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NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
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email: naesb@naesb.org • Web Site Address: www.naesb.org

February 24, 2006
Filed Electronically
The Honorable Magalie Salas
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20585

RE:

Docket No. RM05-28-000, “NAESB Final Report on the Efforts of the Gas-Electric
Interdependency Committee”

Dear Ms Salas:
The North American Energy Standards Board (“NAESB”) provides the final report to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) in Docket No. RM05-28-000, “NAESB
Report on the Efforts of the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee.”
Please note that we are filing this report electronically in Adobe Acrobat® Print Document Format
(.pdf). All of the documents are also available on the NAESB web site (www.naesb.org). Please feel
free to call me at (713) 356-0060 or refer to the NAESB website should you have any questions or
need additional information regarding this report.
Respectfully submitted,
Rae McQuade
President and COO, North American Energy Standards Board

cc:

Mr. M. Maassel, NAESB Chairman and CEO
Mr. William P. Boswell, NAESB General Counsel
Mr. Jim Templeton, Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Chair

North American Energy Standards Board
Gas and Electric Interdependency Final Report
February 24, 2006
Below is the final status report of the NAESB Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee (GEIC) and is supplemental
to the June 27, 2005 report submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission” or “FERC”) in
Docket No. RM05-28-000.

BACKGROUND1
In a December 2004 letter from Chairman Wood to Michael Desselle2, the chairman noted that the January 2004
cold snap in New England highlighted the need for better coordination between the natural gas pipelines and the
electric grid, including Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs)/Independent System Operators (ISOs) and
gas-fired power generators. He noted that he was pleased to see the efforts underway by NAESB to develop
business practices in both industries that would alleviate the coordination problem and be in place for the next
winter season.
On June 27, 2005 a report was submitted to the Commission which included communication standards between
natural gas transmission service providers and power generators and will be included in the next published version
of both the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) and Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) standards (version 1 and
version 1.8, respectively). Prior to publication, they are available as final actions from the NAESB web site3 related
to the request from which they originated – R04021.4 Also in the report, the NAESB Gas-Electric Interdependency

While the GEIC effort began in late 2004, a related and precursor NAESB effort began in 2003 with the creation of
the NAESB Gas-Electric Coordination Task Force. This group prepared both an interim and final reports which
were filed with the Commission on April 16, 2004 and November 30, 2004, respectively. Both reports included a
discussion point list as their key deliverable, but also included several presentations. The point list and presentation
materials were used as reference materials by the GEIC in its work. The two reports can be accessed from the
NAESB web site at: http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc041604.pdf and
http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc113004.pdf.
2

The Chairman’s letter can be accessed from the NAESB web site at
http://www.naesb.org/protected/ferc121404.pdf.

The final actions after ratification for request no. R04021 may be accessed from the NAESB web site at
http://www.naesb.org/weq/weq_Final.asp and http://www.naesb.org/WGQ/wgq_Final.asp.
4

NAESB standards can be accessed in a number of ways. The standards are available for download in the
protected area of the NAESB web site free of charge or can be purchased in electronic format from the NAESB
Office. Access to the protected area of the NAESB web site is free to all current NAESB members as a benefit of
NAESB membership, and non-members can register for home page access for $3500 per year. The Commission has
previously recognized that, “[I]t is common practice for standards organizations to charge for copies of their
standards in order to defray the publishing costs as well as some of the administrative, legal, and other costs of
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Committee of the Board of Directors (“GEIC”) identified thirteen issues and categorized them as (1) indicating
policy direction and decisions from federal, state or provincial regulatory agencies or other groups, including issues
between contractual parties, (2) appropriate for review for NAESB standards development, (3) appropriate to be
forwarded to NERC for consideration for reliability standards development, (4) appropriate for review as regional
issues, and (5) a national infrastructure concern (Attachment A of this report). For the majority of the issues
identified there was more than one category assigned.
The conclusions reached on the issues identified pointed to the crucial need for extraordinary coordination among
regulators, NERC, NAESB and industry participants of both the natural gas and electric wholesale markets. As the
issues list demonstrated, many of the items required the attention of more than one of the groups, and that resolution
of many of the items will be based on decisions neither made nor taken by NAESB. Specific to NAESB, before
NAESB can move further in developing business practice standards to address the coordination of the two
industries, policy direction and industry willingness for change is required – otherwise, NAESB may be in the
position of developing business practices and striving to achieve industry consensus for standards that the industry is
not convinced are needed. For the two outstanding requests R04016 (Energy Day assigned to both the wholesale
gas and wholesale electric quadrants) and R04020 (Electric Market Timelines assigned to the wholesale electric
quadrant); the requests have already been assigned to NAESB for action both by the NAESB Executive Committee
and by the Joint Interface Committee. The requests have not been addressed at this time –through actions taken by
the Board of Directors on June 22.
On June 22, 2005, the Board recognized that requests R04016 and R04020 were symptoms of many of the issues
identified, and as such, charged the GEIC with the preparation of a standards development request that reflected the
intent of both of these requests and included other aspects of gas-electric interdependency that were evident in the
issues lists (such as issues #5, #10 and #12) and targeted for business practices development. The request, once
developed, would be reviewed by the Board for inclusion in the NAESB Annual Plan, and would be processed
through NAESB’s normal process for standards. An important direction from the Board in its instructions to the
GEIC was that the members of the GEIC should ascertain a level of industry support for such actions anticipated by
the request before standards development request is submitted. In summary, the committee members should not
recommend actions in a standards request that they did not anticipate would garner sufficient industry support.

PROCESS USED BY THE NAESB GAS-ELECTRIC INTERDEPENDENCY COMMITTEE
The GEIC met seven times (August 16, September 8, October 6, October 24 and December 5, 2005 and January 11
and February 3, 2006) following the June 22 Board of Directors meeting. The meetings were open and posted on
the NAESB web site for all interested parties. Observers were welcomed, and did attend the meetings. Notes were
taken for all meetings and posted on the web site along with agendas and work papers5. The board committee is
considered a named committee of NAESB – the members are named by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and
are either board members, members of the NAESB Advisory Council, or specifically requested to join because of
their knowledge of the markets. The work products of the committee were prepared by the committee members
with staff administrative support and forwarded to the Board of Directors for review and approval. The GEIC is
chaired by Jim Templeton, a NAESB Board member and former chairman of the organization.

developing the standards.” In addition to the standards themselves, all agendas, working papers, and subcommittee
meeting minutes are publicly accessible on the NAESB web site free of charge.
5

The notes of the GEIC meetings can be found in Appendix A and are located on the NAESB web site at the
following page: http://www.naesb.org/gas_electric_interdependency.asp.
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CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY THE NAESB GAS-ELECTRIC INTERDEPENDENCY COMMITTEE
In discussions of possible standards development efforts, six potential activities were identified where existing
standards should be reexamined to determine whether updates or new business practices could be written to further
improve the interaction between the gas and electric industries. The six activities are an outgrowth of the analysis of
13 issues described in the June 27 report to the FERC on gas-electric interdependency6, most of which require policy
direction if they are to be undertaken. As a link to the issues identified on June 27 (Attachment A), the six activities
identified in this report are the items where the GEIC has determined that standards development by NAESB might
be explored. Similarly, these six activities identified have policy implications. During the identification of the
potential development activities, general concerns were voiced by committee members on the interaction of the
wholesale gas and electric quadrants and the commitment of both groups to come equally to the table with solutions.
The status of the two outstanding requests (R04016 and R04020) was also discussed.
Additionally, during discussions of these possible efforts, concerns were identified that may pose roadblocks in
garnering sufficient industry support to proceed. Modification by the gas industry of established processes and
practices to address problems that affect both industries will not necessarily improve the gas/electric interface unless
the electric industry also works to address the electric problems. If modifications are made, they should be made in
both the gas and electric industries to ensure both are working to improve gas/electric coordination.
The six efforts identified that could be included in a standards development request were:
1.

Consistent with the 2/27/04 Order in Docket No. RP04-151-0007 and the Policy Statement in Docket No. PL026 issued on 1/19/06, consider the development of standards to support Capacity Release pricing on an index8 for
those pipelines that have the FERC authority to enter into negotiated rates and discount capacity on an index
basis. The concerns raised included:
•

Removal of the pricing cap to make it more attractive for firm gas transportation holders to release the
capacity to others was raised during the discussion, but it would require regulatory policy changes and is
specifically not anticipated as part of this item.

