
Working Groups
Standard Developments
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.
RRC-TPL-001 & TPL-002 Working Group
This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-001: Transmission System Performance Requirements and RRC-TPL-002: Transmission Planning
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
Sanction Guidelines Working Group
RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing Sanction Guidelines that the RRC will follow when determining monetary and non-monetary penalties, while retaining the discretion to take into account the facts surrounding each violation and using professional judgment to deviate from the recommended ranges for each factor as appropriate in order to achieve monetary and/or non-monetary penalties that bear a reasonable relationship to the seriousness of the violation.
Current Members
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David Hilt
Manager
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
Glossary of Terms Working Group
This Working Group will review the terms used in the reliability standards to date and recommend definitions.
Current Members
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John Bell
Manager
Senior Staff Engineer
Rule Developments
Creating or modifying new Rules requires a public process you are encouraged to engage in. Public members can join meetings for any Rule developments that are in progress or submit comments related to any Rules. The below listed working groups are actively meeting to develop/modify Rules.
ER3 and ER4 Review Working Group
This Working Group will review the Documents Retention and Access Rule (ER3 and the Confidential Documents and Access Rule (ER4) and recommend revision to streamline implementation of these rule in support of product development.
Current Members
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Matthew Clarkson
Provider – Integrated – Cooperative
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Kevin Aufderheide
State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)
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Juliet Shepherd
Independent
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.