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Texas Regional Entity Standards and Compliance Workshop

November 05, 2008
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
ERCOT Austin
8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100
Austin, TX 78744
Room 206
WebEx Conference
Teleconference: 866-469-3239
Meeting number: 351 365 998
Meeting password: texasre123!!
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Agenda

Texas Regional Entity (Texas RE) hosts the Standards and Compliance Workshop. Representatives from entities registered with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) may attend this one-day workshop to learn more about compliance with NERC standards and ERCOT region requirements for reliability of the bulk electric system.

Register for this event by October 27. Training room capacity for this seminar is 120 people. Registration is taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Due to limited space and materials, only five registrants per company are allowed.

1.

Welcome and Introduction

 

Larry Grimm

9:15 a.m.

2.

NERC Update

 

Jule Tate, NERC

 

9:30 a.m.

 

Break

 

 

10:45 a.m.

3.

Compliance, Monitoring, and Investigations

 

Jeff Whitmer

11:00 a.m.

4.

Registration Activities

 

S.A. "Tony" Shiekhi

11:30 p.m.

 

Lunch

 

 

12:00 p.m.

5.

Texas RE Portal Launch

  • Purpose and Concept
  • What to Expect

 

Elaine Conces

1:00 p.m.

6.

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) - What to Expect in 2009

 

Chris Humphreys

1:30 p.m.

7.

Documenting Compliance

  • Monitoring Process
  • Preparation
  • Documentation

 

Rashida Williams

2:00 p.m.

 

Break

 

 

2:30 p.m.

8.

Regional Reliability Standards

Judith James

2:45 p.m.

 
  • Tracking Development of a Regional Standard
  • Regional Standard Drafting Teams (SDTs) Panel
    • Jerry Ward, Luminant/Chair of SAR-001 SDT (Changing Regional Voting Process to Include ERCOT)
    • Brian Bartos, Bandera Electric/Chair of SAR-002 (Under-Frequency Load Shedding Program PRC-006)
    • Sydney Niemeyer, NRG/Chair of SAR-003 SDT (Regional Variance to Replace CPS2 in BAL-001)

 

Moderator: Richard Keetch, Reliant/Chair of Reliability Standards Committee

 

9.

Compliance Culture and Penalty Assessment

  • Elements of a Culture of Compliance
  • Types of Penalties
  • Settlements
  • Penalty Assessment Factors
  • Actual Penalties

 

Jeffrey Whitmer

3:45 p.m.

10.

Panel Discussion - How to Prepare for an Audit

 

Moderator: Victor Barry

3:15 p.m.

 

Adjourn

 

5:00 p.m.

 

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