Review the possibility of adding an additional intraday nomination cycle with bumping rights to provide more
flexibility to shippers, including power generators, with firm transportation rights such that they can nominate
for natural gas supporting their market clearing times.9 Current problems exist within the day-ahead and realtime power markets for nominations (See the graphical depiction of the electric timelines to the gas nomination
timelines as Attachment B). Tennessee Valley Authority and others have noted that this problem may have
been exacerbated by some pipelines’ decisions to move to hourly and daily balancing; but others have remarked
that the GEIC has not reached this conclusion. Technological advances make additional nomination cycles and

NAESB prepared and submitted a report on June 27, 2005, in Docket No. RM05-28-000, “Standards for the
Coordination of Business Practices Between Public Utilities and Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines,” which included
10 communication standards between transporters of natural gas and power generation facilities as well as 13
coordination issues identified, most of which had policy implications.
7

The referenced order can be accessed from the FERC web site (elibrary function from http://www.ferc.gov, or
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/nvcommon/NVViewer.asp?Doc=10074967:0)
8

A work paper was independently provided by National Fuel Gas Distribution, and is attached (Attachment C).

“Firm shippers are paying reservation charges for priority rights and those rights should include the right to have a
nomination become effective as early as possible on the gas day following the nomination. Interruptible
shippers…should not be able to prevent firm shippers from having their nominations take effect at the earliest
possible time.” FERC Docket No. RM96-1-007, Order No. 587-G, (April 16, 1998). See also FERC Docket No.
RM96-1 and FERC Docket No. RM96-1 Order Nos. 587-F, 636, and 637.
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changing the last "no bump" cycle to later in the day potential feasible solutions. As with #4 below, consensus
has not been reachable when determining the need and amount of change required by each of the two industries
to develop workable solutions. The concerns raised were:

•

Adding an additional cycle may have impacts on the timing of the existing nomination cycles.

•

The timing of the various nomination cycles may have different impacts on different parties and/or other
NAESB standards, which must be considered before any changes are made.

•

Additional Wholesale Electric Quadrant standards may be needed to take advantage of a revised gas
nomination cycle.

•

The proposed business practices may be more acceptable to the gas industry if developed in conjunction
with Item 4 below.

Consistent with the 11/22/05 Order in Docket Nos. RP06-69-000 and RP06-70-00010, review the ability of
pipelines to shift gas for primary firm transportation within a pipeline path without having to re-offer as
secondary firm transportation service. The concerns raised were:
•

Current no bump rules limit firm customers’ ability to divert gas to another market mid-day without
reallocation. If pipelines could be operationally indifferent, then they could switch deliveries without
facing the equity issues that arise for those customers who were not originally scheduled because they did
not contract for firm transportation, but delivery is switched from firm transportation customers to
customers who also did not contract for firm transportation. However, this may conflict with current tariff
and policy equity issues. Any business practices created must be non-discriminatory.

•

If it is determined that this function is appropriate, policy changes may be required.

Explanation of a possible implementation:
Customers who have scheduled their primary firm capacity through a point of restriction may not divert their
nomination after the timely nomination deadline to a new delivery point, even if the path of the gas through the
restriction does not change, just the delivery or receipt point. A customer, who wishes to change a delivery
from his storage point to his city gate, risks losing his transportation priority because the pipeline is obligated to
treat any change in a nomination as a new nomination requiring rescheduling with other new intra-day
nominations. Revised nominations could be allowed on the same contract when (1) the intra-day nomination
has the same scheduling priority that is being scheduled and could be allowed to flow on the same Gas Day as
the intra-day nomination through a posted point of restriction, even if subject to a partial restriction, and (2) the
nomination does not result in a net increase in the total volume scheduled under the contract though the posted
point of restriction. These conditions would ensure that scheduled service for other customers through a
restriction is not affected by the intra-day nomination.
Example 1: The customer has 100 dekatherms scheduled to flow from a primary receipt point through the
posted point of restriction to a primary delivery point. Under the same contract, the customer then requests a
nomination change to move 50 of the 100 dekatherms to a secondary delivery point that is outside its
Transportation Path but still through the posted point of restriction. Under the enhanced nomination procedures
proposed herein, this nomination change would be allowed because the intra-day nomination (i) has a
scheduling sequence priority that is being scheduled and allowed to flow, and (ii) would not change the total
quantity of gas scheduled to flow through the posted point of restriction under the same contract.

The referenced orders can be accessed from the FERC web site (elibrary function from http://www.ferc.gov, or
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/nvcommon/NVViewer.asp?Doc=10887607:0 (RP06-69) and
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/nvcommon/NVViewer.asp?Doc=10887606:0 (RP06-70)).
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Example 2: The customer has 100 dekatherms scheduled to flow from a primary receipt point to a primary
delivery point. Unlike Example 1, however, the customer's scheduled nomination of 100 dekatherms does not
flow through the posted point of restriction. Instead, the customer's existing scheduled nomination has a path
that is entirely upstream of the posted point of restriction. Under the same contract, the customer then requests a
nomination change to move 50 of the 100 dekatherms to a secondary delivery point that is further downstream
and outside its Transportation Path, resulting in a path through the posted point of restriction. Under the
enhanced nomination procedures proposed herein, this nomination would not be allowed because it would result
in an increase in the total quantity scheduled to flow through the posted point of restriction under that contract.
4.

Review and modify the requirements for organized electric markets so that the markets clear in sufficient time
to nominate within the existing gas nomination timelines (Attachment B provides a graphical representation of
the differences in the gas and electric market timelines). Current timely gas nomination cycles occur long
before the time when most organized electric markets clear their timelines and commit for the day ahead
market. This disconnect leaves some generators two main options of either a) purchase and nominate gas
transportation on a timely basis and risk not having their bid subsequently clear the power market or, b) wait to
see if their bid clears the power market and risk relying upon the intraday gas transportation nominations
without the level of assurances offered in the timely cycle for firm gas transportation services. Non-organized
electric markets add another layer of timelines. As with #2 above, another debated point was the need and
amount of change required by each of the two industries in coming to workable solutions. The concerns raised
were:
•

It may be difficult for organized markets to be in compliance with this proposed business practice given the
existing nomination timelines; the proposed business practices may be more acceptable to the electric
industry if developed in conjunction with Item 2 above.

•

It will be necessary to gain consensus in the electric industry to standardize the electric timelines, each of
which have been developed regionally. In the alternative, the electric industry can create business practices
that support market clearing within the gas nomination cycles.

•

The ISOs and RTOs will need to make modifications to each of their separate processes to support NAESB
business practices that require the electric markets to clear prior to the timely gas nomination timelines.

Require generators that offer into the day ahead market to have the appropriate commercial arrangements to
fulfill the needed obligations. The concerns raised were:
•

Being too prescriptive as to how the obligations are met interferes with the risk management strategies of
market participants.

•

To the extent this proposal needs to address reliability aspects of this issue, those concerns will be directed
to NERC.

•

The issue of firm transportation as it relates to resource adequacy is being addressed as part of the proposed
NERC Resource Adequacy Standard currently under development.

Develop the appropriate supporting definitions for new business practices for the Wholesale Electric Quadrant,
including but not limited to definitions for: alternate fuel capability, usable alternate fuel capability, firm
transportation service, firm sales service, firm supply, and “must run” generator. The concerns raised were:
•

In previous attempts, the Wholesale Electric Quadrant was unable to reach consensus on definitions of
similar terms.

•

Although these definitions will apply to Wholesale Electric Quadrant, the definitions should be developed
with the appropriate input from the Wholesale Gas Quadrant to ensure consistency with gas products.

