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WECC Reliability Management System

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  1. WECCReliability Management System Reliability Management System Louise McCarren WECC CEO Louise McCarren WECC CEO

  2. WECC • One of 10 Members of NERC • Covers the Western Interconnection • All or parts of 14 Western States • British Columbia • Alberta • Baja California Mexico • Voluntary organization

  3. WECC Mission • Maintain a reliable electric power system in the Western Interconnection • Support effective competitive power markets • Assure open and non discriminatory transmission access among Members • Provide a forum for resolving transmission access disputes between Members

  4. WECC RMS • Developed following industry move to competition and 1996 outages • Contractual arrangement between WECC and transmission operators • Approved by FERC • Business letter from DOJ • Covers key reliability requirements • Enforcement through letter or monetary sanctions for noncompliance

  5. WECC RMS • Improve compliance until legislation enacted • Mandatory standards and compliance critical to a reliable transmission grid • Implemented in a phased approach • 3rd and final phase submitted to Commission with a requested effective date of January 1, 2004

  6. WECC RMS • 23 of 33 WECC control areas have signed RMS agreement • 88% of load - 83% of generation • Working to increase participation • Accountability through RMS data reporting reinforces compliance with standards

  7. Reliability Legislation • WECC supports reliability legislation and mandatory reliability standards • Provisions important to WECC: • Delegation of authority to conforming regional entities • Deference to Interconnection-wide entities • Creation of Regional Advisory Bodies • WECC RMS is only interim solution pending reliability legislation

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