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OGRR218

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Action
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Summary

Title	Revise System Operator Training Requirements
Next Group
Next Step
Status	Approved on 06/04/2009

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next Steps
06/04/2009	TAC	Approved
05/14/2009	ROS	Recommended for Approval	TAC Consideration
04/23/2009	OWG	Recommended for Approval	ROS Consideration
03/27/2009	OWG	Recommended for Approval	OWG Language Consideration

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next Steps

06/04/2009

TAC

Approved

05/14/2009

ROS

Recommended for Approval

TAC Consideration

04/23/2009

OWG

Recommended for Approval

ROS Consideration

03/27/2009

OWG

Recommended for Approval

OWG Language Consideration

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
06/04/2009	TAC	To approve OGRR218 as recommended by ROS.	Passed
05/14/2009	ROS	To recommend approval of OGRR218 as recommended by OWG.	Passed
04/23/2009	OWG	To forward the OWG Recommendation Report as amended by OWG and the Impact Analysis to ROS
03/27/2009	OWG	To recommend approval of OGRR218 as amended by CenterPoint comments and as revised by OWG

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

06/04/2009

TAC

To approve OGRR218 as recommended by ROS.

Passed

05/14/2009

ROS

To recommend approval of OGRR218 as recommended by OWG.

Passed

04/23/2009

OWG

To forward the OWG Recommendation Report as amended by OWG and the Impact Analysis to ROS

03/27/2009

OWG

To recommend approval of OGRR218 as amended by CenterPoint comments and as revised by OWG

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Jan 30, 2009
Sponsor:	Shell Energy North America (US), L. P.
Urgent:	No
Sections:	1.8.2
Description:	This Operating Guide Revision Request (OGRR) changes the five (5) day (40 hours) emergency training requirements to one (1) day (8 hours) for Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) that do not operate the Generation Resource(s) they are scheduling. This OGRR also allows the actual time operating in real emergencies, such as working from a backup office during a hurricane, to satisfy the emergency training requirements.
Reason:	The existing five (5) days of emergency training that is in the Operating Guides is reasonable for Transmission Operators (TOs), Control Area Authorities (CAAs) and QSEs that operate the generation they represent. However, this requirement is excessive and unnecessary for QSEs that do not operate the Generation Resource(s) they schedule. The role of these QSEs is generally limited to acting as a conduit for emergency information between the QSE and the generator. This role is important, but forty (40) hours of annual training is simply not needed for the QSEs to ensure they are capable of meeting their emergency-related responsibilities. Thus reducing the emergency training to one (1) day (8 hours) per year for QSEs that do not operate the generation they schedule is more appropriate and consistent with the need to have operators that are properly trained. If a Market Participant spends time operating in an actual emergency, such as working from a backup office during a hurricane, this time should be considered acceptable to satisfy the emergency training requirements. There is no better training than working in an actual emergency.