Kent SaathoffTAC MeetingFebruary 5, 2009

NERC Representation

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• NERC created in 1968

– Board and committees initially limited to representation

from each of the 9-10 Reliability Regions

– Modified over the years to include provisions for minimum

Canadian representation and governmental representatives

– Added Non-utility industry stakeholder representation

• In 2001:

– NERC governance changed to an independent Board with a

Stakeholders (now Member Representatives) Committee

– MRC representation is by industry sector

– Most other NERC Committees generally follow the MRC in

their membership structure

– CIPC is an exception that still has representation by Region

Evolution of Membership on NERC Committees

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NERC MRC Sector Representation

1. Investor Owned Utility – 2

2. State/Municipal Utility – 2

3. Cooperative Utility – 2

4. Federal or Provincial Utility/Federal Power Marketing Admin. – 2

5. Transmission Dependent Utility – 2

6. Merchant Electricity Generator – 2

7. Electricity Marketer – 2

8. Large End-use Electricity Customer – 2

9. Small End-use Electricity Customer – 2

10. ISO/RTO – 2

11. Regional Reliability Organization -2

12. State Government – 2

13. US/Canadian Federal, Provincial Government – 4 non-voting

14. Remaining 6 Regional Reliability Organizations – non-voting

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Method of Member Selection

• Nominated or selected by their sector

• Method of approval of sector nominees varies by committee– Automatically accepted– Approved by NERC registered ballot body of that sector– Approved by the Committee– Approved by NERC Board

• Selection of sector nominees also varies– ISO/RTO – There is an ISO/RTO Council that selects– RRO – Most Regional Entities are considered the RROs for their

Regions. The Regional Entity Managers select– Other Sectors – I don’t know

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Current ERCOT Staff NERC Committee Representation

• Region– Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee – Jim Brenton

• RRO Sector– Operating Committee – Kent Saathoff– Planning Committee – Dan Woodfin– Compliance and Certification Committee – Kent Saathoff– PC Reliability Assessment Subcommittee - Dan Woodfin– Resource Issues Subcommittee – Warren Lasher

• ISO/RTO Sector – Personnel Subcommittee – Jim Bowles– Personnel Certification Governance Committee – Kelly Blackmer

• Membership on 27 other subcommittees, task forces and drafting teams where representation is less formal and structured and generally based on NERC general solicitation for individual volunteers

February 5, 2009