EPAS Follow up on the issues Help WECC and NERC identified from the Blue Cut disseminate guidelines fire events and best practices. #1 Maximize sharing of operating and system data N OC will delegate task the Hold Event Lesson EPAS (within agreed parameters), and insights from appropriate subcommittee Learned RWG Events Analysis, including near-misses, to: to create lessons learned presentations at HPWG a) deepen understanding of reliability issues; from the Event Analysis each OC Meeting. SASMS b) promote operational excellence amongst Process. Lessons learned will Organize and host the region’s industry participants; c) best be distributed by WECC staff Lesson Learned practices/lessons learned in a timely manner; to stakeholders. webinars on and d) expand capabilities and resources reportable events at applied to critical reliability issues by using least twice per year. external subject matter experts. #1 Monitor the expansion of the EIM and Y Collaborate with MIC to White paper identifying OC periodically assess any unintended develop white paper how EIM and Non-EIM MIC task force consequences potentially affecting reliability regarding interactions members interact by end between EIM and Non-EIM of year 2018. Entities and identifying the effects of the EIM, if any, on bilateral trading and reliable operations. Y Identify Seams/Seams issues Present identified issues OC between Alberta, Mountain and remediation to West, CAISO, CAISO EIM entities. market participants and the remaining BAs & TOPs in the Western Interconnection.
Follow up on the issues identified from the Blue Cut fire events Help WECC and NERC disseminate guidelines and best practices. EPAS #1 Maximize sharing of operating and system data (within agreed parameters), and insights from Events Analysis, including near-misses, to: a) deepen understanding of reliability issues; b) promote operational excellence amongst the region’s industry participants; c) best practices/lessons learned in a timely manner; and d) expand capabilities and resources applied to critical reliability issues by using external subject matter experts. N OC will delegate task the appropriate subcommittee to create lessons learned from the Event Analysis Process. Lessons learned will be distributed by WECC staff to stakeholders. Hold Event Lesson Learned presentations at each OC Meeting. Organize and host Lesson Learned webinars on reportable events at least twice per year. EPAS RWG HPWG SASMS #1 Monitor the expansion of the EIM and periodically assess any unintended consequences potentially affecting reliability Y Collaborate with MIC to develop white paper regarding interactions between EIM and Non-EIM Entities and identifying the effects of the EIM, if any, on bilateral trading and reliable operations. White paper identifying how EIM and Non-EIM members interact by end of year 2018. OC MIC task force Y Identify Seams/Seams issues between Alberta, Mountain West, CAISO, CAISO EIM market participants and the remaining BAs & TOPs in the Western Interconnection. Present identified issues and remediation to entities. OC
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