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As noted in the prior report of June 27, to accomplish the above standards development efforts will demand
extraordinary coordination of the industry participants of both the natural gas and electric wholesale markets. Items
1-3 (all gas related) have previously cited policies or statements in individual pipeline tariffs that may support the
standards development but may benefit from direction provided by the FERC to support the much needed consensus
building. Items 4-6 do not have specific policies in place today, and would require direction from FERC if
consensus within the two industries would be achievable.
As general comments to the above six efforts, for all efforts that were focused on wholesale gas efforts (items 1, 2
and 3), a general comment was made that the wholesale electric quadrant should come to the table with a
willingness to also make changes to their process. It is the opinion of the committee members that the organized
electric markets, such as the ISOs and RTOs and their stakeholder groups, may not be interested in working within
NAESB to create the needed business practices. It is anticipated that their approach would be regional solutions
developed individually. Along these lines, the electric market participants of the GEIC have not identified any
sponsors for the efforts directed at the wholesale electric market (items 4, 5 and 6), and a broader outreach to Edison
Electric Institute and other WEQ NAESB members is in order.
As noted, items 4- 6 require more effort from within the electric industry, including RTOs/ISOs. It is NAESB’s role
to develop commercial business practice standards, it is NERC’s role, or the soon to be created Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO), to develop reliability standards, and it is the ISO/RTO Council’s role to operate electric
transmission systems and administer markets consistent with the standards developed by NERC and NAESB. There
is a sufficiently high degree of commercial, markets and reliability interdependence associated with items 4-6 such
that the electric industry participants should work together to ensure as seamless a market structure as possible.
References in items 4-6 to NERC and the ISOs/RTOs is not intended to signal any abdication of NAESB’s role or
responsibility in these areas. Conversely, to ignore the need for the electric industry to address needed change will
leave a “one-sided” GEIC report that offers only gas-related solutions. Therefore, it is important to ensure that this
report is not perceived as “one-sided” offering gas related solutions without charging NAESB to find compatible
solutions on both sides. As such, this report acknowledges the need for change on both the gas and the electric side,
the respective role of each organization and the need to find a joint/collaborative solution where one impacts the
other. These issues have been before the electric industry for quite some time. NERC identified interdependency
issues years ago but no standards have yet resulted from their efforts. While participants in the electric industry
(NERC, NAESB and the ISOs and RTOs) have collaboratively developed gas-electric communications standards as
a first step, further collaboration on the more difficult issues has not occurred, despite NAESB’s efforts to facilitate
such a process, and it will require the Commission to provide guidance to the industry in the form of Commission
rulemakings or orders benefiting the industry by streamlining the joint interface process11 for assigning work.
For the two outstanding requests R04016 (Energy Day assigned to both the wholesale gas and wholesale electric
quadrants) and R04020 (Electric Market Timelines assigned to the wholesale electric quadrant); the requests have
already been assigned to NAESB for action both by the NAESB Executive Committees and by the Joint Interface
Committee. At the Board meeting on June 22, the Board instructed the Executive Committees to not proceed with
these requests even though they had been submitted, approved as within NAESB’s scope, assigned to the
appropriate quadrants and had also been approved by the Joint Interface Committee. The Board recognized that
requests R04016 and R04020 were symptoms of many of the issues identified, and as such, delayed action on the
requests. The two outstanding requests would be reconsidered by the Board for development after the GEIC had
completed its analysis and prepared new standards development requests. It was anticipated that the new standards

The joint interface process for assigning work to NERC or NAESB based on whether the development activity is
predominantly of a commercial nature (NAESB) or reliability nature (NERC) is outlined in the Memorandum of
Understanding between NERC, NAESB and the ISO-RTO Council, signed May 15, 2003, and can be accessed from
the NAESB web site: http://www.naesb.org/pdf/memorandum_of_understanding.pdf.
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requests would supersede and replace them. The submitters of the requests have agreed to withdraw them once the
final report and/or request(s) for standards development is completed12.

NEXT STEPS
In considering the development of new requests that would address one or more of the six development efforts
identified by the GEIC, the concerns identified the potential need for regulatory policies, as these efforts are
controversial and the ability to achieve substantial industry consensus is not certain. Because of this concern, the
committee did not prepare requests for standards development as directed by the Board of Directors in June.
Instead, the committee highlighted the six areas that may be beneficial for standards development, if the industry
supports such development. It is the committee’s opinion that the lack of industry support poses sufficient
roadblocks to development and regulatory policy guidance is needed before further efforts can be undertaken.
Instead of requests, the committee prepared this report, which was endorsed by the Board of Directors notationally
on February 17, 200613, and is being forwarded to the FERC as a final update report on gas-electric interdependency
issues. With the Board approval of this report as a final update, the submitters are in the process of withdrawing
their requests R04016 and R0402014, as the roadblocks noted above apply equally well to the requests. The GEIC
efforts are considered complete with the submittal of this final report as endorsed by the Board of Directors to the
FERC.

On February 23, 2006, the NAESB office received confirmation that the requests would be withdrawn.

The Board of Directors tally of votes to endorse the GEIC report can be found in Appendix B. The vote was
unanimous in support.

Request No. R04016 to develop a standard definition for Energy Day was submitted to NAESB on May 25, 2004
by KeySpan Utility Services and Duke Energy Gas Transmission and assigned jointly to the Wholesale Gas
Quadrant and Wholesale Electric Quadrant for standards development. The Joint Interface Committee voted to
support its assignment to NAESB on September 21, 2004.
Request No. R04020 to establish business standards relating to electric transaction scheduling and timelines was
submitted to NAESB on June 29, 2004 by Tennessee Valley Authority and assigned to the Wholesale Electric
Quadrant for standards development. The NERC/NAESB Joint Interface Committee voted to support its assignment
to NAESB on January 18, 2005.
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Attachment A
Issues Identified in the NAESB June 27, 2005 Filing to FERC in Docket No. RM05-28-000

Issues Identified by the GEIC in its report filed with the FERC on June 27, 2005
#

Cat.

Description/Notes
Issue: Gas-fired generators are not communicating well with the pipelines, which may result in gasfired power generation coming online and taking natural gas without the prior nomination of
pipeline capacity or taking natural gas but not taken evenly across the 24 hour period for which the
gas was nominated – which may cause operational issues for the natural gas pipelines.
Note: NAESB is addressing part of this issue through the communication standards contained within
this report, and as related to Request No. R04021.

1-3-4

Issue: Some gas fired generators will come online although they have been informed by the pipeline
that the pipeline cannot support their burn rates.
Note: This is a contractual and regulatory issue and may indicate that a monitor and/or “hotline” for
violations are warranted. Incentives and/or penalties for load management/balancing could be a
potential remedy.

Issue: Generally speaking, burning gas without authorization and/or replacing the gas back into the
pipeline timely is an issue.
Note: Terms are typically addressed in the contracts between the parties, thus making this issue a
commercial one. The note as addressed in item 2 above is also applicable.

1-4-5

Issue: Many electric market designs allow generators to assume risk on the availability of
interruptible transportation while relying on those same generators to provide power to the grid on a
non-interruptible basis. Moreover, the economics are such that to maintain a competitive stance,
independent power plants are disincented to purchase firm gas and/or pipeline capacity. In addition,
many gas-fired plants were assumed to be available to serve in contra-seasonal peaks. This
assumption may no longer be valid.
Note: The infrastructure was initially designed for gas to be delivered to a city gate and is now
being used to support, in many cases on an interruptible basis the requirements of power generators
but does not provide enough interruptible capacity in some parts of the country to support such
interruptible generation in conditions of extreme demand. However, several factors may warrant the
assumption of risk in purchasing interruptible gas service, including the availability of flexible
pipeline capacity, long term planning of supply of gas for generation uses, and fuel use diversity.

1-2-34

Issue: The relative timelines of electric markets and gas nominations creates a situation in which a
generator can actually pay for firm gas transportation and yet only get lower-quality secondary
service.
Note: Because of the mismatches in timelines, the benefits of firm gas transportation service may
not be achieved by the power generator. NAESB has a request, R04020 assigned which addresses
the electric timelines and an energy day request that addresses some of the mismatch between the
two markets. Work has not begun on either request to date, although both requests have been
processed and assigned, including processing through the Joint Interface Committee for assignment
to NAESB.
However, this is also a regulatory concern -- the gas timelines are embedded in FERC regulations
and both a regional and reliability concern because the reliability of the power grid depends on the
electric schedules and the regional groups such as the ISOs and RTOs oversee the implementation of
their respective market designs.
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Attachment A
Issues Identified in the NAESB June 27, 2005 Filing to FERC in Docket No. RM05-28-000
#

Cat.

1-2-34

Description/Notes
Issue: The ISO/RTO Council (IRC) has expressed concern that NAESB should not alter their
market timelines through standard development as this is a regional implementation – not a national
concern.
Note: The issue raised by the IRC is addressed in part though NAESB Request No. R04020 on
electric schedule timelines. It is also a regulatory concern because of the OASIS FERC regulations,
and is both a NERC and RTO issue because reliability of the power grid depends on the electric
schedules and the regional groups such as the ISOs and RTOs oversee the implementation of their
market designs.

1-5

Issue: On cold days (i.e. on peak gas consumption days) there is not enough interruptible
transportation (unused firm capacity of the contract holder) to meet the gas demand served through
that type of transportation. This situation results from the statutory design that the gas industry
builds pipelines and capacity based on firm contracts only. In recognition of this design, gas LDCs
purchase their own "reserve" capacity in the form of additional firm pipeline service. This
recognition, however, is not widespread in the electric market community, where some electric
regulators have not been willing to give electric utilities cost recovery for the same level of "reserve"
transportation for a peaking generator.
Note: Power generators holding firm transportation agreements to meet peak demand would
necessarily have unused capacity on pipelines when demand requirements are not at peak levels.
LDCs have similar periods where capacity is not needed to meet their demand requirements.

