Engineering and Operating Committee
Engineering and Operating Committee
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The Engineering and Operating Committee reports to and is subject to the control of the Board of Directors. Representatives to the Engineering and Operating Committee shall be the officer or employee of each Member in charge of engineering and/or operating activities. The Engineering and Operating Committee shall: a. Recommend practices for system design, interconnection, and operation that will help to assure efficient and reliable power supply among the systems in SPP, b. Continue coordination of its efforts with the efforts of NERC, including periodic review of NERC Policies and Standards and their applicability to SPP and its Members, c. Review Member operating plans and problems that are pertinent to SPP planning and operation, d. Maintain an annual series of load flow and short circuit models and associated stability data bases representing the current and planned electric network of the region, and maintain a data base of all transmission facilities within SPP, e. Review and assess the current and planned electric system of the region, f. Make use of studies available from other regions, g. Recommend to the Board of Directors criteria for planning and operations, h. Review the intraregional plans submitted by the coordinated groups within SPP and facilitate planning between intraregional groups, i. Develop a coordinated plan for intraregional transmission for greater efficiency and reliability of electric power supply, j. Recommend to the Board of Directors and to Members, individual or joint action to improve the operation of the systems comprising SPP, and k. Respond to activities as requested by the Commercial Practices Committee.