Agenda Topics:
Align Update
Anthony Jablonski – Manager, Risk Analysis and Mitigation (RAM), RF
This update is especially relevant for Primary Compliance Contacts (PCC) and their alternates who are responsible for using Align and the Secure Evidence Locker.
Reliability Vignettes
Rich Bauer – Associate Principal Engineer, RAPA/Event Analysis, NERC
- NERC has launched Reliability Vignettes, a new product aimed at capturing current operating incidents of interest and projecting the circumstances of the incidents into the future as think pieces for system planning and operating considerations.
- The first vignette is live on NERC’s Event Analysis, Reliability Assessment, and Performance Analysis page, where future write-ups will also be posted on an occasional basis as interesting system occurrences are identified.
Facility Ratings Lessons Learned from Walkdowns
Mallory Carlone – Technical Auditor, Operations & Planning, RF
- Mallory will be reviewing field walkdowns RF conducted throughout 2022. In addition, she will review ReliabilityFirst’s FAC-008 and FAC-003 walkdown process which will be a focus for 2023 Audit engagements. Topics will include what to expect, preferred SMEs to have on-site, location selections, time frames, lessons learned, etc. We will also discuss details around RF’s Self Certifications regarding how FAC-008 is being scoped and which entities are being targeted for those types of engagements.
- This presentation is relevant for Transmission Owners, Primary Compliance Contacts and Field Operations: Vegetation, Substation and Subject Matter Experts dealing with Planning, Data and Modeling. Please forward this invite to planning, data, and modeling engineers, internal control champions and compliance personnel responsible for FAC-008 and FAC-003.
Reference Materials:
2022-11-14 High Wind Impact – Reliability Vignette
2022-11-14 Tech Talk
FAC-003 and FAC-008 Walk Downs_14Nov2022