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Meeting Agenda MRO Protective Relay Subgroup

February 25, 2020 – 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

February 26, 2020 – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

MRO Corporate Offices, King Conference Center St. Paul, MN 55102

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By attending this meeting, I grant MRO:

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MRO ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP GUIDING PRINCIPLES

These MRO Organizational Group Guiding Principles complement charters. When the Principles are employed by members, they will support the overall purpose of the organizational groups.

Organizational Group Members should:

1. Make every attempt to attend all meetings in person or via webinar.

2. Be responsive to requests, action items, and deadlines.

3. Be active and involved in all organizational group meetings by reviewing all pre-meeting materials andbeing focused and engaged during the meeting.

4. Be self-motivating, focusing on outcomes during meetings and implementing work plans to benefit MROand MRO’s registered entities.

5. Ensure that the organizational group supports MRO strategic initiatives in current and planned tasks.

6. Be supportive of Highly Effective Reliability Organization (HEROTM) principles.

7. Be supportive of proactive initiatives that improve effectiveness and efficiency for MRO and MRO’sregistered entities.

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MEETING AGENDA

Agenda Item 1 Call to Order and Introduction

Greg Hill, PRS Chair a. Determination of Quorum – Mike Bocovichb. Standards of Conduct and Anti-Trust Guidelines – Mike Bocovich

2 Consent Agenda Greg Hill, PRS Chair

a. Approve the November 19-20, 2019 Meeting Minutesb. Approve the February 25-26, 2020 Meeting Agenda

3 Chairman’s Report Greg Hill, PRS Chair

4 Secretary’s Report Mike Bocovich

5 PRS Business Greg Hill, PRS Chair

a. Vote for Chair/Vice Chairb. 2020 PRS members approved 1/6/2020c. Whitepaper on Breaker Low SF6 Gas Philosophy – John Seidel

6 NERC Activities a. Update on NERC SPCS – Mike Bocovich and Mark Gutzmannb. NERC MIDASWG Update – Mike Bocovich

7 Misoperations Mike Bocovich

a. 2019 Q3 Results and Trending – Mike Bocovichb. Minnesota Power System Conference Submittal regarding Misoperations – Mike Bocovichc. Misoperation Discussions and Help from Friends

i. SWEPCO Area Event, August 2019 – Ryan Godwind. Survey of Protection System Scheme Type – Mike Bocoviche. Lessons Learned Updates

i. 86 Lockout Relay Failures – Gary Stoedterii. Mixing Technologies in Blocking Schemes – Wayne Miller

8 Event Analysis Report Jake Bernhagen and David Kuyper

9 Update on SPS Review Team Activities David Kuyper

10 Other Business a. PRC-002-2 SMET Standard Application Guide Team Updateb. PRS Roundtable Discussions

i. Testing timers – Wayne Millerc. Upcoming PRS Meeting Dates

11 Adjourn

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AGENDA 1 Call to Order and Introductions

a. Determination of Quorum – RosterGreg Hill, PRS Chair

Name Locale Company Term

Greg Hill, Chair Nebraska Nebraska Public Power District 12/31/2019

John Grimm, Vice Chair Minnesota Northern States Power 12/31/2019

Alex Bosgoed Canada Saskatchewan Power Company 12/31/2019

Casey Malskeit Nebraska Omaha Public Power District 12/31/2019

Cody Remboldt Dakotas Montana-Dakota Utilities 12/31/2021

David Wheeler AR/TX/LA/NM Southwestern Public Services Co. 12/31/2020

Dennis Lu Canada Manitoba Hydro 12/31/2020

Derek Vonada Kansas/Missouri Sunflower Electric Power Cooperative 12/31/2022

Derrick Schlangen Minnesota Great River Energy 12/31/2020

Forrest Brock Oklahoma Western Farmers Electric Cooperative 12/31/2022

Gary Stoedter Regional MidAmerican Energy Company 12/31/2021

Greg Sessler Wisconsin American Transmission Company 12/31/2020

Robert Soper Dakotas Western Area Power Administration 12/31/2019

Ryan Einer Oklahoma Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. 12/31/2020

Ryan Godwin AR/TX/LA/NM American Electric Power 12/31/2021

Scott Paramore Kansas/Missouri Kansas City Board of Public Utility 12/31/2021

Terry Fett Iowa Central Iowa Power Cooperative 12/31/2020

Wayne Miller Iowa ITC Holdings 12/31/2021

Open Wisconsin 12/31/2021

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AGENDA 1 Call to Order and Introduction

b. Standards of Conduct and Anti-Trust GuidelinesGreg Hill, PRS Chair

Standards of Conduct Reminder: Standards of Conduct prohibit MRO staff, committee, subgroup, and task force members from sharing non-public transmission sensitive information with anyone who is either an affiliate merchant or could be a conduit of information to an affiliate merchant.

Anti-trust Reminder: Participants in Midwest Reliability Organization meeting activities must refrain from the following when acting in their capacity as participants in Midwest Reliability Organization activities (i.e. meetings, conference calls, and informal discussions):

• Discussions involving pricing information; and• Discussions of a participants marketing strategies; and• Discussions regarding how customers and geographical areas are to be divided among

competitors; and• Discussions concerning the exclusion of competitors from markets; and• Discussions concerning boycotting or group refusals to deal with competitors, vendors, or suppliers.

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AGENDA 2 Consent Agenda

a. Approve the November 19-20, 2019 Meeting MinutesGreg Hill, PRS Chair

Action Approve the November 19-20, 2019 meeting minutes.

Report See attached the draft meeting minutes from the PRS’s November 19-20, 2019 meeting.

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Draft Minutes of the Protective Relay Subgroup (PRS) Meeting MRO Offices, St. Paul, MN

November 19-20, 2019

1. Call to Order and IntroductionsCommittee Chair Greg Hill called the meeting to order 1:00 p.m. and introductions were made. Heextended a welcome to meeting attendees.

Determination of Quorum, Standards of Conduct, and Anti-Trust GuidelinesIt was determined that a quorum was present. A complete list of attendees is included as Exhibit A.Pursuant to Policy and Procedure 4, MRO’s Standards of Conduct, Conflict of Interest and Anti-TrustGuidelines were presented.

2. Consent AgendaThe PRS reviewed the minutes from the August 13-14, 2019 meeting.

Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the PRS unanimously approved the minutes from the August13-14, 2019, as written.

The PRS reviewed the meeting agenda. The following changes were made to the agenda: • Agenda Item 3 Chairman’s report to include comments from Bryan Clark.• Agenda Item 8 to Include discussion on Event Analysis for presentation at the next PRS

meeting.• Agenda Item 10c regarding PRC-027 R3 was removed from the agenda.

There was a motion to approve the agenda as modified and the agenda was approved by the PRS.

3. Chair’s ReportGreg Hill welcomed the group to the PRS meeting.

Bryan Clark led discussions on various topics associated with the PRS:• The PRS charter had been modified and approved to allow MRO members to be solicited from

the entire region (designated as regional) if a geographical representation seat could not befilled. Jeff Beasley was just elected by the PRS as a regional member filling a Wisconsin localeposition. Likewise, Gary Stoedter is a regional member, filling a Minnesota locale position.

• MRO decided not to allow PRS meetings at remote sites to accommodate members who needextensive travel to attend the PRS meetings. There is fear remote site meetings may providean impression of bias by MRO toward an Entity.

• Members filling those terms that expired 2019 and Jeff Beasley as a regional member areexpected to be approved January 6 by the OGOC.

• Nominations and votes by the PRS members for a new chair and vice chair can take placeafter the members are approved. Greg Hill suggested nomination forms be provided fornominations to the chair and vice chair positions.

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A joint meeting with WECC (proposed by WECC) was discussed. It was decided that Mike Bocovich and maybe one other attend a WECC meeting to evaluate if there is value in holding a joint meeting. It is understood there are processes that are followed in WECC that may be more time consuming in their meeting than the MRO PRS meetings.

4. Secretary’s ReportMike Bocovich stated he had nothing to add following the Chair’s report.

5. PRS Businessa. The election results for PRS members was re-stated. The existing members whose term ended

2019 were uncontested and Jeff Beasley acquired a majority of the votes to fill the Wisconsinlocale position as a regional member. Final approval by the OGOC is expected 6 January 2020.

b. A white paper on SF6 breaker, low gas operating philosophy was explored. Multiple philosophieson the second stage of low SF6 gas pressure were represented by multiple entities within the PRSmembers including:

• Breaker failure timer bypass• Block trip• Block trip/block close• Block trip & isolate

Conditions leading to the low gas and operations response should be discussed. A survey of transmission owners could be issued enquiring about the last few very cold cycles regarding what happened and causes regarding low gas conditions in SF6 breakers. Volunteers to lead the effort include: John Grimm, Cody Remboldt, Derek Vonada, and Robert Soper.