1-5

Issue: Gas LDCs purchase their own "reserve" capacity in the form of additional firm pipeline
service, but electric regulators have not been willing to give electric utilities cost recovery for the
same level of "reserve" transportation for a peaking generator.
Note: The infrastructure was initially designed for gas to be delivered to a city gate and is now
being used to support, on an interruptible basis, the requirements of power generators. Purchasing
firm service for peak day demand may lead to overbuilding15 the infrastructure where it can be
expanded – so other services may be required.

1-5

Issue: Where voluntary arrangements between pipeline shippers could accommodate the real-time
generation market (e.g. instantaneous diversion of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market) neither
the pipeline nor releasers of capacity are allowed to charge short-term rates that would match the
instantaneous market value of capacity to a peaking generator. Further, the ability of pipeline tariff
terms (e.g., nomination cycles and release procedures) to accommodate such arrangements vary as
to their flexibility. Modifications to policy would enable pipelines and releasers of capacity to
charge peaking generators short-term rates.
Note: Historically, pipelines have used a combination of firm pipeline capacity, pipeline contracts,
storage, balancing, parking services and curtailment priorities to mitigate fluctuating load
requirements. Pipeline tariffs are designed to insure reliable service to all customers, so any
accommodation of such voluntary arrangements would require a process to be certain there was no
adverse impact on other customers. Should such arrangements be incorporated into tariffs, business
practices can be developed for support. As for rate flexibility, in the past the Commission has

15 Overbuilding can occur when the customer need for capacity is only intermittent or short-term (such as a peaking generator),
thus creating significant amounts of empty space for the rest of the year. In that instance other services are needed to fill the gap
in order to finance the cost of new capacity. In the case of electric generation typically the empty new capacity would be
available at times when other firm capacity is also available meaning both would be discounted by the market. This would
seriously undermine the financing of the new capacity.

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Attachment A
Issues Identified in the NAESB June 27, 2005 Filing to FERC in Docket No. RM05-28-000
#

Cat.

Description/Notes
experimented with market-based pricing for released capacity. Short-term monetizing of load price
fluctuation (hourly, daily, weekly and seasonally) as well as daily and hourly volume
accommodation may be appropriate for consideration.

1-2-5

Issue: If voluntary arrangements between pipeline shippers are created that accommodate the realtime generation market (e.g. instantaneous diversion of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market),
business practices could be drafted that support the trade of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market.
Note: Pipeline tariffs are designed to insure reliable service to all customers, so any accommodation
of such voluntary arrangements would require a process to be certain there was no adverse impact
on other customers. Should such arrangements be incorporated into tariffs, business practices can be
developed for support.

Issue: If society is not willing to pay for firm transportation for peaking capacity, then regulators
may want to consider, at the state and local level, an emergency response program that determines
whether - at times of unanticipated extreme demand that requires emergency relief - it is better to
interrupt electric demand being served on an interruptible basis or perhaps curtail other firm gas
customers so that gas generators who have not contracted for firm services can be served for the
"better social good." The curtailment activity would address emergency situations in which gas is
being administratively redirected according to essential human needs criteria or other "social"
factors. In the DOE Gas Disruption Analysis project, the ultimate end-game for state regulators is
the valuation of essential human needs generation on a level playing field with other essential human
needs users of gas. Redirecting gas from a customer with firm supply during a winter crisis, to a
generator who ran out of interruptible supply should never happen.
Note: This action would require regulatory changes and is a key aspect of the coordination
difficulties between the gas and electric markets. The notion of end-use-based redirection of gas to a
generator who just ran out because he didn't pay for firm supply, by taking gas away from someone
else who did pay for firm supply, is not something that should ever happen just because winter came
when the Weather Channel said it would.

1-2

Issue: Some pipelines or LDCs may not break down the volumes at meters where there is more than
one contract volume due to the confidential nature and market sensitivity of the information. This
information may be necessary for RTOs, ISOs and independent balancing authorities for grid
operations where the gas is used for power generation.
Note: Business practices can be written to report volume breakdowns so that volumes destined for
electric generation can be identified after the confidential nature of the market data has been
addressed.

1-2-3

Issue: In California ISO’s comments to NAESB regarding its development of business practices for
Request No. R04021, they discussed a network of informed contacts available as coordination issues
arise. This contact approach may be applicable on other than a regional basis, such that all operating
areas should have “Dedicated Lines” between key offices within that operating area and possibly
adjoining connected areas to support informed and timely decision making.
Note: Business practice standards can be written to implement a “hot line” that would respect any
needed regional differences. Communication standards development was undertaken by NAESB
and the results of that effort are presented in this report.

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Attachment B
Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Current Processes Converted to
Central Prevailing Time (CPT)
Operating Day

Day Ahead

Start of existing Gas Day
Pacific Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Mountain Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Central Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Eastern Electric Firm Daily Transmission

Electric
Transmission
Markets

Beginning of the daily
transmission product
period - also represents
beginning of the “flow
day” for that time zone

Reserving electric transmission service and
scheduling electric energy is essentially a
continuous process. Deadlines exist for reserving
some transmission products. These are
established in existing tariffs and standards and are
summarized (for several providers) in the attached
supplementary information.

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

End of the daily
transmission product
period - also represents
end of the “flow day” for
that time zone

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Attachment B
Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Current Processes -CPT
Operating Day

Day Ahead

Start of existing Gas Day

Market Closes (i.e.
bids are due)

Organized
(i.e. RTO)
Markets

Market Results are
posted

CAISO
MISO
ISONE
PJM
NYISO

Neither ERCOT nor SPP
currently have Day
Ahead markets

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

End of the
RTO Flow Day

Beginning of the
RTO Flow Day

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Current Processes - CPT
Operating Day

Day Ahead

Start of existing Gas Day

Open Trading:
Bi-lateral trading for
RTO and Non-RTO
Electric as well as Gas

Beginning of the On
Peak Electric
Product – also
represents the
beginning of the
flow associated
with that product

Bi-lateral trading is
essentially continuous,
particularly on the electric
side, where hourly
trading occurs 24/7

ICE Elec Index Trading

End of the On Peak
Electric Product –
also represents the
end of the flow
associated with that
product

On Peak Product – Eastern IC

Platts Elec Index Trading

Open Trading

On Peak Product – Western IC

All Gas Index Trading

NYMEX
Day Ahead Trades that
are included in published
indices

12am

6am

Financial trading

12pm

6pm

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Attachment B
Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Current Processes - CPT
Operating Day

Day Ahead

Start of existing Gas Day

Gas
Scheduling

“IntraDay 1”
Nomination Cycle

End of nomination period
– i.e. schedules are
posted

Implementation of
intraday cycles 1
and 2

Beginning of nomination
period – i.e. nominations
are due
“Timely”
Nomination Cycle

Beginning of Gas
Flow Day
“Evening”
Nomination Cycle

ND Nom 1

“IntraDay 2”
Nomination Cycle

ND Nom 2
ID Nom 1
ID Nom 2

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Attachment B
Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Current Processes - CPT
Operating Day

Day Ahead

Start of existing Gas Day
Pacific Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Mountain Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Central Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Eastern Electric Firm Daily Transmission

Electric
Transmission
Markets
CAISO

Organized
(i.e. RTO)
Markets

Open
Trading

MISO
ISONE
PJM
NYISO

ICE Index Trading
Platts Index Trading

On Peak Product – Eastern IC
Open Trading

On Peak Product – Western IC

Gas Index Trading
NYMEX

Gas
Scheduling

ND Nom 1

ND Nom 2
ID Nom 1
ID Nom 2

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Attachment B
Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Typical Summer Load Profile
Start of existing Gas Day

1.05
1
0.95

Hour of Day

0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6

On Peak Product

0.55
0.5
0

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Per Unit of Daily Peak Load
6

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Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

Typical Winter Load Profile
Start of existing Gas Day

Per Unit of Daily Peak Load

1.05
1
0.95

0.9
0.85
On Peak Product

0.8
0.75
0

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Hour of Day
7

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Gas-Electric Timeline Graphs

“As Requested” Standard Energy Day
With Other Processes as They Exist Today
Start of
SED

