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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)
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Working Groups

Plan Developments

One of the primary purposes of the RRC is to maintain an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for the Railbelt. Members of the Technical Advisory Council and additional subject matter experts use their experience to use forecasted conditions on a 20 year horizon and plan for resources such as generation, transmission, and other system assets. Currently, the RRC's first IRP is being prepared for but there is not yet a working group established.

2026 IRP Preferred Portfolio Working Group

This working group is to assist in the development of the IRP Portfolios product that will be a report on candidate expansion plans for the IRP. The process will involve the characterization of the existing system, the characterization of candidate resource options for selection, and the development of various expansion plans for scenarios established by the IRP Objectives. 

  1. Development Documents

Current Members

  1. Hans Thompson

    Product Manager

    Planning Manager

IRP Objectives WG

This Working Group will give input on the IRP Objectives report for the 2026 IRP.

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. John Wynne

    Manager

    Managing Director, Black & Veatch

IRP Definitions WG

This Working Group will give input on the IRP Definitions for the 2026 IRP.

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. John Wynne

    Manager

    Managing Director, Black & Veatch

Standard Developments & Compliance

One of the primary purposes of the RRC is to develop and enforce standards that apply to the entire Railbelt region. Members of the technical advisory council and additional subject matter experts use their knowledge of the unique challenges of the islanded Railbelt grid as well as stakeholder input to create specialized reliability, operating, security, and other standards for the grid. The below listed working groups are actively meeting to develop standards.

Interconnection Standards & Processes Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the RRC Interconnection Process, Reliability Standards: RRC-FAC-001 Facility Interconnection Requirements and RRC-FAC-002 Facility Interconnection Studies, and Interconnection Agreements.

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

RRC-BAL-502 Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-BAL-502: Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment and Documentation

  2. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. Haider Naveed

    Manager

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

CMEP Support Documents Development Working Group

This working group will assist in the development of business process documents to support the RRC Compliance, Monitoring, and Enforcement Program (ER2).

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. David Hilt

    Manager

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC