The MRO Operating Committee (OC) provides a forum for discussion and aggregation of bulk power system operational issues and best practices in order to provide MRO stakeholders and staff with the collective and diverse opinions from the experts in interconnected system operations to help the industry arrive at informed decisions to improve reliability. Areas that the OC and its sub-groups focus on include: system protection, seasonal and post-seasonal assessments, event analysis reviews, Bulk Electric System mis-operations, frequency response, NERC and regulatory data requests, and reviews of Regional reliability procedures and guidelines.
Key Objectives
- Review and approve the seasonal assessments (summer and winter) of the MRO region and interregional bulk electric system from an operational perspective.
- Review the post seasonal assessments (summer and winter) of the bulk electric system to determine if the system performed according to the preseason plans.
- Review event analysis detailed reports (typically Category 1) and review and approve (Category 3 and higher) to assure the appropriate analysis is performed and that lessons learned are identified and shared with the industry.
- Perform all Regional Entity responsibilities associated with the Protection and Control Standards, including mis-operations, review of special protection schemes, UFLS criteria, disturbance monitoring criteria, etc.
- Participate in and represent the MRO region in all NERC groups, as required, that report to the NERC Operating Committee.
- Provide regular reports to the MRO Board on matters related to the activities of the OC and its working groups.
- Provide technical advice and subject matter expert support to the related NERC program areas, and serve as a forum to integrate the outputs of each NERC program area to MRO stakeholders.
- Review the Reliability Coordinator Reliability Plans as necessary for the Reliability Coordinators that are registered within the MRO region.
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