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N ORTH A MERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL Princeton Forrestal Village, 116-390 Village Boulevard, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-5731 Planning Committee Meeting Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel & Suites St. Louis, Missouri Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Thursday, June 8, 2006 Minutes Administrative Items Planning Committee (PC) Chairman Scott M. Helyer presided over the meeting of the NERC PC held Wednesday, June 7, 2006 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Thursday, June 8, 2006 from 8 a.m. to noon in St. Louis, Missouri. The meeting notice, agenda, and list of attendees are attached as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively. Meeting presentations may be found in a separate file at http://www.nerc.com/~filez/pcmin.html. Quorum Of the PC s 35 voting members, 29 members or their proxies were in attendance, exceeding the meeting quorum requirement of 23. The following four proxies attended the meeting for absent PC voting members: J. Kenneth Wiley (RRO-FRCC) for FRCC representative to be named; Ray Mason (RFC-ECAR) for Paul Johnson; Bobby Adjemian (IPP) for Juan Villar; and Peter Wong (ISO/RTO) for Michael Henderson. The following six PC voting members did not attend the meeting or send proxies: Jeffrey Miller (WECC); Carmine Marcello (Canada East); Lane Mahaffey (Cooperative); Ronald Moulton (Federal); Clayton Greer (Power Marketer); and Anthony Taylor (Power Marketer). Antitrust Compliance Guidelines David R. Nevius reviewed the NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines. New Appointments Chairman Helyer announced the appointment of Kenneth H. Donohoo (ERCOT) as chairman and David Till (TVA) as vice chairman of the Transmission Issues Subcommittee; Bill Dowling (SPP) as a member of the PC executive committee; and David R. Nevius (NERC) as PC secretary. Approval of Agenda On motion, the PC approved the agenda for the June 2006 PC meeting and granted Chairman Helyer the flexibility to reorder agenda items if he felt it appropriate. A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Phone 609-452-8060 Fax 609-452-9550 URL www.nerc.com

Approval of March 15-16, 2006 PC Meeting Minutes On motion, the PC approved the minutes of the March 15-16, 2006 PC meeting, with two minor corrections. The corrected minutes appear at ftp://www.nerc.com/pub/sys/all_updl/pc/minutes/pc_draft_minutes_15-16mar06.pdf. PC Executive Committee Actions On motion, the PC ratified its executive committee s action approving the 2006 Summer Assessment. Resource Issues Chairman Helyer noted the activities of the Resource Issues Subcommittee (RIS), as reported in the agenda background, including: withdrawal of the Fuel Supply or Delivery Disruption Reporting SAR and inclusion of this issue in the Resource Adequacy Assessment SAR; discussed making portions of GADS reporting mandatory; RIS input on Long-Term Reliability Assessment; and GADS 2005 data collection update. David Nevius reported that the proposal to allow modification of pc-gar to allow individual regional analysis where all reports must have a minimum of three operating companies and seven units before any reports are prepared for printing and use was withdrawn. Transmission Issues Kenneth Donohoo, chairman of the Transmission Issues Subcommittee (TIS), reported on the status of TIS activities, including: undervoltage load shedding study guidelines (NERC blackout recommendation 8b); evaluation of criteria, methods, and practices used for system design, planning, and analysis (NERC blackout recommendation 13c); System Protection and Control Task Force (SPCTF); Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project; and transmission availability data collection. Following presentations by Charles Rogers, chairman of the System Protection and Control Task Force (SPCTF) and Robert Cummings, NERC staff, the PC approved two SPCTF technical documents Methods to Increase Line Relay Loadability and Switch-onto-Fault Schemes in the Context of Line Relay Loadability. The PC deferred approval until its September 2006 meeting of SPCTF s updated report on EHV Transmission System Relay Loadability Mitigation Update and Requests for Extensions and New Temporary Exceptions. Following presentation by Mark Kuras, chairman of the Multiregional Modeling Working Group (MMWG), and discussion by the PC, the PC approved (with one dissenting vote) the MMWG s proposed 2007 power flow and dynamics case series and associated budget with the following changes: the 2012 Summer and 2012/13 Winter power flow and dynamics models were changed to 2013 Summer and 2013/14 Winter, respectively. The approved budget for recommended 12 power flow cases and 7 dynamics cases is $223,650. Robert Cummings, NERC staff, discussed how the work of the Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project Off-Line Applications Task Team and comparable efforts in WECC might be combined into a comprehensive NERC interconnection dynamics modeling and analysis effort. David Nevius, NERC staff, reviewed the status of activities related to transmission availability data collection, including discussions between NERC and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) regarding Schedule 7 of Form EIA-411. The PC agreed to disband its original Transmission Availability Task Force and form a new, small group to work with the Planning Committee Meeting Minutes June 7-8, 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 2