Day Ahead

Electric
Transmission
Markets

Transmission
Days don’t
align

Pacific Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Mountain Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Central Electric Firm Daily Transmission
Eastern Electric Firm Daily Transmission

Reserve & Schedule transmission service

CAISO

Organized
(i.e. RTO)
Markets

Open
Trading

Operating Day

Market Days
don’t align

MISO
ISONE
PJM
NYISO

ICE Index Trading
Platts Index Trading

On Peak Product – Eastern IC
Nomination
Cycle is
disjointed

Open Trading

Gas Index Trading

On Peak ProductNo
– Western
Intraday IC
Nomination
Benefit

NYMEX

Gas
Scheduling

ND Nom 1

ND Nom 2
ID Nom 1
ID Nom 2

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

6am

12pm

6pm

12am

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Attachment C
National Fuel Gas Distribution Work Paper on Item 1

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

J. Templeton, Chair, GEIC
M. Novak
August 16, 2005
Proposed Standards Development - NAESB Report on WEQ and WGQ Business
Practice Standards for Transmission Service Provider-Power Plant Operator
Communications and the Gas and Electric Interdependency Report (June 27 Report)

Within the June 27 Report, Issue #9 and Issue #10, deal with diversion gas and/or capacity from LDCs to the realtime generation market. Issue #9 references market-based pricing and issue #10 references tariffs and development
of business practices. Any attempt to monetize shipper releases of pipeline capacity in terms of real-time generation
load price fluctuations is currently bound by the maximum tariff rates applicable to capacity, as well as bidding
rules.
Current NAESB WGQ Standards governing capacity release are more restrictive on pricing beneath the maximum
tariff rate than current Commission policy requires. As currently structured, NAESB WGQ Standard 5.3.26 requires
the releasing shipper to determine whether bidding should take place in terms of dollars and cents or as a percentage
of maximum rate. NAESB WGQ Standard 5.3.19 can be read to restrict re-releases to be on the same terms and
basis as the primary release when a more current reading of Commission policy would say this is a matter between
the releasing and replacement shipper subject to broader bidding rules and maximum tariff rate limits. Additionally,
the standards can be read to restrict the form of releases to volumetric and reservation forms that at the time these
standards were drafted, appeared to comport with all the options necessary.
In more recent years, pipelines have sold capacity at discounted rates where the effective rate was tied to a published
price index. Commission policy allows that releasing shippers should be free to offer the same type of pricing
arrangement that the pipeline offers. At least where pipelines offer discounts based upon price indices, Commission
policy appears to support releasing shippers offering the same type of pricing in a capacity release.
To capture real-time generation load price fluctuations, a firm shipper (e.g. an LDC) should be able to propose a
release rate based off a published electric price index. The rate would fluctuate each day between a releasing
shipper specified floor and the maximum tariff rate. In theory, this would create an economic incentive to provide
more short-term capacity to the gas-fired generation market because with the prospect of high release value,
releasing shippers can explore replacement capacity alternatives that otherwise would not be cost-effective.
While no pipeline tariffs prohibit capacity release transactions based off published price indices, the NAESB
Standards, which in most cases have been incorporated into pipeline tariff by reference, do not support index-based
releases. NAESB standards should support such release transactions and if the Commission relaxed the prohibition
on releases above the maximum applicable tariff rate, then standards can further evolve.
As a general matter, technology has progressed tremendously since the initial drafting of the NAESB WGQ
Capacity Release Standards. Along with the evolution of Commission policy governing the capacity release market,
there appears to be justification for GEIC considering development of a request for the WGQ to review and update
its Capacity Release Standards.
Issues # 9 and #10 follow for reference.

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Attachment C
National Fuel Gas Distribution Work Paper on Item 1
Selected Issues from June 27 Report

Issue #9: Where voluntary arrangements between pipeline shippers could accommodate the real-time generation
market (e.g. instantaneous diversion of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market) neither the pipeline nor releasers of
capacity are allowed to charge short-term rates that would match the instantaneous market value of capacity to a
peaking generator. Further, the ability of pipeline tariff terms (e.g., nomination cycles and release procedures) to
accommodate such arrangements vary as to their flexibility. Modifications to policy would enable pipelines and
releasers of capacity to charge peaking generators short-term rates.
Note: Historically, pipelines have used a combination of firm pipeline capacity, pipeline contracts, storage,
balancing, parking services and curtailment priorities to mitigate fluctuating load requirements. Pipeline tariffs are
designed to insure reliable service to all customers, so any accommodation of such voluntary arrangements would
require a process to be certain there was no adverse impact on other customers. Should such arrangements be
incorporated into tariffs, business practices can be developed for support. As for rate flexibility, in the past the
Commission has experimented with market-based pricing for released capacity. Short-term monetizing of load price
fluctuation (hourly, daily, weekly and seasonally) as well as daily and hourly volume accommodation may be
appropriate for consideration.

Issue #10: If voluntary arrangements between pipeline shippers are created that accommodate the real-time
generation market ((e.g. instantaneous diversion of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market), business practices
could be drafted that support the trade of gas from an LDC to an adjacent market.
Note: Pipeline tariffs are designed to insure reliable service to all customers, so any accommodation of such
voluntary arrangements would require a process to be certain there was no adverse impact on other customers.
Should such arrangements be incorporated into tariffs, business practices can be developed for support.

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Attachment D
GEIC Member Roster

TO:

Posting on NAESB Web Site

FROM:

Rae McQuade, NAESB Executive Director

RE:

Board Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee – Named Board Members

DATE:

November 3, 2004

The Board Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee is chaired by Jim Templeton. The named Board members and
Advisory Council members that comprise the Board Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee are as follows:
Name
Vicky Bailey

Quadrant

Phone
202-659-8400

Email
vbailey@johnstondc.com

WGQ

703-750-7677

achapman@washgas.com

WGQ

423-751-6096

vjcrockett@tva.gov

WEQ
WEQ

205-257-0472
214-777-1083

macrossw@southernco.com
mddesselle@aep.com

WGQ

202-833-0917

WEQ

703-698-2033
202-383-3430

Pete.w.frost@conocophillips.c
om
racbud@ix.netcom.com
jrhartsoe@aep.com

REQ

404-506-0206

ljhaynes@southernco.com

WGQ

202-776-7810
215-841-6410

Duke Energy Gas
Transmission
Northern Indiana
Public Service
Company (NiSource,
Inc.)
Oxadel Consulting,
LLC
ChevronTexaco

WGQ

713-627-5368

sshollis@duanemorris.com
Reed.horting@exeloncorp.co
m
rkruse@duke-energy.com

RGQ

219-647-6400

mtmaassel@nisource.com

WGQ

281-465-8539

linmaddox@sbcglobal.net

WGQ

713-752-7815

WEQ
RGQ, WGQ

918-573-4981
716-857-7884

Marty Patterson
John Procario
Rick Smead

Williams Power
National Fuel Gas
Distribution
Cinergy CBU
Cinergy
Navigant Consulting

Randymills@chevrontexaco.c
om
Ron.m.mucci@williams.com
novakm@natfuel.com

WGQ
WGQ
WEQ

513-419-6935
513-287-3657
713-646-5029

Larry Smith

Tennessee Gas

WGQ

713-420-4299

Adrian Chapman
Valerie Crockett
Mark Crosswhite
Michael Desselle
Pete Frost
Robert Gee
Joseph Hartsoe
Leonard Haynes
Sheila Hollis
Reed Horting
Richard Kruse
Mark Maassel

Lyn Maddox
Randy Mills
Ron Mucci
Mike Novak

Organization
Johnston &
Associates
Washington Gas
Light
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Southern Company
American Electric
Power
ConocoPhillips Gas
& Power Marketing
Gee Strategies
American Electric
Power Service Corp
Southern Company
Services
Duane Morris
PECO Energy

Marty.patterson@cinergy.com
jprocario@cinergy.com
rsmead@navigantconsulting.c
om
Larry.smith@elpaso.com

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Attachment D
GEIC Member Roster
Name
Joe Stepenovitch
Jim Templeton
Ken Wiley
Jeanne Zaiontz

Organization
Pipeline Company
Comprehensive
Energy Services
Florida Reliability
Coordinating Council
BP Energy

Quadrant

Phone

WGQ
WGQ

813-289-5644
713-759-6999

joestep@bellsouth.net
jrtemplton@aol.com

WEQ

813-289-5644

kwiley@frcc.com

WEQ

281-366-4507

zaiontj@bp.com

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NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
Wholesale Electric Quadrant Report
Table of Appendices

Appendix A:

Notes from Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Meetings
and Related Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
GEIC Notes

