(Forwarding information from the DOE SEAB TF. I’ve reformatted the attachments for convenience. The minutes will be posted on their website — http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab — but probably not the draft papers.)

Attached for your information are four draft papers that will be discussed by the DOE Task Force on Electric System Reliability at their meeting on March 10 at the ANA Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Also attached are the minutes of the January Task Force meeting.
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esr#7min.rtf
Minutes of Seventh Task Force Meeting January 13, 1998
tech-13.rtf
Technical Issues in Transmission System Reliability
trans02.rtf
INCENTIVES FOR TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT
tfanc02.rtf
ANCILLARY SERVICES AND BULK-POWER RELIABILITY
iso-14.rtf
The Characteristics of the Independent System Operator
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(for those new to the distribution list, here is the earlier note about the
March meeting. Note website reference at end.)
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Subject: UFTO Note- Next Meeting DOE Reliability TF
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998
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Next (8th) Meeting DOE/SEAB- Electric System Reliability Task Force
Tuesday, March 10, 1998, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
ANA Hotel, Ballroom I, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037

Background The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with transmission.

Purpose of the Task Force The purpose of the Electric System Reliability Task Force is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board regarding the critical institutional, technical, and policy issues that need to be addressed in order to maintain the reliability of the nation’s bulk electric system in the context of a more competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
8:30 – 8:45 AM Opening Remarks & Objectives
— Philip Sharp, ESR Task Force Chairman
8:45 – 10:15 AM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Position Paper
on Technical Issues in Transmission System Reliability
10:15 – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on the Role and Shape of the Independent System Operator
11:45 – 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 – 1:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on Ancillary Services and Bulk-Power Reliability
1:45 – 2:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on Incentives for Transmission Enhancement
2:45 – 3:30 PM Working Session: Guest Presentation & Discussion of
State and Regional Reliability Issues
— Philip Carver, Oregon Office of Energy
3:30 – 4:00 PM Public Comment Period
4:00 PM Adjourn

Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force and the Task Force’s interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.