Southwest Power Pool RELIABILITY COMPLIANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING March 29, 2018 Southwest Power Pool Campus Little Rock, Arkansas

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1 Southwest Power Pool RELIABILITY COMPLIANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING March 29, 2018 Southwest Power Pool Campus Little Rock, Arkansas Summary of Action Items 1. RCWG leadership to work with the TWG leadership to develop a smaller group to further review the language in the proposed RR Mr. Hayes will send out the link to the Engineering Planning Data Request document on the SPP webpage to the RCWG members. 3. Mr. Allen and Ms. Flandermeyer to review options for the future RCWG meeting as well as options for the June CIP forum if needed. Page 1 of 5

2 Southwest Power Pool RELIABILITY COMPLIANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING March 29, 2018 Southwest Power Pool Campus Little Rock, Arkansas M I N U T E S Agenda Item 1 Administrative Items SPP Chair Ms. Flandermeyer called the meeting to order at 8:05am CDT. The following members were in attendance or represented by proxy: Alice Wright Ashley Stringer Bo Jones Bobby Gray (Mobile) Carla Holly (Mobile) Ellen Watkins Eric Ruskamp Greg Milosek Heather Morgan (Mobile) Jennifer Flandermeyer (Chair) John Allen (Vice Chair) Kalem Long Louis Guidry Mahmood Safi Mark Buchholz Matt Caves Michael Bailey Mike Murray Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corporation Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Westar Energy, Inc. Board of Public Utilities Kansas City BP Wind Energy / Flat Ridge 2 Wind LLC Sunflower Electric Lincoln Electric System ITC EDP Renewables Kansas City Power & Light Company City Utilities Of Springfield, MO, SPRM Empire District Electric(EDE) Cleco Omaha Public Power District Western Area Power Administration Western Farmers Electric Cooperative American Electric Power Independence Power and Light Page 2 of 5

3 Stace Kegley Terri Pyle Thomas Maldanado Tony Eddleman (Mobile) Grand River Dam Authority Oklahoma Gas & Electric Xcel Energy Nebraska Public Power District Agenda Item 2 Attendance a. Proxies are listed in the above table b. Quorum was met c. Non-RCWG attendees included: Adam Bell SPP, Erin Cullum SPP, Carl Stelly SPP, Kirk Hall SPP, Melissa Rinehart SPP, Kim Van Brimer SPP, Cody Parker SPP, Josh Powers SPP, Jason Tanner SPP, Chris Colson WAPA, Andy Berg, Stephanie Burns, Scott Williams city utilities of Springfield, John Boshears, Robert Hirchak, Tracey Stewart SPA, Jeff Knottek, Terry Volkman, Tay Sing, and Heather Starnes MJEUC/KMEA, Allie Gavin ITC, Matt Harward SPP, Charles Yeung SPP, Phil Clark GRDA, Steve Wall GRDA, Rick Brenneman Xcel(SPS), Mike Buyce City Utilities, Neil Robertson SPP, Fred Meyer Liberty Utilities, Don Hargrove OG&E, Agenda Item 3 Agenda Review a. Changes or Approval of agenda Ms. Wright moved to approve the agenda, which was seconded by Mr. Murray. The agenda was unanimously approved. Agenda Item 4 Consent Agenda a. March 12, 2018 RCWG Conference Call Minutes The consent agenda was unanimously approved Agenda Item 5 Discussion Item: RCWG Administration a. Attendance, Materials postings, antitrust language Mr. Hayes reminded the group about the attendance expectations of the working groups and what the SPP Bylaws expectations on participation and attendance. Mr. Hayes also asked the RCWG for feedback related to the material postings for the RCWG meetings. The RCWG offered that they would take material changes which could include primary working group modifications to RRs, things other than clerical items would need to be updated prior to the meeting. Some discretion would need to be applied to determine which changes need to be updated. It was noted that for an approval item if 7 days needed to be adhered to then an vote after the meeting could be utilized for the purposes of granting the 7 days of review before an approval item. Page 3 of 5