6. NERC Activitiesa. Mark Gutzmann gave a brief report on recent activities of the NERC System Protection and

Controls Subcommittee (SPCS) including work regarding:• PRC-019 Guidance Document• PRC-019 SAR associated with inverter based resources• PRC-023 SAR – R2 regarding out of step blocking elements• PRC-024 associated with non-relay generator speed protection• Protection system commissioning• Protection system and protection function definitions Jeff Iler was elected Chair and Bill

Crossland was elected Vice Chairb. Mike Bocovich discussed activities of the MIDAS working group and other related matters.

• The final copy of the MIDAS data reporting instruction (DRI) is expected to be completedand published soon. It should be in its final stages of review and approval.

• It was reported there are discussions at the NERC and ERO Enterprise level regardingMIDAS associated metrics (indices) and using data to evaluate reliability risk.

c. It was announced that Mark Gutzmann has been chosen to continue as the NERC SPCSrepresentative from MRO, but this appointment is awaiting approval from the OGOC.

7. Misoperationsa. 2019 Q2 Results and Trending: The MIDAS reported misoperations were discussed with

assistance of the ERO Enterprise MIDAS portal tool charts. DCB scheme misoperations

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percentage of the total number of MRO misoperations appear to be down from prior quarters. However, the DCB scheme still represents the highest number of misoperations in the MRO region.

b. MIDAS Review Process: It was agreed the MIDAS review process is working well for PRSmembers and participants: Many letters were sent to entities looking for clarifications, correctionsand completeness of the MIDAS reporting as a follow-on of the reviews resulting in more accurateMIDAS reporting.

c. Misoperation Discussions and Help from Friends: Doug Jackson of Grand River Dam Authoritypresented a misoperation associated with a three terminal DCB scheme. The presentation wasvery comprehensive and detailed. Good discussion followed including: scheme types; protectionelements to use; and communications. The presentation and discussions were very beneficial toPRS members.

d. Survey of Protection System Scheme Type: Discussion continued on performing a survey todetermine a population of DCB schemes within the MRO Region. It was decided to limit the surveyto members and participants in the PRS. Mike Bocovich agreed to draft a purpose statement forthe survey. The survey should be fairly short, querying number of transmission lines at whatvoltage level and number of DCB schemes at what voltage level. Volunteers to work on this (at anearlier meeting) are Greg Hill, Dennis Lu, John Grimm, Wayne Miller, and Forrest Brock.

e. Lessons Learned: Two lessons learned are proposed from the MRO PRS:• 86 Lockout Relay Failures were presented by Gary Stoedter at a prior meeting. NERC had

reservations regarding a lessons learned associated with a specific manufacture’s device,but has recently agreed to entertain a submittal. Gary Stoedter of MidAmerican EnergyCompany will be contacted regarding this lessons learn.

• The MRO Region has experienced a few DCB scheme misoperations which appear to bedue to timing and element miscoordination associated with mixing technologies. WayneMiller of ITC Holdings has agreed to lead a lessons learned regarding issues related withmixing technologies in DCB schemes.

8. Event Analysis Reporta. John Seidel presented overall indices of events within the MRO Region. John also presented a

summary of some recent category 1a and category 2f events.b. Presentations of some recent events were solicited and agreed to by entities

• John Grimm of Northern States Power (NSP) agreed to make presentation on two recentevents experienced by NSP.

• Ryan Godwin of AEP agreed to make a presentation on one recent event.

9. Update on SPS Review Team ActivitiesJohn Seidel provided a brief verbal report an a few remedial action scheme (RAS) being reviewed bythe SPS Working Group. The RAS review will soon to be handed off to Planning Coordinators underPRC-012-2.

10. Other Businessa. PRC-027-1 Evidence Discussion: Jeff Norman of MRO talked with the PRS members regarding

evidence for compliance. The discussions included the audit process within MRO including theseparation of the Compliance and Risk Assessment & Mitigation group’s responsibilities. Jeff’s

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appearance was well received by the PRS. Comments at the end of the PRS meeting suggested repeat appearances by Jeff possibly yearly.

b. PRC-002-2 SMET Standard Application Guide Team Update: The SMET standard applicationguide team has been running into difficulties. Mike Bocovich will contact Russ Mountjoy to seewhat needs to be done to revive this effort.

c. Item c was removed from the agendad. Determine Future PRS Meeting Dates: The following dates are proposed for future meetings:

• February 25-26, 2019 Primary datei. March 3-4, 2019 Secondaryii. If needed a telephone meeting will be held to elect a new Chair and Vice Chair

• May 19-20, 2019 Proposed for 2nd meeting (long range planning)

11. AdjournHaving no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 11:25 a.m.

Prepared by: Mike Bocovich Subgroup Secretary

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Exhibit A – Meeting Attendees

Subgroup Members Present

19 Nov 20 Nov Name Organization, Geographical Locale In Person

In Person Greg Hill (Chair) Nebraska Public Power District

In Person

In Person John Grimm (Vice Chair) Northern States Power

Web Alex Bosgoed Saskatchewan Power Company

In Person

In Person Casey Malskeit Omaha Public Power District

In Person

In Person Cody Remboldt Montana-Dakota Utilities

Web Web David Wheeler Southwestern Public Services Co.

