June 2009 OC V2 WICF

							      WICF June 2009
      WECC OC Update
Lorissa Jones – WICF Steering Chair
            Recent WICF Successes
• WICF has been asked and will be providing
  membership feedback to FERC re: WECC’s
  implementation of the CMEP
• GNC – WICF collaborative effort in conducting
  WICF Compliance Committee survey – over 40%
  response rate!
      • The WICF survey results strongly impacted the
        board approval of the Compliance Committee (CC)
• Over 375 members and growing
• WICF continues the collaborative relationship
  with WECC Compliance
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   WICF Membership concerns brought
            to the BOD
• Entity difficulties
      – Long term vs. recent registration issues
      – Reliability Coordinator (RC) Role
          • Improved communication from RC to registered entities would be
            helpful in RE’s compliance efforts
      – Communication and coordination between WECC
        Operations and WECC Compliance
          • UFLS-Operations and Compliance disconnect
      – WECC documentation creation process
          • Criterion, Guidelines, White papers
          • Compliance impacts
          • Penalty implications
      – Continue to require additional resources
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              Items to be aware of
• New PRC White Paper
• Violations are going up nation wide
      – Technical and documentation
• BES Task Force Definition project – Comments
  due June 29
• Functional/Facility Mapping Project
      – Per EPAct05 “Ensure no gaps or overlaps in
        coverage”
      – Complete listing of every function and it’s
        relationship to other functions
      – Will likely require formal documentation
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    Review June 2009 CUG presentations
• Review top 10 violations presentation - read
  to avoid common mistakes
• Review Compliance Program Update – days of
  $0 penalties are limited if not gone
• NERC – Dave Hilts presentation
•   All presentations can be found:
    http://wecc1.guidance.com/Application/Documents/CUG/20090602%20-
    %20CUG%20Meeting%20-%20CA.pdf




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          Compliance items of note
• Documentation on self reports,
  mitigation plans, mitigation plan
  closures, settlements etc has become
  much more stringent
• Documentation substantiating
  compliance has become more stringent
      – Version control or past copies must be
        provided
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             Recent Developments
• Many entities are receiving violation
  dismissals:
      – PRC-007 R1, EOP-009 R1, EOP-005-1 R8 & R10,
        TOP-004-1 R3, PRC-015
      – The violations (often very old) that WECC has
        determined are not enforceable per Order 693.
        Appears that all violations so far reference
        requirements put on the RRO by FERC.


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               Questions?

Please contact
  Lorissa Jones (ljjones@bpa.gov)
  WICF Steering Committee listing:
  www.wicf.biz/




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