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Charter Tasks Existing Process Existing Responsibility Comments

RS CharterExamine NERC Standards and FERC Orders and

compare with the reliability needs of the Western

Interconnection. As requested by PCC formulate

collective comments for entities to use in their own

comments.

The RS examines NERC Standards and FERC Orders

with respect to the WECC System Performance Criteria

and it's application, and formulates it's own collective

comments for RS members to consider in individual

comments. The WECC Staff formulates WECC

position papers for WECC membership to consider in

individual comments.

RS

WECC Staff

RS has not had requests from PCC

to formulate comments. WECC

Staff formulates a "WECC" opinion

when appropriate.

Recommend WECC reliability criteria, standards, or

variances and positions on NERC reliability

standards.

The RS recommends changes to WECC System

Performance Criteria and other related Criteria or

Standards. The RS submits SAR's to move theserecommendations forward.

RS

Provide interpretations of WECC Standards and

Criterion when requested.

Per the RSDP, the WSC is responsible for all

interpretations of Regional Standards and Regional

Criteria.

WSC An interpretation of WECC Criteria

requirement R1.2 was requested

and RS was not able to provide an

opinion.

Develop WECC guidelines or reliability criteria for

interconnection of variable generation.

The VGS is responsible for WECC issues regarding

variable generation. Per the RSDP, the WSC is

responsible for all WECC Standards development

activities.

VGS

WSC

A specific subcommittee was

created to deal with variable

generation under JGC.

Provide oversight to the RPEWG. The RPEWG reports to the RS. RS

Prepare and submit an annual budget to PCC. The RS carries forward budget items from RS andRPEWG.

RS

RPEWG Charter

Define requirements for submitting and evaluating

Performance Category Upgrade Requests (PCUR).

The RPEWG developed and maintains the 7 Step

Process for PCUR.

RPEWG

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RCWG is developing a new

process for exceptions to Regional

Business Practices. Exceptions

proposed to go through WECC

Standards Staff.

Review PCUR's submitted from facility owners. The RPEWG reviews PCUR's based on completeness

of the steps in the 7 Step Process for PCUR's. When

approved, these are forwarded to RS for subsequentapproval processes.

RPEWG

????

The RCWG is developing a new

process for exceptions to Regional

Business Practices. Exceptionsproposed to go through WECC

Standards Staff. Not clear if or

where an exceptions process

would be located in the future for

the WECC System Performance

Criteria.

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Define facility outage data reporting requirements

including data formats, report trends, and

enforcement.

The NERC TADS is incorporating additional WECC

TRD information into the NERC reporting process.

Trends and Metrics are now reported in the Annual

WECC State of the Interconnection Report under RPIC.

NERC

RPIC

Allows WECC flexibility to expand

or change focus of TRD.

Monitor facility outage data and recommend category

changes based on PBRC.

The RPEWG reviews requested PCUR's. The

RPEWG has not monitored individual factilities for

recommended category changes to the WECC System

Performance Criteria.

RPEWG Individual facilities outage data is

proprietary. The WECC criteria is

not a Standard and enforcement is

through peer review, e.g. Path

Rating Process or through the

Annual Study Program.

Maintain the Performance Level Adjustment Record

(PLAR).

Projects with approved Category Upgrade are added to

the list annually.

RPEWG

????

The RCWG is developing a new

process for exceptions to Regional

Business Practices. Exceptions

proposed to go through WECCStandards Staff. Not clear if or

where an exceptions process

would be located in the future for

the WECC System Performance

Criteria.

Review outage probabilities and make comments

whether outage types are included in appropriate

categories of the WECC System Performance

Criteria.

The WSC is responsible for all WECC Criteria

development activities.

RPEWG

WSC

No recommendations have been

made since development of the

PBRC. Outage probability review

has been to support existing

WECC Criterion development andissues. NERC TPL-001-2 will

change event deffinitions

regardless of probability.Support the WECC Staff for WECC TRD and NERC

TADS data collection.

The NERC TADS is incorporating additional WECC

TRD information into the NERC reporting process.

RPEWG reviews appropriate sections of the State of

the Interconnection Report.

RPEWG

NERC

Allows WECC flexibility to report

different data reporting from the

TADS/TRD format.