2020 Small Entity Seminar

2020 Small Entity Seminar

Small Entity Seminar Agenda Brochure

March 11, 2020 Charlotte, NC / WebEx

Agenda SERC is committed to providing training and non-binding guidance to industry stakeholders regarding emerging and revised Reliability Standards. However, compliance depends on a number of factors including the precise language of the Standard, the specific facts and circumstances, and the quality of evidence. Purpose : Provide SERC Registered Entities with an update on Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) developments, lessons learned, and key messages. Topics are geared toward small entities responsible for 25 or less Standards/Requirements. Note: Please be advised that photographs will be taken at the Spring Compliance Seminar for use on the SERC website, SERC marketing materials, and/or other SERC publications. By attending the Spring Compliance Seminar, you consent to SERC’s photographing and/or using your image and likeness as described.

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The agenda allows time for Q&A after each presentation. Therefore, times listed may vary. WebEx begins at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern). Those who attend the entire seminar will receive a participation certificate. The certificate does not satisfy educational requirements such as NERC continuing education hours .

Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

12:15 p.m.

Lunch / Registered Entity Forum Sarah Snow [email protected] Cooperative Energy

1:15 p.m.

Welcome

Todd Curl - SERC Senior Manager of Compliance Monitoring Mike Hagee – SERC Senior Security Program Manager, Assistance

1:30 p.m.

Security BES Low Impact Assets

VAR-001 and VAR-002

Marcus Beasley – SERC O&P Auditor

2:15 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

Break

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3:00 p.m.

FMPA’s Internal Compliance

Truong Le – Florida Municipal Power Agency Manager of Regulatory Compliance

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Monitoring Approaches for

Todd Curl – SERC

3:30 p.m.

Small Entities

Senior Manager of Compliance Monitoring

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Risk Management & Communication Stephen Brown – SERC Manager, CIP Monitoring

3:50 p.m.

James W. Chuber – Duke Energy Corporation Managing Director, Enterprise Supply Chain

4:00 p.m.

Supply Chain Management

Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

Wrap-up / Q&A

Todd Curl – SERC Senior Manager of Compliance Monitoring

4:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

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The WebEx session will be recorded. The recording will be posted to the SERC website and will, therefore, become public.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

WebEx Begins at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern)

Join Webex meeting Meeting number (access code): 359 069 943 Meeting password: SERC Join by phone 1-408-792-6300 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)

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Can't join the meeting? IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that this WebEx service allows audio and other information sent during the session to be recorded, which may be discoverable in a legal matter. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to being recorded, discuss your concerns with the host or do not join the session.

Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

Participants will be muted upon entry to eliminate background noise. Please send questions through the Chat feature. If your question is too lengthy to type, send a request through the Chat feature to be un-muted.

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2020 Outreach & Training Events

Compliance Seminars: Charlotte, NC / WebEx Event details and registration are available on the SERC website under Outreach / Upcoming Events.

October 6 - 7 CIP Compliance Seminar November 10 - 11 Fall Compliance Seminar

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2020 Outreach & Training Events

Webinar Series Event details are available on the SERC website under Outreach / Upcoming Events. No registration required.

May 11 July 27

Q2 2020 Open Forum Q3 2020 Open Forum

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2020 Outreach & Training Events

System Operator Conferences Event details and registration are available on the SERC website under Outreach / Upcoming Events.

April 7 - 9

Postponed

April 28 - 30 Postponed August 25 - 27 Franklin, TN Sep 29 - Oct 1 Franklin, TN

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2020 Technical Committee Meetings

Event details and registration are available on the SERC website under Outreach / Upcoming Events.

Technical Committee Meetings : Charlotte, NC / WebEx • Spring March 16 - 18 • Fall September 21 - 23 (Registration not yet open.)