IEEE working group exploring this same issue as well as with the Canadian Electricity Association and Electric Power Research Institute. At the request of chairman Helyer, the PC approved forming a small task force to assist NERC in responding to the FERC NOPR on Proposed Revisions to Orders 888 and 889, especially with regard to Consistency and Transparency of ATC Calculations. Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis Issues Chairman Helyer noted the activities of the Reliability Assessment Subcommittee (RAS), including: 2006 Long-Term Reliability Assessment; 2006 Summer Assessment; regional reliability assessment interviews; forecast bandwidths used in reliability reports; data review and data coordination task forces; and events analysis. He also noted activities of the Load Forecasting Working Group (LFWG), the Data Review Task Force (DRTF), and the Data Coordination Working Group (DCWG) as presented in the agenda background. Chairman Helyer led a discussion of data collection issues presented by the RAS, including information on gas supply and coal delivery and stockpiles. PC members offered ideas on conducting risk-based analyses (low probability/high impact events); data confidentiality and security issues; and redesign of data collection systems to avoid special data requests. Robert Cummings, NERC staff, presented an overview of the NERC Events Analysis and Information Exchange Program, highlighting events currently being analyzed and the new NERC Alert system for sharing lessons learned from these analyses. Standards Issues William Bojorquez, chairman of the Standards Evaluation Subcommittee (SES), reported on the status of NERC standards development. The PC discussed and offered suggestions for responding to the FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment of NERC Standards and also discussed proposed revisions to the Reliability Functional Model and the role of the Planning Committee in approving the planning sections of Regional Reliability Plans. Compliance Issues Chairman Helyer noted the activities of the Compliance Review Group, including: monitoring compliance with standards PRC 002 and 014 in 2005; and compliance enforcement program for standards PRC 003, 012, and 013 in 2006. Future Role and Structure of the Planning Committee The PC had an extensive discussion of the role of the committee in the context of the Electric Reliability Organization and a straw proposal to rescope and restructure the committee to provide program-specific support for the Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis program. Chairman Helyer thanked the PC for its input and indicated a more specific proposal would be presented for further discussion at the September 2006 meeting. Subgroup Retirements On recommendation by chairman Helyer, the PC approved retiring the following PC subgroups: Standards Evaluation Subcommittee; Planning Standards Task Force; Planning Reliability Model Task Force; Blackout Recommendations Review Task Force; Data Review Task Force; ATC Task Force; Interconnection Dynamics Working Group; and Wind Generation Task Force. The PC agreed that the responsibilities of the Standards Evaluation Subcommittee will be shared among the various subject matter expert subcommittees Planning Committee Meeting Minutes June 7-8, 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 3

and that the Compliance Review Group will be disbanded after it completes the work it has under way for the Compliance Enforcement Program. Next Committee Meeting The next scheduled PC meeting will be held on September 13 14, 2006 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Respectfully submitted, David R. Nevius David R. Nevius PC Secretary Planning Committee Meeting Minutes June 7-8, 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 4

