Andy Meyers
ISAS Chair
OC Report
ISAS Subcommittee
August 2015
Salt Lake City, UT

July OC Standing Committee Meeting
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• OC held their standing committee meeting on July
14 th
• OC Leadership o Scott Kinney will be stepping down after
October meeting o Darren Buck will be taking chair role o OC Vice Chair will be vacant o 2 candidates were nominated
 JJ Jamieson
 Rich Hydzik

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July OC Standing Committee Meeting
• OC Vice Chair o 2 ballots were conducted with the same outcome o Neither candidate received the required number of votes o OC chair will take candidates to the December board meeting for decision

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July OC Standing Committee Meeting
• Path Operator Implementation Task Force
(POITF) o Purpose -The purpose of the POITF is to provide direction and support for applicable entities to implement the recommendations and proposed solutions as outlined in the New
Paradigm for Path Operations whitepaper. o OC approved updates to Charter

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July OC Standing Committee Meeting
• Operating Practices & Event Analysis
Subcommittee (OPEAS) o OC members approve retirement of the Next-day Study
Guideline. o The February 7, 2013 Next-day Study Guideline was replaced by the Next-day Studies Guideline (Studies in the Operations Horizon to Prepare for Real-Time
Conditions), dated February 23, 2015 that was approved at the March 24-25, 2015 OC Meeting

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July OC Standing Committee Meeting
• Operating Practices & Event Analysis
Subcommittee (OPEAS) o OC members approve revisions to the OPEAS
Charter,
 provisions to hold “Closed Session Meetings” for the purpose of reviewing Event Reports that include
Critical Infrastructure Data.

July OC Standing Committee Meeting
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• OC Action Item (SRTF) o OC seeking volunteers for organizational task force o 4.9 review effort only includes the evaluation of the
Standing Committees and will not evaluate the structure within the Committees.
o The review of the individual Committee structures
(subcommittees, work groups, etc.) is being left to each of the Standing Committees.
o The OC leadership is planning to create a Structure
Review Task Force (SRTF) to evaluate the current OC structure and determine if changes are needed.

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July OC Standing Committee Meeting
• SRTF o Potential changes may include the elimination of subcommittees or work groups, consolidation of subcommittees, or moving responsibility to other entities.
o The SRTF will begin meeting sometime this fall and will probably take up to a year to complete.
o Contact Scott Kinney, Darren Buck or Steve Ashbaker

Andy Meyers – Bonneville Power Administration
( apmeyers@bpa.gov
)