Transcript Slide 1

Data Coordination Working Group (DCWG)
Status Report
Chuck Chakravarthi
Chair, DCWG
April 2008
DCWG Meeting April 9-10, 2008
(Washington, DC)
 Met with EIA
 Discussed:
• EIA’s data needs
•
DCWG Scope
• Action Items from the Last Meeting and status
• DCWG Work Plan
• Confidence Levels for Capacity margins reported by the regions
• Regional Feedback on Summer/LTRA data collection.
• NERC’s current & future data analysis approach
2
Work Status: Joint Meeting with EIA
(Task 6 of DCWG Work Plan)

Meeting held on April 9, 2008 in Washington D.C.

EIA to write letter to NERC outlining (Task 7 of DCWG work plan):
•
Needed Improvements to Current EIA 411 Data Collection
•
Future Areas of Collaboration

NERC will work with EIA on forth coming changes related to Presidential Permitting for
Canadian/Mexico Interconnections

NERC will work with EIA to Update NERC/EIA MOU

NERC to send letter to EIA thanking them (Bob Schnapp) for support on Schedule 7
(Transmission Outage Data) & Schedule 3.

DCWG formed a task force, headed by Mark Lauby of NERC, to re-design Schedule 2
(Unified Generator Database):

•
To Support NERC’s LTRA effort
•
To closely match EIA 860 to meet EIA needs
EIA desires Spring/Fall Meetings with DCWG
•

Fall meeting to be held prior to the release of NERC’s LTRA
NERC will stay abreast of EIA’s work with FERC on DSM document
3
Work Status: DCWG Meeting

Meeting held on April 9-10, 2008 in Washington D.C.

Discussed Posting of Meeting Materials

Formed a task force defining confidence levels for capacity data reported by regions
(Fedora, Simons & Molesky along with a representative from SERC and NERC)
•

Will seek EIA feedback on findings
SERC to summarize data submittal recommendations based on regional feedback on
the Summer/LTRA data collection
•
Will be presented at April RAS meeting

Request RAS move the LTRA due date to May 1 corresponding to EIA’s new due data
of July 15, 2008

NPCC Representative (Fedora) will perform a trial run to demonstrate risk assessment
approaches to capacity margin analysis (Supporting Task 4 of the DCWG Work plan)

Next DCWG conference call scheduled for 6/18/08

Seasonal and LTRA questionnaire to be modified based on feedback from DCWG
members
4