Cold Weather Preparedness Webinar 20201001

Cold Weather Preparedness Webinar 20201001

Cold Weather Preparedness Webinar Agenda Brochure

October 1 , 2020 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 : To consider and explore the importance of documented cold weather plans for BES equipment from generators to control centers. Participants will explore best practices and lessons learned in protecting exposed equipment, documentation, implementation of plans, and personnel training.

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The agenda allows time for Q&A after each presentation. Therefore, times listed may vary.

Thursday , October 1, 2020 9 :00 a .m. Kick-Off

Marty Sas - SERC Senior Lead Engineer RAPA & Technical Services Melinda Montgomery – SERC Senior Director Advanced Analytics & Technical Resources Tim Hattaway – PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Energy Service Manager Karen Poole - NAGF Engineer III Dominion Energy Power Generation Regulatory Compliance

Speaker Bios Click on speaker’s name in agenda.

SERC Focus Cold Weather and Reliability Risk.

9 : 10 a .m.

PowerSouth Winter Weather Plan

9 : 30 a .m.

10 : 0 0 a .m.

Industry Best Practices on Equipment/ Documentation across the ERO Break

10 . 30 : a .m.

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10 : 4 0 a .m.

Harold Spiess - SERC Sr. O&P Auditor

Winter Weather Preparedness Lessons Learned

Winter Weather Events - Past, Present and Future R eliabilityFirst 2019-2020 Winter Outreach Activities, 2020-2021 Outreach Approach & Cold Weather SAR Update

11 : 0 0 p.m.

Don Urban – ReliabilityFirst Principle Analyst, Risk Analysis & Mitigation Hassan Hamdar - SERC Program Manager Events Analysis

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11 : 15 p.m.

Marty Sas - SERC Senior Lead Engineer RAPA & Technical Services

11 : 45 a .m.

Wrap Up

Adjourn

12 : 00 a .m.

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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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Participants will be muted upon entry. Please remain muted to eliminate background noise. Please send questions through the Chat feature.

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2020 Outreach & Training Events

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

O ctober 6 - 7

CIP Compliance Seminar

November 10 - 11 O&P Compliance Seminar Previously Fall Compliance Seminar. Because of the shortened allotted time and the fact that we hold a CIP Seminar we thought this would be the best option to keep attendees engaged

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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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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 Q & A Lessons Learned page of the SERC website under Outreach. It is updated following each outreach event.

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BCSI

BES Cyber System Information

BES

Bulk Electric System

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CCC

Compliance and Certification Committee (NERC Committee)

CFR

Coordinated Functional Registration (formerly Type 2 Joint Registration Organization “JRO”)

CIP

Critical Infrastructure Protection (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

DC

Direct Current

DP

Distribution Provider (Function)

EAP

Electronic Access Point

ERO

Electric Reliability Organization

ESP

Electronic Security Perimeter

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

GO

Generator Owners

GOP

Generator Operators

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Acronyms

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IRA

Inherent Risk Assessment

JRO

Joint Registration Organization

NERC

North American Electric Reliability Corporation

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O&P

Operations & Planning

PC

Planning Coordinator

PER

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

PRC

Protection and Control (Family in NERC Reliability Standards)

Remedial Action Scheme or (NERC) Reliability Assessment Subcommittee

RAS

RBR

Risk-based Registration

RC

Reliability Coordinator (Function)

ROP

Rules of Procedure

RSAW Reliability Standards Audit Worksheet

TO

Transmission Owner (Function)

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Questions for SERC

Entity Assistance

Q&A Process

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Email [email protected]

• General inquiries / Q&A • Seminar & Webinar Topic Suggestions • Media inquiries

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