Summer Regional Meeting / Pig Roast To Be Announced

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Antitrust

• It is SERC’s policy and practice to obey the antitrust laws and to avoid all conduct that unreasonably restrains competition. This policy requires the avoidance of any conduct that violates, or which might appear to violate, the antitrust laws. • It is the responsibility of every SERC member, every SERC member employee who participates in SERC activities, and SERC staff personnel who may in any way affect SERC’s compliance with the antitrust laws to carry out this commitment . • Participants in SERC activities should refrain from the following prohibited discussions when acting in their capacity as participants in SERC activities: – Discussions involving pricing information, especially margin (profit) and internal cost – Discussions of a participant’s marketing strategies – Discussions regarding how customers and geographical areas are to be divided among competitors – Discussions concerning the exclusion of competitors from markets – Discussions concerning boycotting or group refusals to deal with competitors, vendors, or suppliers • Any other matters that do not clearly fall within these guidelines should be brought to the attention of the SERC office.

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Confidentiality Policy

• Members of SERC committees may, in performing SERC functions, have to use information of a sensitive and commercial nature, including but not limited to that provided by SERC members and designated as “Confidential”, that SERC members customarily hold confidential and do not disclose publicly. • The SERC Confidentiality Agreement prohibits (i) the use of Confidential Information by Member Employees for other than SERC purposes and (ii) the disclosure of that information to any third party, unless disclosed to NERC pursuant to delegation agreement, or to a third party that has signed a Confidentiality Agreement with SERC. • If either you or your employer has not signed such an Agreement and/or your employer has not designated you as a Member Employee authorized to receive Confidential Information then you will not be given access to Confidential Information and you will be required to leave the meeting before any such information is disclosed, used, or discussed.

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Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

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Standards of Conduct

• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Standards of Conduct for transmission providers forbid a transmission provider from providing an undue preference or advantage to any person and require transmission providers to treat all customers in a not unduly discriminatory manner. • All participants in the SERC Identified Reliability Risk Team are expected to abide by the restrictions in the Standards of Conduct. • During any meetings, discussions, or other activities of the SERC Identified Reliability Risk Team, all participants should: – Refrain from disclosing non-public transmission function information, which includes any information related to day-to-day transmission operations and planning, such as transmission outages and constraints. – Refrain from discussing any non-public transmission customer-specific information. – If any non-public transmission function information or non-public customer information is disclosed during a SERC Identified Reliability Risk Team activity, the participants receiving that disclosure should not further disclose that information to any marketing function employees within their organizations or use any other person as a conduit to disclose such information.

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Acronyms

The master Acronym Reference Index is on the FAQ & Lessons Learned page of the SERC website under Outreach. It is updated following each outreach event.

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AVR

Automatic Voltage Regulator

BES

Bulk Electric System

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CIP

Critical Infrastructure Protection (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

CMEP

Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program

COM Communications (Family in NERC Reliability Standards) DHS CFATS Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard DP Distribution Provider (Function) EEI Edison Electric Institute EOP Emergency Operations Training (Family in NERC Reliability Standards) ESCSWG Energy Sector Control System Working Group FAC Facilities, Design, Connections, and Maintenance (Family in NERC Reliability Standards) FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act FMPA Florida Municipal Power Agency GO Generator Owners GOP Generator Operators

Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

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Acronyms

GSC

Guided Self Certification

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ICP

Internal Compliance Program

IRO

Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

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NATF

North American Transmission Forum

NCSO

NERC Certified System Operator

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

O&P

Operations & Planning

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Registered Entity Forum REF Steering Committee Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

PER

PRC

Protection and Control (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

Power System Stabilizer or (SERC) Planning Standards Subcommittee

PSS

RSAW Reliability Standards Audit Worksheet SCRM Supply Chain Risk Management SME Subject Matter Expert UFLS Underfrequency Load Shedding VAR

Volt-ampere Reactive or Voltage and Reactive (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

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Questions for SERC

FAQ Process

Entity Assistance

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Topic

Email

• General inquiries / FAQ

[email protected]

• Seminar & Webinar Topic Suggestions • Media inquiries

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• SERC Membership • SERC Committees • SERC Compliance & Committee Portal/Committee related issues • Registration and Certification Issues

[email protected] [email protected]

• Compliance monitoring methods:

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