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.
IRP Objectives WG
This Working Group will give input on the IRP Objectives report for the 2026 IRP.
Current Members
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John Bell
Manager
Senior Staff Engineer
IRP Definitions WG
This Working Group will give input on the IRP Definitions for the 2026 IRP.
Current Members
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John Bell
Manager
Senior Staff Engineer
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.
Definition of Standard 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
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.
Current Members
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David Burlingame
Manager
Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.
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.
Current Members
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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).
Current Members
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David Hilt
Manager
Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC
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.