Board Minutes:

August 16, 2005
September 8, 2005
October 6, 2005
October 24, 2005
December 5, 2005
January 11, 2006
February 3, 2006
December 13, 2005

Availability of Transcripts

Appendix B:

Board of Directors Tally Sheet
Ballot and Announcement
Tally Sheet of Votes

APPENDIX A

Notes from Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Meetings and Related Board
of Directors Meeting Minutes

GEIC Notes

Board Minutes:

August 16, 2005
September 8, 2005
October 6, 2005
October 24, 2005
December 5, 2005
January 11, 2006
February 3, 2006
December 13, 2005

Availability of Transcripts

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TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

via email and posting
Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members, and Interested Industry
Participants
Rae McQuade, President
Laura B. Kennedy, Meeting/Project Manager
Notes from the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Meeting on August 16,
2005
August 29, 2005

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A meeting/conference call was held on August 16 to discuss areas where improvements in the
interaction between the gas and electric industries can be implemented. The following notes
resulted from the meeting.
Administration:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

Discussion of
solutions and
concerns:

•

After discussion, the committee identified the following possible
solutions where existing standards should be reexamined and updated
and/or where new business practices could be written to further
improve the interaction between the gas and electric industries, and
identified concerns with the development of the solutions:

•

Reexamine the WGQ Capacity Release standards to be more responsive
to current market conditions within the framework of current policy,
and base Capacity Release pricing on an index;

•

The gas industry will be reluctant to modify established
processes and practices to address problems that affect both
industries unless the electric industry also works to address
existing problems. Modifications should be made in both the
gas and electric industries to ensure both are working to
improve gas/electric coordination.

Review of the pricing cap to make it more attractive for firm
gas transportation holders to release the capacity to others
may be an approach to consider, but it would take regulatory
policy changes.

Review the existing gas nomination cycles and determine what kind of
flexibility an additional no bump intraday nomination cycle would
provide;
o

While an additional nomination cycle could provide
additional flexibility for the electric day-ahead market, the
electric industry should determine whether a new no bump
cycle would address coordination issues that exist with the
real time market.

A no bump cycle may require a change in FERC policy.

It will be difficult to gain consensus in the electric industry to
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standardize the electric timelines. In the alternative, the electric
industry should review and modify the requirements for organized
electric markets so that the markets clear in sufficient time to
nominate within the existing gas nomination timelines;
o

•

Provide pipelines with the ability to shift gas for primary firm
transportation within a pipeline path without having to re-offer as
secondary firm transportation service;
o

•

Current no bump rules limit firm customers’ ability to divert
gas to another market mid-day without reallocation. If
pipelines could be operationally indifferent, then they could
switch deliveries without facing the equity issues that arise
for those customers who were not originally scheduled
because they did not contract for firm transportation, but
delivery is switched from firm transportation customers to
customers who also did not contract for firm transportation.
However, this would conflict with current tariff and policy
equity issues. Any business practices created must be nondiscriminatory.

Require generators to contract for firm fuel supply and transportation if
needed in order to declare availability for the day ahead market (this
includes all types of fuel);
o

Action Items:

NAESB standard business practices are voluntary. The ISOs
and RTOs will likely be resistant to modifications to each of
their separate processes to mirror NAESB business practices
that require the electric markets to clear prior to the gas
nomination timelines.

Issue 4(d) on the agenda states that new gas fired electric
generation is relied upon without the appropriate planning to
ensure that contracts are prepared for adequate gas supply
and associated gas transportation. The planning horizon
deals with reliability issues that should be addressed by
NERC.

•

Develop the appropriate supporting definitions for new business
practices, including but not limited to definitions for: alternate fuel
capability, usable alternate fuel capability, firm transportation service,
firm sales service, firm supply, and “must run” generator.

•

The members of the GEIC will consult with other industry members to
determine if there is broad consensus to move forward with the
development of a standards request that includes the items listed
above. If not, a status report may be more appropriate.

•

It was determined that a report/request will take more time to develop
thoroughly that the September 22 Board meeting date provides for. As
such, at the upcoming Board meeting, a status report will be provided.
The next set of GEIC conference calls will focus on the development of
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this report.
•

Once the final report and/or request(s) for standards development is
completed, Mr. Kruse stated that Duke Energy, as co-requestor of
Request R04016, would consider withdrawing Request R04016 with
the condition that it could be resubmitted. Ms. York concurred for
Request R04020, submitted by TVA.

Next Meetings:

•

The next meetings of the GEIC will take place via conference call. Ms.
McQuade will circulate dates and times to the GEIC members so that a
call can be scheduled during the week of September 6th-9th, 2005.

Adjournment

•

The meeting adjourned at 1:05 PM Central.

Attendance:
Name

Organization

Attendance

Michael Desselle
Jim Templeton
Larry Smith
Joe Stepenovitch
Rick Smead
Lyn Maddox
Joel Dison
Adrian Chapman
Richard Kruse
Mike Novak
Reed Horting
Mark Gracey
Kim Van Pelt
Christopher Burden
Dale Davis
Ron Snead for John Procario
Andy Dotterweich

AEP
Comprehensive Energy Services
El Paso Eastern Pipe Line
FRCC
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Oxadel Consulting, LLC
Southern Company
Washington Gas
Duke Energy Gas Transportation
National Fuel Gas Distribution
PECO
El Paso Eastern Pipe Line
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Williams Gas Pipeline
Williams Gas Pipeline
Cinergy
Consumers Energy

Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/In Person
Committee Member/Phone
Committee Member/Phone
Committee Member/Phone
Observer/In Person
Observer/In Person
Observer/In Person
Observer/In Person
Observer/Phone
Observer/Phone

Kathryn Burch
George Simmons
Marjorie Perlman
Kathy York
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade
Veronica Thomason

Duke Energy Gas Transportation
NiSource
Rochester Gas and Electric
TVA
NAESB
NAESB
NAESB

Observer/Phone
Observer/Phone
Observer/Phone
Observer/Phone
Staff/In Person
Staff/In Person
Staff/In Person

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Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members, and Interested Industry
Participants
Rae McQuade, President
Laura B. Kennedy, Meeting/Project Manager
Notes from the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Conference Call on
September 8, 2005
September 9, 2005

TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on September 8 to discuss the draft report to be provided to the
Board of Directors on September 22, 2005. The following notes resulted from the meeting.
Administration:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

Discussion of
solutions and
concerns:

•

The committee reviewed the six potential solutions to improve the
interaction between the gas and electric industries that were identified
at the August 16 meeting. Modifications were made to these items and
additional concerns were noted:

•

Reexamine the WGQ Capacity Release standards to be more responsive
to current market conditions within the framework of current policy,
and base Capacity Release pricing on an index;

•

Committee members supported removal of the language that
would provide for a wholesale reexamination of the WGQ
Capacity Release standards, but agreed to preserve language
to enhance the WGQ Capacity Release standards to
accommodate index based pricing within the framework of
current FERC policy and to update technology requirements
within existing WGQ business practices;

WGQ participants noted that in order to gain support from
the gas industry to begin making the identified changes, the
WEQ should provide a degree of reciprocity to modify electric
processes;

Review the existing gas nomination cycles and determine what kind of
flexibility an additional no bump intraday nomination cycle would
provide;
o

The solution should be corrected to state an additional
intraday nomination cycle with bumping;

At this time, there is not consensus throughout the industry
to support the possibility of an additional intraday
nomination cycle with bumping;

In addition to adding an additional intraday nomination
cycle with bumping, the WEQ may need to draft new
business practices to take advantage of the additional cycle;

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•

It will be difficult to gain consensus in the electric industry to
standardize the electric timelines. In the alternative, the electric
industry should review and modify the requirements for organized
electric markets so that the markets clear in sufficient time to
nominate within the existing gas nomination timelines;
o

•

Provide pipelines with the ability to shift gas for primary firm
transportation within a pipeline path without having to re-offer as
secondary firm transportation service;
o

•

Committee members supported listing this issue within the
report for further development, and agreed this issue applied
to receipt and delivery points;

Require generators to contract for firm fuel supply and transportation if
needed in order to declare availability for the day ahead market (this
includes all types of fuel);
o

•

In order to garner industry consensus to move forward with
this issue will require additional input from WEQ
participants and an advocate within the electric industry to
champion the need to review and modify the requirements of
the organized electric markets;

Committee members supported modifying this issue for
inclusion in the report so that generators that declare
availability for the day ahead market would not necessarily
have to contract for firm fuel supply and firm transportation,
but would be required to have the appropriate arrangements
to fulfill the needed obligations including fuel, transportation
for that fuel, or alternate fuel sources to ensure
commitments are met;

In order to move forward with development of these
definitions, they should be included within the context of
new WEQ business practice standards development.

