advance the physical and cyber security of the critical electricity infrastructure of North America
Liaise with governments on critical infrastructure protection matters
Assist in the development and implementation of NERC standards

9. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Operating Committee (OC)
Provides the ERO (stakeholders, Board of Trustees, and staff) with the collective and diverse opinions from the experts in interconnected systems operation to help the industry arrive at informed decisions
Provide technical opinions and interpretation of standards

10. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Planning Committee (PC)
Advise NERC (stakeholders, Board of Trustees, and staff) on matters related to bulk power system planning, reliability, and adequacy
Reliability assessments
Event analysis
Reliability Metrics and Benchmarking
Provide technical opinions and interpretation of standards

11. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Structure
Standards Committee (SC)
Oversees all aspects of the standards development process
Standard Requests
Drafting Teams
Posting for comment
Posting for ballot
Does not draft standards
Does not approve standards

12. NERC ORIENTATION NERC Web Site
Standards
Compliance
Assessments and Trends
Summer and Winter
Long Term Reliability Assessment
Benchmarking Dashboard
GADS and TADS
Events Analysis
Programs
CIP
Tagging
Operator Certification
Continuing Education

13. NERC Orientation Questions
Steve Rueckert Director of Standards Western Electricity Coordinating Council 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 210
Salt Lake City, Utah