#3 Identify vulnerability issues and work with N WECC staff Staff and Stakeholders Report system stakeholders to address them (e.g., physical Stakeholders collaborate in vulnerability vulnerabilities as and cyber security, situation awareness and CSWG studies of identified events identified during specific coordination across neighboring systems, PSWG to identify possible risks and operating conditions to human performance, equipment near misses. stakeholders three times misoperations/failures). a year at Standing Committee meetings. N OC Participation in the Present best practices at WECC Staff Reliability Assurance entity applicable committees visits. Identify and share and stakeholder best operational practices meetings, workshops, and and trends. webinars. #1 Monitor the expansion of RCs in the western N Periodic briefing on Collaborate with MIC to OC interconnection and periodically assess any expansion or monitor developments WECC Staff unintended consequences potentially affecting changes to RC’s in or changes to reliability. WECC. interconnection Periodic updates to Reliability Coordinators. Standing Committee Monitor activities of the and Board. MWTG; participate as applicable in SPP/MWTG Technical Forums; participate in Public Information Meetings. Identify potential Coordination issues between RC areas. Blackstart Phase shifter coordination
#3 Identify vulnerability issues and work with stakeholders to address them (e.g., physical and cyber security, situation awareness and coordination across neighboring systems, human performance, equipment misoperations/failures). N Staff and Stakeholders collaborate in vulnerability studies of identified events to identify possible risks and near misses. Report system vulnerabilities as identified during specific operating conditions to stakeholders three times a year at Standing Committee meetings. WECC staff Stakeholders CSWG PSWG N Participation in the Reliability Assurance entity visits. Identify and share best operational practices and trends. Present best practices at applicable committees and stakeholder meetings, workshops, and webinars. OC WECC Staff #1 Monitor the expansion of RCs in the western interconnection and periodically assess any unintended consequences potentially affecting reliability. N Collaborate with MIC to monitor developments or changes to interconnection Reliability Coordinators. Monitor activities of the MWTG; participate as applicable in SPP/MWTG Technical Forums; participate in Public Information Meetings. Identify potential Coordination issues between RC areas. Blackstart Phase shifter coordination Periodic briefing on expansion or changes to RC’s in WECC. Periodic updates to Standing Committee and Board. OC WECC Staff
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