6/14/2006 Page 1 of 1 Angie Nicastro From: Rocio Wong [Rocio.Wong@nerc.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:13 PM To: pc_plus@nerc.com; oc_plus@nerc.com; nercroster@nerc.com Cc: rm_plus@nerc.com Subject: REVISED: June 6-8, 2006 Standing Committees' Meetings Announcement Attachments: Meeeting Announcement registration.doc; header; footer; header; footer Exhibit A PLEASE NOTE THE END TIME FOR THE OPERRATING COMMITTEE MEETING ON JUNE 8, 2006 IS AT NOON NOT 5:00 PM Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:00 PM To: pc_plus@nerc.com; oc_plus@nerc.com; nercroster@nerc.com Cc: rm_plus@nerc.com Subject: June 6-8, 2006 Standing Committees' Meetings Announcement TO: PLANNING COMMITTEE OPERATING COMMITTEE REGIONAL MANAGERS NERC ROSTER Dear Members: I have attached the June 7-8, 2006 Planning Committee and Operating Committee meetings announcement and Web site registration link. You also can register online at the following Web sites: http://www.nerc.com/committees/ http://www.nerc.net/meetings/ You MUST respond by May 13, 2006. EVERYONE must register online. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the registration process. Sincerely, Rocio Wong Rocio Wong Meeting Planner North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) 116-390 Village Blvd. Princeton, NJ 08540 Phone: 609-452-8060 Fax: 609-452-9550

Exhibit B Business Casual Attire N ORTH A MERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL Princeton Forrestal Village, 116-390 Village Boulevard, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-5721 Planning Committee Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9 a.m. to noon (joint with OC) Wednesday, June 7, 2006 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006 8 a.m. to noon Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel & Suites St. Louis, Missouri (PLEASE BE PREPARED TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.) Meeting Agenda 1. Administrative Matters a) Welcome and introductions b) Quorum *c) Antitrust Compliance Guidelines *d) PC Organization and Assignments PC subgroup appointments Announce New PC Executive Committee member including secretary Action PC roster update e) Arrangements f) PC agenda Approve *g) Minutes (w/o exhibits) of March 15 16, 2006 PC meeting Approve *h) Minutes (w/o exhibits) of March 28 and highlights and minutes of May 2, 2006 Board meetings *i) Minutes (w/o exhibits) of March 28 and May 1 Stakeholders Committee meeting (To be provided.) j) PC chairman s remarks *k) PC Executive Committee actions Ratify 2. Resource Issues *a) Resource Issues Subcommittee Information *b) Generating Availability Data System Action A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Phone 609-452-8060 Fax 609-452-9550 URL www.nerc.com

Allow modification of pc-gar to allow individual regional analysis where all reports must have a minimum of three operating companies and seven units before any reports are prepared for printing and use. 3. Transmission Issues *a) Transmission Issues Subcommittee Information *b) System Protection and Control Task Force Action Approve the SPCTF s updated report on EHV Transmission System Relay Loadability Mitigation Update and Requests For Extensions and New Temporary Exceptions (To be provided.) Approve the SPCTF s proposed technical document, Methods to Increase Line Relay Loadability for publication and dissemination to the protective relaying community. Approve the SPCTF s proposed technical document, Switch-onto-Fault Schemes in the Context of Line Relay Loadability for publication and dissemination to the protective relaying community. (To be provided.) *c) Multiregional Modeling Working Group Action Review and approve recommended 2007 MMWG power flow and dynamics case series. Review and approve 2007 MMWG budget. *d) Interconnection Dynamics Discuss Discuss how integrate the work of the Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project Off-Line Applications Task Team (OLATT) and the comparable efforts in WECC into a comprehensive NERC interconnection dynamics analysis effort. (Bob Cummings to present) *e) Transmission Availability Data Collection Discuss Dave Nevius to report on the status of discussions with EIA and others regarding the creation of a transmission availability data base. *f) FERC NOPR on Proposed Revisions to Orders 888 and 889 Discuss Discuss PC input for NERC response to FERC NOPR, especially on Consistency and Transparency of ATC Calculations. 4. Reliability Assessment Issues *a) Reliability Assessment Subcommittee Information *b) Load Forecasting Working Group Action Provide the LFWG and RAS with guidance on which data should be made available (and by when) to produce bandwidths for the reliability assessments and approve its use in the long term and seasonal assessments. *c) Data Review Task Force Information *d) Data Coordination Working Group Information *e) Data Collection Issues Discuss *f) Events Analysis Activities Information Planning Committee Meeting Agenda June 7 8, 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 2

