NERC Reliability Standards AECC Reliability Standard Compliance Program

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NERC Reliability StandardsAECC Reliability
Standard Compliance Program

• SPP Compliance Workshop
• Tulsa OK
• February 13-14, 2007

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AECC Facts

• Generation Transmission Coop. (1949)
• Wholesale Power Supplier For 17 Distribution
  Cooperatives In Arkansas
• Serve 62 Of Geographical Area Of State
• 1.1 Billion In Assets
• 517 Million Operating Revenue (2005)
• 12,742 Gwhs Sold (2005)
• 2737 MW System Peak (2006)
• 2977 MW Generation
• 300 Miles Transmission
• Transmission Service Contracts w/ Ent., SWEPCO,
  SWPA

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Background

• AECC Has Load In 3 Control Areas
• Entergy
• AEP / SWEPCO
• SWPA
• 2 Regional Reliability Organizations
• SPP
• SERC
• AECC Has Participated In SPPs Formal Compliance
  Programs Since Their Beginning
• Participated On Version 0 Drafting Team

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Registration

• 2005
• AECC Registered As A Transmission Planner
• 2006
• AECC Registered As
• Transmission Planner Transmission Owner
• Generator Owner Distribution Provider
• Generator Operator Load Serving Entity
• Resource Planner Purchase Sell Entity

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Take Care Of Our Members

• 2006 AECC Board Passed A Resolution
• Making AECC The Agent For The Seventeen
  Distribution Cooperatives In Arkansas
• AECC Charged With Ensuring The Coops Are Compliant

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Program Development

• Senior Management Meeting
• Ricky Bittle As The Compliance Officer
• Ronnie Frizzell As The Compliance Contact
• Also Involved
• Bob McClanahan (CIPS)
• Maurice Robinson
• Program Development
• Planning Would Take The Lead On All But The CIP
  Standards
• CIP Would Be Lead By IT

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Divide Conquer Approach

• Planning Department Developed Initial Plan
• Database To Track The Standards
• Identify Applicable Standards And Requirements
• Based On AECC Registration
• Identify Primary Internal Contacts
• Department Heads
• Responsible For Each Requirement
• Identify Action Items Needed To Meet Compliance
• Meetings Discussions
• Bringing Dept. Heads Up To Speed
• Identification Process Has Begun
• CIPS Development Paralleling
• Compliance As An Outcome Of Our Process Not Let
  Compliance Drive Our Processes

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Primary Areas Of Work

• Processes
• Documentation
• Tracking
• Coordination / Communication

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Challenges

• Processes Documentation
• What Exist?
• What Needs To Be Developed?
• Who Has Ownership?
• Tracking
• Standards Standard Development
• Documentation
• Ensure Compliance Internally
• Proper Reviews Are Completed
• Compliance Reporting
• Coordination / Communication
• Externally W/ SPP
• Internally
• W/ Members

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AECC Electronic Data Management System

• Development Of A SQL Database To Track The
  Program
• Interfaces With The EDMS

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Expectations

• Not A Lot Of New Processes
• CIP Is New
• Documentation Biggest Headache

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Qustion??

• Ronnie Frizzell
• rfrizzell_at_aecc.com