Action Items:

•

Ms. McQuade will distribute a draft report to the members of the GEIC
that includes the modifications to the issues discussed during this
conference call. Committee members will provide changes to the report
via e-mail prior to the Board meeting on September 22.

Next Meetings:

•

The GEIC will not schedule a meeting or conference call until after the
Board meeting on September 22.

Adjournment

•

The meeting adjourned at 10:33 AM Central.

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Attendance:
Name

Organization

Participation
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member

Ken Wiley

Johnston & Associates
Tennessee Valley Authority
American Electric Power
ConocoPhillips Gas & Power
Marketing
Gee Strategies
American Electric Power Service
Corporation
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
ChevronTexaco
Williams Gas Pipeline
National Fuel Gas Distribution
Navigant Consulting
El Paso Eastern Pipelines
Comprehensive Energy Services
Florida Reliability Coordinating
Council

Kathryn Burch
Dale Davis
Joel Dison
Mark Gracey
Kim Van Pelt
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade

Duke Energy
Williams Gas Pipeline
Southern Company
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
NAESB
NAESB

Vicky Bailey
Valerie Crockett
Michael Desselle
Pete Frost
Robert Gee
Joseph Hartsoe
Richard Kruse
Randy Mills
Ron Mucci
Mike Novak
Rick Smead
Larry Smith
Jim Templeton

Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Chair
Committee Member
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Staff
Staff

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1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
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Home Page: www.naesb.org

TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on October 6 to make edits to the draft report to be provided to the
Board of Directors on December 13, 2005. The following notes resulted from the meeting.
Administration:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

Review
comments on
draft report:

•

The committee reviewed the report drafted as a result of the conference
call on September 8. Suggested modifications to the draft report were
submitted by Mr. Smead, Mr. Mucci, Mr. Maddox, Mr. Templeton, Mr.
Smith and Mr. Kruse.

•

The committee reviewed all of the comments submitted and agreed on
several modifications to the draft report.

•

The draft report that includes all of the modifications made during the
call will be distributed to all of the GEIC members in redline format for
review and additional comment.

•

The committee members agreed that the committee would not develop
specific requests for standards development, but recognized that the
six items in the report could be included in requests submitted by
individual companies, if they chose to do so.

•

Once the report is finalized by the committee, it will be forwarded to the
Board for approval. Once the Board approves the report, it will be
forwarded to the FERC as noted in the submittal made on June 27.
The commission is expecting the report at or near yearend.

•

Ms. McQuade will send the draft report with the modifications made
during the conference call in redline format to the GEIC members via email.

•

The GEIC members will submit additional modifications of the report
for review during the next conference call.

•

The final report will be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval
at its December 13, 2005 meeting. If the Board approves the report, it
will be submitted to the FERC.

•

The GEIC will schedule a conference call during the week of October
24th. NAESB will circulate potential dates and times to the GEIC
members and schedule the call based on feedback.

Action Items:

Next Meetings:

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Adjournment

•

Attendance:
Name
Valerie Crockett
Pete Frost
Richard Kruse
Mike Novak
Rick Smead
Larry Smith
Joe Stepenovitch
Jim Templeton
Christopher Burden
Joel Dison
Gloria Ogenyi
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade
Veronica Thomason

The meeting adjourned at 10:24 AM Central.
Organization

Participation

TVA
Conoco/Phillips
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
National Fuel Gas Distribution
Navigant Consulting
Tennessee Gas Pipeline
FRCC
Comprehensive Energy Services
Williams Gas Pipeline
Southern Company
Conectiv Energy
NAESB
NAESB
NAESB

Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Chair
Observer
Observer
Observer
Staff
Staff
Staff

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North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

via posting
Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members, and Interested Industry
Participants
Rae McQuade, President
Laura B. Kennedy, Meeting/Project Manager
Notes from the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Conference Call on
October 24, 2005
November 1, 2005

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on October 24 to finalize the draft report to be provided to the Board
of Directors on December 13, 2005. The following notes resulted from the meeting.
Administration:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

Review
comments
received and
finalize draft
report:

•

The committee reviewed the report drafted as a result of the conference
call on October 6, and made minor modifications to the draft report.

•

Mr. Kruse, as submitter of Request No. R04016, and Ms. Crockett, as
submitter of Request No. R040201 agreed that language should be
drafted for inclusion in the Next Steps section to state that upon
approval of the report by the Board of Directors, Request Nos. R04016
and R04020 were withdrawn.

•

The draft report that includes all of the modifications made during the
call will be distributed to all of the GEIC members in redline format for
a final review.

•

Ms. McQuade will draft the new language in the Next Steps section,
and send the draft report with the modifications made during the
conference call in redline format to the GEIC members via e-mail.

•

The final report will be distributed via e-mail to the entire Board of
Directors prior to the December 13 Board Meeting. The report will
include the roster of the GEIC members.

Action Items:

Request No. R04016 to develop a standard definition for Energy Day was submitted to NAESB on May 25, 2004
by KeySpan Utility Services and Duke Energy Gas Transmission and assigned jointly to the Wholesale Gas
Quadrant and Wholesale Electric Quadrant for standards development. The Joint Interface Committee voted to
support its assignment to NAESB on September 21, 2004.
Request No. R04020 to establish business standards relating to electric transaction scheduling and timelines was
submitted to NAESB on June 29, 2004 by Tennessee Valley Authority and assigned to the Wholesale Electric
Quadrant for standards development. The NERC/NAESB Joint Interface Committee voted to support its assignment
to NAESB on January 18, 2005.
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Adjournment
Attendance:
Name
Valerie Crockett
Richard Kruse
Ron Mucci
John Procario
Rick Smead
Jim Templeton
Kathryn Burch
Dale Davis
Joel Dison
Mark Gracey
Marjorie Perlman
Steve Zavodnick
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade

•

The final report will be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval
at its December 13, 2005 meeting. If the Board approves the report, it
will be submitted to the FERC.

•

The meeting adjourned at 10:30 AM Central.
Organization

Participation

Tennessee Valley Authority
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
Cinergy
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Comprehensive Energy Services
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
Southern Company
Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Energy East Management
Baltimore Gas & Electric
NAESB
NAESB

Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Chair
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Staff
Staff

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North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on December 5 to provide an opportunity for FERC staff to make
informal comments on the 10-28-05 draft of the GEIC report. The following notes resulted
from the meeting:
Administration:
Q & A session
with FERC Staff
and Drafters of
the GEIC Report:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

After discussion with FERC Staff, the drafters of the report agreed to make
the following changes to the GEIC Report:
•

Item 1: Item 1 should be modified to specify what action can be taken
to enhance the standards to support Capacity Release pricing on an
index basis. Mr. Novak cited the February 27, 2005 FERC Order in
Docket No. RP04-151-000 as the current policy in place that would
support the development of datasets to enhance the standards in this
manner.
o

FERC Staff stated it would be helpful if Item 1 included the
arguments for and against the drafting/enhancement of
standards to support Capacity Release on an index basis.

•

Items 2 and 3: FERC staff stated that it would be helpful if Items 2
and 3 provided additional details as to the issues that arise in the
industry to motivate adding an additional intraday nomination cycle. If
the drafters of the report seek the addition of an additional intraday
bumping cycle, the reasons to do so should be clearly stated in the
report.

•

Item 4: Provide clarification as to what the Commission is being asked
to do and provide examples as to who would get priority in various
situations.

•

Reference the Report filed with the FERC on June 27, 2005 under
Docket No. RM05-28-000 and the list of thirteen issues included in the
filing. Describe how the six items in the current report fit into the
original thirteen issues.

•

After discussion with FERC Staff, the committee agreed to reorder the
six issues identified in the report. Item 3 will become 4 and Item 4 will
become 3. This way Items 1-3 are categorized as items for FERC
action, and Items 4-6 are categorized as items for industry action.

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Action Items:

•

The drafters of the report will make modifications based on the
comments provided by FERC Staff.

Adjournment

•

The meeting adjourned at 8:54 AM Central.

