WECC Reliability Center RFP Vendor Conference

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WECC Reliability CenterRFP Vendor Conference

• March 5, 2007

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Description of Conference Format
• Reliability Center Strategy and RFP Process
  Overview
• Vendor Questions and Answers
• WECC Team Deliberation/Break
• Address Unanswered Questions
• Timeline Review Contact Information

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Introductions
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Conference Format

• This Conference is All About the Potential
  Vendors
• WECCs Goal is to Provide and Information or
  Clarifications You Require
• Questions Are Limited to the In Person
  Participants
• Telephone Participants are Limited to Monitoring
  the Conference

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Conference Format

• Questions and Answers Will Be Documented and
  Posted on the WECC Website
• Some Questions May Require Additional
  Deliberation on the Part of the WECC.
• Answers Will Be Provided After the Break or Be
  Posted on The WECC Website

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Reliability Coordination Strategy Overview
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Background

• RC Operation Represents a Significant Part of the
  WECC Budget
• Funded by WECC Membership
• Effort Began in 2005 to Review Efficiency and
  Effectiveness of RC Operation
• Led by WECC Board Task Force
• Several Analyses Had Been Done in the Past

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WECC Balancing Authority Footprints
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Pacific Northwest Security Corporation (PNSC)
California/MexicoReliability Coordinator (CMRC)
Rocky Mountain/Desert SouthwestReliability
Coordinator (RDRC)
WECC Reliability Center Footprints
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Board RC Principles

• Comply with NERC and WECC Standards
• Two Geographically Separated Sites
• One RC Team at Each Site
• Teams Utilize Common Tool Set
• Westwide System Model

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Board RC Principles

• Each Team Should be Trained and Equipped to
  Operate as a Hot Backup for the Other Team
• Teams Will Receive Common Training
• Rotation of Team Members Between Sites
• Dispatcher Training Simulator
• RC Teams Must be Independent from Hosts
• RC Information Isolated

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Board RC Principles

• Tools Include
• Network Applications
• Outage Scheduling
• Interchange Scheduling Tool
• DTS
• Single IT (WSM) Host
• Audio/Video Link Between Sites

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RC RFP QA Structure

• Contract Conditions
• Questions Common to Both Type Hosts
• Questions Specific to Hosting WSM Only
• Questions Specific to Hosting RC Team Site Only

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