4 Agenda Item 6 Approval Item: RR278 Seams Agreements Cleanup Mr. Bell, SPP Staff, provided a summary of the changes to the JOA. They included updated references to company names and clarifications. Mr. Guidry moved to approve RR 278 Mr. Kegley seconded no further discussion. The motion was approved unanimously with no abstentions. Agenda Item 7 Approval Item: RR237 Update on TWG Work Mr. Hall, SPP Staff, provided a group with a summary of RR 237 and the work done by internal SPP staff as well as the TWG. Mr. Hall updated the group of the status of the RR from the TWG group adding that they have approved the RR with one in opposition. Concerns on the RR included: Use of capital terms not being consistent when referring to NERC terms and SPP Tariff terms, Section 5.4 and have a reference to nominal voltage as well as load serving buses which cause issues with systems that were designed for less stringent criteria, and references to NERC Reliability Standards still exist within the document. In addition, it is difficult to discern which criteria is being used for each study, since the language is intended to be written to cover all possibilities. Mr. Allen also pointed to a redline version of the document during the meeting which could be used to help with further discussion with the TWG members. Mr. Allen moved to table RR 237 indefinitely. Mr. Buchholz seconded, no further discussion. The motion was approved unanimously with no abstentions. Action Item: For the RCWG leadership to work with the TWG leadership to develop a smaller group to further review the language in the proposed RR237. Agenda Item 8 Discussion Item: 2018 Engineering Planning Data Request Mr. Hayes provided a summary of the document and asked for any feedback the RCWG members had. Initial feedback was that this document provided great value and was a great tool for the RCWG members. Additional feedback included: asking for something similar from SPP Operations, a list of contacts that SPP is sending requests to, and that this document would be of great value to the Mountain West entities. Action Item: Mr. Hayes will send out the link to the Engineering Planning Data Request document on the SPP webpage to the RCWG members. Agenda Item 9 Discussion Item: SST Project Update (PMU) Mr. Parker, SPP Staff, provided an update to the group on the PMU project per the standing action item from the RCWG. The update included a summary of the Ops Log reports, status of RR162, and Shift Engineer training. Agenda Item 10 SER Update Mr. Allen provided a summary of the RCWG subgroups work and a summary of the Standards Efficiency Review (SER) project at NERC. Mr. Allen further discussed that the sub teams at NERC had three categories (buckets) the revisions could fall under, with the end goal being SARs presented to the Standards Committee in July The three categories include: Page 4 of 5

5 No reliability risk and can be retired Is a reliability risk and needs work on the language. Is a reliability risk and needs other options to resolve. (Certification program might be a potential solution) (Operator certification) (Section 1600 data request) (RTO criteria, protocols could cover) Mr. Allen informed the group of the next SER face to face meeting, which is planned to be in Kansas City, MO around the end of May Agenda Item 11 Discussion Item: SPP Compliance Update Ms. Flandermeyer summarized that Mr. Stelly gave a summary at the executive session and that if any of the RCWG members are interested they should participate in the ORWG meeting during their April 4-5, 2018 meeting which will go through a deep dive on the topics requested. Agenda Item 12 Discussion Item: Summary of Action Item(s) and Review Mr. Hayes summarized the action items from the meeting and, due to time constraints, will put an agenda item for a full review of the action items on the next meeting agenda. Agenda Item 13 Discussion Item: CIP Forum Ms. Flandermeyer provided the group with discussion around support for the CIP forum in June. Action Item: Mr. Allen and Ms. Flandermeyer to review options for the future RCWG meeting as well as options for the June CIP forum if needed. Agenda Item 14 Discussion Item: MRO Construct and Compliance Committee Mr. Safi provided a walkthrough of the key objectives of the MRO Construct and Compliance Committee group, outreach, the members of the committee, and how they interact in the MRO construct. Mr. Safi also reviewed the next meeting dates for the committee. Mr. Safi then provided the group a summary on the MRO Mid-Continent Compliance Forum group: their purpose, outreach, structure and charter objectives, and members of the committee. Mr. Safi also reviewed the next meetings dates for this committee. Agenda Item 15 Discussion of Future Meetings a. April 9, 2018 WebEx / Teleconference b. May 14, 2018 WebEx / Teleconference Agenda Item 16 Adjourn Mr. Safi moved to adjourn and Ms. Watkins seconded. All in favor. Ms. Flandermeyer adjourned the meeting at 11:37am Respectfully Submitted, Jonathan Hayes Secretary Page 5 of 5