Emergency Operations Plans Coordination and Lessons Learned
Explore the coordination protocols and lessons learned from emergency operations plans meetings, emphasizing the importance of compatibility, inter-dependency, and risk mitigation in wide area reliability. Key takeaways include the need for contact information provision, recognition of critical infrastructure, monitoring flows and limits, and coordination of load shedding plans. Stay informed on regulatory reviews, outage restoration procedures, and transmission outage coordination for operational efficiency and response readiness.
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Emergency Operations Plans: Lessons Learned Chad Thompson Manager, Operations Support Operations Working Group Meeting April 20, 2017
Background EOP-011 R1: TOP shall have an RC-reviewed plan R2: BA shall have an RC-reviewed plan R3: RC shall review the TOP & BA plans R4: TOP and BA address RC review issues 2 PUBLIC
Background EOP-011 R3 3.1.1 Review each submitted plan on the basis of compatibility and inter-dependency with other plans 3.2.1 Review each submitted plan for coordination to avoid risk to Wide Area reliability 3.1.3 Notify TOP of results of review, specifying time frame for review if revisions are needed 3 PUBLIC
Background NOGRR165 Each TO sends its plans to ERCOT prior to 2/15 ERCOT reviews and sends comments within 30 calendar days ERCOT and TOs review and update plans as necessary to ensure there are no reliability risks Section 8, Attachment L provides a template format for the plans 4 PUBLIC
Background Market Notice W-C020317-01 issued on February 3, 2017 10 of 21 plans submitted within 2 calendar days of the February 15 deadline ERCOT responses began going out on March 2; last ones sent on March 13 5 PUBLIC
Lessons Learned: Coordination Contact information not being provided [R 1.1, 1.2] Recognition of GTLs and IROLs in the TOP area [R 1.2.1] Notification and Coordination of transmission outage restoration with ERCOT and neighbors [R 1.1, 1.2.2] Outage Scheduler maintenance [R 1.1, 1.2.2] Mitigation activities for severe weather events [R 1.2.6] 6 PUBLIC
Lessons Learned: Monitoring Flows and Limits Identification of actions taken to monitor and report to ERCOT when flows exceed limits [R 1.2.1] GTL and IROL monitoring and reporting [R 1.2.1] 7 PUBLIC
Lessons Learned: Load Shed Plans UVLS & UFLS circuits not identified Plans to minimize UVLS & UFLS circuits within manual load shed plans Critical loads that are not operator-controlled Coordination of load shed & restoration with ERCOT [R 1.2.5] 8 PUBLIC
Lessons Learned: Format Mix of brief and detailed plans submitted References to internal TOP procedures Follow Section 8 Attachment L guidelines 9 PUBLIC