( ) Regional reliability standard ( ) Regional criteria ( ) Policy ( ) Guideline (X) Report or other ( ) Charter Document date September 25, 2013

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1 Document name Category IBC Meeting Minutes ( ) Regional reliability standard ( ) Regional criteria ( ) Policy ( ) Guideline (X) Report or other ( ) Charter Document date September 25, 2013 Adopted/approved by Peak Interim Board Committee Date adopted/approved December 4, 2013 Custodian (entity responsible for maintenance and upkeep) Stored/filed Previous name/number Status Colleen Figley Physical location: Web URL: (if any) (X) in effect ( ) usable, minor formatting/editing required ( ) modification needed ( ) superseded by ( ) other ( ) obsolete/archived 1

2 Interim Board Committee (IBC) September 18, 2013 Salt Lake City, Utah I. Welcome Brian Silverstein, IBC Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. on September 18. All committee members were in attendance. A list of attendees is attached as Exhibit A. Pat Oshie, WECC Staff, reminded meeting attendees of the WECC Antitrust Policy. Mr. Silverstein referred to the draft agenda and suggested adding a closed session to receive advice from counsel. On a motion by Graham Edwards, the IBC unanimously approved the revised agenda. Mr. Silverstein noted that the IBC does not take action beyond making recommendations to the Board and membership. He reviewed activities of the committee, the slate of candidates for the RCCo Board, and urged the membership to elect the slate. II. CEO Designate Report Gary Stephenson, CEO Designate, reported on his activities since his appointment. He noted that his priorities are standing up the organization, addressing funding questions, and controlling costs. In discussion with the IBC and members, Mr. Stephenson said that he will be prepared in December to talk in more detail about funding and costs. He was reminded that not all RCCo stakeholders are members of the Edison Electric Institute. III. Member Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair Comments Jim Baggs, RCCo MAC Chair, gave a presentation (Exhibit B) reviewing MAC membership, activities, plans going forward. 2

3 IV. Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB) Comments Doug Larson gave a presentation (Exhibit B) on the priorities, views, and recommendations of State and Provincial regulators. In discussion of WIRAB s recommendations, Mr. Larson called on the RCCo to provide tools such as those being developed for Idaho Power to all BAs and TOPs. He also suggested the RCCo provide information for improvement on three levels: specific direction for improvement directly to the BAs and TOPs, information on performance of BAs and TOPs to neighboring systems, and general information to the public at large. V. RCCo Board Charter and Guiding Principles Mr. Silverstein noted that all WECC committees have a charter except the Board and introduced a draft charter (Exhibit C) for the RCCo Board. He led a discussion of the charter in which Les MacLaren suggested that the charter also include a review of finances. The IBC and membership discussed guiding principles for Board/MAC interaction. The MAC will address this at their next meeting. VI. Board Committees John Meyer led a discussion of Board committees for the RCCo, noting that while Nominating and Governance committees are specified in the bylaws, other committees may be useful. In discussion, the IBC agreed that Finance and Audit Committee and Human Resources committees would be useful. Membership should be limited to no more than three directors so that committee meetings will not have a quorum of Board members. The question of CEO membership on Board committees is open. Mr. Larson advised the IBC to be wary of information silos that can be created by committees. The IBC discussed a members finance committee to work with staff and Board on the budget. Mr. Meyer will take the lead in making recommendations to the Board on creating Board committees. VII. Meeting Calendar Mr. Silverstein presented a draft meeting calendar for the remainder of 2013 and In discussion of the calendar, the IBC and members suggested adding an inperson meeting in April 2014 to address the 2015 budget, webcasting all in-person meetings, and holding a technical/education session in conjunction with each inperson meeting. Mr. Silverstein will poll Board members for specific meeting dates when the elections are concluded. 3

4 VIII. Closed Session On a motion by Mr. Edwards, the IBC went into closed session to receive advice from counsel on the WECC/RCCo Transfer Agreement. In addition to IBC members, the meeting was attended by Keith Casey, Bill Chamberlain, Jim Shetler, and members of the WECC legal staff. IX. Adjourn Following a return to open session, the IBC meeting adjourned on a motion by Mr. Edwards. 4

5 Exhibit A: Attendance List Interim Board Committee September 18, 2013 Members in Attendance Graham Edwards John Meyer Brian Silverstein Others in Attendance Frank Afranji...Portland General Electric Kim Antonsen... WECC Johanna Bell... Idaho Public Utilities Commission Duncan Brown... NAES Corporation Ray Brush... Northwestern Energy Bill Chamberlain... Class 5 Bill Dearing... Grant County PUD Gerald Deaver... Xcel Energy Bob Easton... Western Area Power Administration Steve Goodwill... WECC Maude Grantham-Richards... Tri-State Generation and Transmission Jeff Hein... Xcel Energy Fred Huette... Northwest Energy Coalition Raj Hundal... Powerex Rob Kondziolka... Salt River Project Doug Larson... Western Governors Association Gary Leidich... NAD David Lemmons... Xcel Energy Lisa Milanes... California ISO Pat Oshie... WECC Kwin Peterson... WECC John Powell... Platte River Power Authority Julia Prochnik... JAS Consulting James Shetler... Sacramento Municipal Utility District John Stout... Mariner Consulting Gary Tarplee... USE Consulting Brian Theaker... NRG Energy JT Thompson... Constellation Energy Mario Villar... NV Energy 5