In Person

In Person Dennis Lu Manitoba Hydro

In Person

In Person Derek Vonada Sunflower Electric Power Cooperative

Web Call Gary Stoedter MidAmerican Energy Company

Web Greg Sessler American Transmission Company

In Person

In Person Robert Soper Western Area Power Administration

In Person

In Person Ryan Einer Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.

Web Ryan Godwin American Electric Power

In Person

In Person Scott Paramore Kansas City Board of Public Utility

Web Web Terry Fett Central Iowa Power Cooperative

Web Wayne Miller ITC Holdings

MRO Staff

19 Nov 20 Nov Name Title In Person

In Person John Seidel Principal Technical Advisor

In Person

In Person Mike Bocovich Principal System Protection Engineer

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In Person

In Person Max Desruisseaux Sr. Power System Engineer

In Person Bryan Clark Director, RAPA

In Person Jeff Norman Director, Compliance Monitoring

Guests

19 Nov 20 Nov Name Organization In Person Mark Gutzmann Xcel Energy/Northern States Power

In Person

In Person Jeff Beasley GRDA

In Person

In Person Doug Jackson GRDA

Web Timothy Bobb Kansas City Power & Light/WESTAR, Evergy Companies

Web Web John Anderson Kansas City Power & Light/WESTAR, Evergy Companies

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AGENDA 2 Consent Agenda

b. Approve the February 25-26, 2020 Meeting AgendaGreg Hill, PRS Chair

Action Approve the agenda for today’s meeting.

Report See agenda included in this packet, above.

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AGENDA 3 Chairman’s Report Greg Hill, PRS Chair

Action Discussion

Report Chair Hill will provide an oral report during the meeting.

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AGENDA 4 Secretary’s Report

Mike Bocovich

Action Discussion

Report Mike Bocovich will provide an oral report during the meeting.

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AGENDA 5 PRS Business

a. Vote for Chair/Vice Chair - Greg Hill, PRS Chair

b. 2020 PRS members approved 1/6/2020 – Greg Hill, PRS Chair

c. Whitepaper on Breaker Low SF6 Gas Philosophy – John Seidel

Action Discussion

Report Chair Hill will lead this discussion during the meeting.

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AGENDA 6 NERC Activities

a. Updated on NERC SPCS – Mike Bocovich and Mark Gutzmann

b. NERC MIDASWG Update – Mike Bocovich

Action Discussion

Report Mike Bocovich will provide oral reports during the meeting for the topics above.

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AGENDA 7 Misoperations

a. 2019 Q3 Results and Trending - Mike Bocovich

b. Minnesota Power System Conference Submittal regarding Misoperations - Mike Bocovich

c. Misoperation Discussions and Help from Friends

i. SWEPCO Area Event, August 2019 - Ryan Godwin

d. Survey of Protection System Scheme Type - Mike Bocovich

e. Lessons Learned Updates

i. 86 Lockout Relay Failures – Gary Stoedter

ii. Mixing Technologies in Blocking Schemes – Wayne Miller

Action Discussion

Report Mike Bocovich will lead this discussion during the meeting.

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AGENDA 8 Event Analysis Report

Jake Bernhagen and David Kuyper

Action Discussion

Report Jake Bernhagen and David Kuyper will provide an oral report during the meeting regarding any Transmission Events that have occurred since the last PRS meeting.

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AGENDA 9 Update on SPS Review Team Activities

David Kuyper

Action Discussion

Report David Kuyper will provide an oral report at the meeting.

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AGENDA 10 Other Business

a. PRC-002-2 SMET Standard Application Guide Team Update

b. PRS Roundtable Discussions

i. Testing Timers – Wayne Miller

c. Upcoming PRS Meeting Dates

Action Discussion

Report Chair Hill will lead this discussion during the meeting.

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AGENDA 11 Adjourn

Greg Hill, PRS Chair

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