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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)
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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 Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-001: Transmission System Performance Requirements

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

  2. David Hilt

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

  3. Haider Naveed

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

  4. Todd Ponto

    Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden

CIP Standards Working Group

RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

  2. David Hilt

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

  3. Haider Naveed

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

  4. Todd Ponto

    Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden

VRF/VSL Tables Working Group

RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing violation risk factors (VRFs) and violation severity levels (VSLs) for each requirement in each standard.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

  2. David Hilt

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

  3. Haider Naveed

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

  4. Todd Ponto

    Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden

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.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. David Hilt

    Manager

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

  2. David Burlingame

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

  3. Haider Naveed

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

  4. Todd Ponto

    Director of OT and NERC Compliance, ScottMadden

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.

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. Notice of Intent to Develop

Current Members

  1. Bayunt Ollek

    Manager

    Chief Administrative Officer

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  2. Daniel Heckman

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

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  3. Matthew Clarkson

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  4. Joel Groves

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

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  5. Natalie Kiley-Bergen

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

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  6. Kevin Aufderheide

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

  7. Juliet Shepherd

    Independent

Board Policy and Procedure Development

Working Groups are formed under the Board or a Board Committee to develop Board Policies and Procedures.

BPR603 Working Group

This Working Group will review the Board Procedure BPR603 Integrated Resource Plan Development Procedure and recommend revision in support of Board approval.

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. Notice of Intent to Develop

Current Members

  1. John Bell

    Manager

    Senior Staff Engineer

  2. Allan Rudeck

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

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  3. Trish Baker

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

  4. Daniel Heckman

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

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  5. Naomi Knight

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

  6. John Jungling

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  7. Larry Jorgensen

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

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  8. Kim Henkel

    Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

  9. Nathan Greene

    PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

  10. Brian Hickey

    Provider – Distribution – Municipal

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  11. Taylor Crocker

    Provider – Distribution – Municipal

  12. Lou Florence

    Provider – Distribution

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  13. Shayne Coiley

    Provider – Distribution

  14. Bill Price

    PROVIDER – STATE

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  15. Karen Bell

    Provider – State

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  16. Andrew McDonnell

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

    Bio

  17. Sam Dennis

    Provider - Independent Power Producers

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  18. Joel Groves

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

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  19. Doug Johnson

    Provider – Independent Power Producer

  20. Natalie Kiley-Bergen

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

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  21. Aurora Roth

    Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

  22. Sunil Kumar

    Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

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  23. Chris Rose

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

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  24. Greg Stiegel

    Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

  25. Alex Baker

    Independent

    Bio

  26. Juliet Shepherd

    Independent

  27. Claire Knudsen-Latta

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

  28. Mark Johnston

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

  29. Jeff Waller

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

  30. James Layne

    State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

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.