5. Standards Issues *a) Standards Evaluation Subcommittee Information *b) FERC Assessment of NERC Standards Discuss Materials sent to committees and subgroups in advance of meeting; inputs from subgroup chairs and discussion by committees at the meeting. *c) Functional Model Revisions Discuss Presented in general form in joint session; discussed in more detail in committee meetings. (Stan Kopman to lead discussion.) 6. Compliance Issues *a) Compliance Review Group Information 7. Role of the Committees *a) General considerations on role of PC and OC Discuss Presented in general form in joint session; discussed in more detail in committee meetings. *b) Straw proposal to rescope and restructure the PC and to provide support for the Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis program Discuss *c) PC subgroup retirements Action Planning Reliability Model Task Force Planning Standards Task Force Blackout Recommendations Review Task Force Data Review Task Force ATC Task Force Interconnection Dynamics Working Group Wind Generation Task Force 8. Future Meeting a) Next PC meeting is scheduled for September 13 14, 2006 (location to be determined). b) Agenda materials for this September meeting are due to the NERC staff on August 18, 2006. *Background material included. Planning Committee Meeting Agenda June 7 8, 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 3

Exhibit C ATTENDEES Planning Committee Meeting June 7 8, 2006 OFFICERS Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary and Staff Coordinator Scott M. Helyer Steven R. Herling David R. Nevius MEMBERS VOTING MEMBERS Regional Reliability Organizations ERCOT William O. Bojorquez FRCC J. Ken Wiley Canada & Market Segment Reps (cont) Federal IOU Timonthy E. Ponseti W. Perry Stowe James K. Robinson RFC (ECAR) RFC (MAAC) RFC (MAIN) MRO NPCC Ray Mason (for Paul Johnson) John J. Moraski Karl E. Kohlrus Kenneth H. Kuyper William Longhi IPP ISO/RTO State/Municipal Barry Green Bobby Adjemian (for Juan Villar) Peter Wong (for Michael I. Henderson) Jeffrey R. Webb Robert C. Williams Stuart Nelson SERC SPP WECC Shawn T. Abrams William (Bill) Dowling Ronald D. Schellberg Canada (West) Neil J. Brausen Canada & Market Segment Reps Canada Cooperative Customer Jean-Marie Gagnon Ron W. Mazur Mike Risan Daniel W. Griffiths Rick W. Meidel, Jr. TDU NONVOTING MEMBERS Regulator-Federal Regulator-State (E) Christopher Plante Andrew M. Fusco Paul Robb Philip Riley Regulator-Provincial) Roy Hrab (for Peter Fraser) APPA Nathan Mitchell (for Michael J. Hyland)

ATTENDEES Planning Committee Meeting (cont) June 7 8, 2006 Exhibit C REGIONAL MANAGERS NPCC Edward A. Schwerdt SERC William F. Reinke NERC STAFF Robert W. Cummings Angie Nicastro William W. Lohrman PC SUBGROUP CHAIRMEN Kenneth A. Donohoo Kevin Dasso Charles W. Rogers Kenneth B. Keels, Jr. Mark Kuras Chair, Transmission Issues Subcommittee Chair, Reliability Assessment Subcommittee Chair, System Protection and Control Task Force Chair, Data Coordination Working Group Chair, Multiregional Modeling Working Group GUESTS Steven Rueckert Western Electricity Coordinating Council Patrick Huntley Southeastern Electric Reliabilitiy Council Larry Brusseau Midwest Reliability Organization Richard Kafka Pepco Holdings, Inc. Ed Skiba Midwest ISO Donald J. Morrow American Transmission Company Edward C. Pfeiffer Ameren Ben Deutsch Midwest Reliability Organization David Till Tennesee Valley Authority Stanley E. Kopman Northeast Power Coordinating Council Kirit Shah Ameren E. Nick Henery American Public Power Association David Takach TRCSolutions 2.