Transcript Transmission Owners and Operators Forum

Transmission Owners and
Operators Forum
NERC Stakeholders Meeting 8/1/06
Ad-Hoc T. O. O. Forum Group
The Forum Will…
● Establish a venue for Transmission Owners
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and Operators to discuss collective reliability
interests
Identify and exchange best practices that
build upon NERC’s standards and readiness
programs
Review performance of members
Assist its members
Be Self-Supporting (no burden on statutory
functions of NERC)
Drivers
● The 2003 Blackout again demonstrated
that transmission operators are closely
dependent on each other
● Transmission owning/operating companies
have the expertise to identify best
practices and the motivation to implement
them
● It’s good business and good for the
industry to share best practices and
experiences
Mission
● Improve the reliability and security of the
transmission system
● Promote the continual identification and
improvement of best practices in electric
transmission operations
● Facilitate transmission owner and operator
members implementation of best practices
Membership
● Open to all transmission owners and
operators in the NERC footprint
 Investor owned, federal, provincial,
public, co-op;
 Integrated and transmission-only
companies;
 Regional Transmission Operators and
Independent System Operators
Members Commitment
● Candid, confidential exchange of
information among members,
including information on best practices
and lessons learned
● Full compliance with all NERC and
applicable Regional standards
● Self-reporting of any NERC violations
Governance
● Formed under Section 712 of the ERO
Rules of Procedure, which provides for
“Sector Forums”
● Directed by a Steering Committee
consisting of senior transmission
executives of each of the member
companies
● Subordinate to the NERC Board
Developments to Date
• Initial interested parties include investor-
owned, federal, provincial, RTO/ISO, and
both vertically integrated and stand-alone
transmission utilities
● Discussions among parties and NERC to
frame an initial organizational charter for
consideration by NERC and potential
members
Next Steps
● Complete the development of a Charter
for approval by the Participants and by the
NERC Board
● Obtain NERC Board approval
● Create a Steering Committee to begin
organizational development
● Begin operations in 2007
Questions?