Attendance:
Name
Jim Templeton
Vicky Bailey
Valerie Crockett
Michael Desselle
Reed Horting
Richard Kruse
Lyn Maddox
Ron Mucci
Mike Novak
John Procario
Rick Smead
Larry Smith
Dennis Sobieski
Kathryn Burch
Christopher Burden
Jamie Chabinsky
Kelly Daly
Dale Davis
Michael Gildea
Michael Goldenberg
Bill Griffith
Kay Morice
Marv Rosenberg
Kim Van Pelt
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade

Organization

Participation

Comprehensive Energy Services
Johnston & Associates
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEP
PECO Energy
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Oxadel Consulting
Williams Power Company
National Fuel Gas Distribution
Cinergy
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
PSEG Power
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
FERC
Stinson Morrison Hecker
Williams Gas Pipeline
Constellation Generation Group
FERC
El Paso Natural Gas
FERC
FERC
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
NAESB
NAESB

Committee Chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Staff
Staff

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TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on January 11 to review the modifications to the draft GEIC report
based on the conversations with FERC staff during the December 5, 2005 Conference Call.
The following notes resulted from the meeting:
Administration:
Review and
finalize draft
report for board
review and
approval via
notational ballot
and for
submittal to the
FERC following
board approval:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent.

The committee modified the report based on comments during the call. The
changes are presented in redline form as an attachment to these notes.
Some of the more significant changes were:
•

Conclusion Section: The six activities identified in the report were
identified as items where standards development by NAESB might be
explored instead of items where standards development by NAESB is
feasible.

•

Item 1: A footnote was added to provide the link to FERC Order in
Docket No. RP04-151-000 referenced in Item 1. Footnote 5 was
modified to emphasize that the work paper referenced was
independently provided by National Fuel Gas Distribution. Item 1 was
changed to “Consider development of standards to support Capacity
Release pricing on an index...”

•

Item 2: Several participants supported modifying Item 2 to specify the
organizations that have experienced problems with gas transportation
nominations within the day-ahead and real-time power markets and to
modify the language to state that some pipelines have started to move
to hourly and daily balancing in lieu of the more general statements in
the original language and that the GEIC has not reached this
conclusion.

•

Item 3: The specific FERC Orders described in the examples were
listed. (FERC Docket Nos. RP06-69 and RP06-70 issued 11/22/2005).
The committee agreed Item 3 should be modified to use subjunctive
language.

•

Item 4: Clarifying language was proposed for Item 4. Ms. Crockett
stated she would submit modified language for Item 4 based on the
discussion during the call.

•

The discussion of Items 4-6 (lines 193-202) in the report were further
modified for clarification purposes. A footnote was added to provide

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•

Ms. McQuade will modify the report based on the discussion during the
conference call. The redlined report will be distributed to the members
of the GEIC. (The redlined report is posted on the NAESB website as
an attachment to these Notes:
http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/geic011106a1.pdf)

•

The GEIC will be asked to vote on the report via notational ballot. A
simple majority vote of the GEIC members is required for the report to
be adopted by the GEIC.

•

If the report is approved by the GEIC, it will be forwarded to the entire
Board, with an opportunity to ask questions regarding the report
during a one hour conference call. The Board will vote on the report
via notational ballot. A simple majority of the Board is required for the
report to be approved.

•

If the report is approved by the Board, it will be filed with the FERC.

Adjournment

•

The meeting adjourned at 10:05 AM Central.

Schedule for
Adoption of the
Final GEIC
Report:

•

On Monday, January 16, the report will be distributed to the members
of the GEIC with a notational ballot. A simple majority vote is needed
to adopt the report by the GEIC. The GEIC ballot period will end on
Friday, January 20, 2006.

•

If the report is approved by the GEIC members on January 20, the
report will be forwarded to the Board with a notational ballot on
Monday, January 23.

•

If the report is approved by the GEIC members on January 20, there
will be a one hour conference call for Board members to ask the GEIC
questions on the report on February 3 at 2 PM Central.

•

If the report is approved by the GEIC members on January 20, the
Board balloting period will close on Friday, February 17. A simple
majority vote is needed to adopt the report.

Attendance:
Name

Organization

Participation

Jim Templeton
Valerie Crockett
Michael Desselle
Pete Frost
Richard Kruse
Lyn Maddox
Ron Mucci
Rick Smead

Comprehensive Energy Services
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEP
ConocoPhillips Gas & Power Marketing
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Oxadel Consulting
Williams Power Company
Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Committee Chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member

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1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
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Name

Organization

Participation

Kathryn Burch
Christopher Burden
Dolores Chezar
Kelly Daly
Dale Davis
Mark Gracey
Bill Griffith
Kim Van Pelt
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade

Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
KeySpan
Stinson Morrison Hecker
Williams Gas Pipeline
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
El Paso Natural Gas
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
NAESB
NAESB

Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Staff
Staff

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1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
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Home Page: www.naesb.org

TO:
FROM:
RE:
DATE:

Dear Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee Members,
A conference call was held on February 3, 2006 to review comments and changes provided that
have not been incorporated into the report and to review recent developments of the FERC.
The following notes resulted from the meeting:
Administration:
Review
additional
comments to
determine if
changes are
needed to the
report:

•

Ms. Kennedy read the antitrust advice and the agenda was adopted by
consent. A quorum was established during the meeting.

The committee modified the report based on comments during the call. The
modifications did not substantively change the report, but provided
additional clarification. The final report is posted as an attachment to these
notes (http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/geic020306a1.pdf). The five
clarifications were:
•

Item 1: A reference to the Policy Statement issued by the FERC on
1/19/06 on Natural Gas Pipeline Negotiated Rate Policies and Practices
(“Policy Statement in Docket No. PL02-6 issued on 1/19/06”) was
added. Language was also added to Item 1 to include those pipelines
that have the FERC authority to “enter into negotiated rates” in
addition to those already referenced that have the FERC authority to
discount capacity on an index basis.

•

Item 2: Several participants supported modifying Item 2 to reference
the applicable FERC Orders similar to the references in Items 1 and 3.
A footnote was added to Item 2 to reference the FERC Dockets/Orders
that state “interruptible shippers…should not be able to prevent firm
shippers from having their nominations take effect at the earliest
possible time.” The following footnote was added to Item 2: “‘Firm
shippers are paying reservation charges for priority rights and those
rights should include the right to have a nomination become effective
as early as possible on the gas day following the nomination.
Interruptible shippers…should not be able to prevent firm shippers
from having their nominations take effect at the earliest possible time.’
FERC Docket No. RM96-1-007, Order No. 587-G, (April 16, 1998). See
also FERC Docket No. RM96-1 and FERC Docket No. RM96-1 Order
Nos. 587-F, 636, and 637.”

•

Lines 171-176: The phrase “some policies” was replaced with the
phrase “previously cited policies” to reference the FERC Orders and
Policies specifically cited in the report. The phrase “would clearly
benefit from a direction” was replaced with the phrase “may benefit

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Lines 177-185: The sentence “The discussion held so far does not
indicate a willingness to create business practices for wholesale electric
markets” was deleted. The GEIC members agreed that the sentence in
lines 183-185 that states “Along these lines, the electric market
participants of the GEIC have not identified any sponsors for the efforts
directed at the wholesale electric market (items 4, 5, and 6), and a
broader outreach to Edison Electric Institute and other WEQ NAESB
members is in order” more fully characterizes the discussions of the
GEIC.

•

Lines 192-204: The word “electric” was deleted from the phrase “to
provide guidance to the electric industry in the form of Commission
rulemakings…” in line 202 of the report.

Vote to approve
the amended
report:

•

Mr. Desselle moved, seconded by Ms. Crockett, to amend the resolution
adopted by the GEIC on January 25, 2006 to incorporate the changes
made during this call. The motion unanimously passed a simple
majority vote of the GEIC members, with 17 votes in support, zero
votes in opposition, and zero abstentions.

Adjournment

•

The meeting adjourned at 2:59 PM Central.

Schedule for
Adoption of the
Final GEIC
Report:

•

The report will be forwarded to the Board with a notational ballot on
February 4, 2006.

•

The Board balloting period will close on Friday, February 17. A simple
majority vote of the Board of Directors is needed to adopt the report.

•

If the report is adopted by the Board, it will be filed with the FERC
during the week of February 20th.

Attendance:
Name
Jim Templeton
Adrian Chapman
Valerie Crockett
Michael Desselle
Joel Dison on behalf of
Mark Crosswhite
Pete Frost
Robert Gee
Joseph Hartsoe
Reed Horting
Richard Kruse
Randy Mills
Ron Mucci

Organization

Participation

Comprehensive Energy Services
Washington Gas Light
Tennessee Valley Authority
American Electric Power

Committee Chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member

Southern Company
ConocoPhillips Gas & Power Marketing
Gee Strategies
American Electric Power Service Corp.
PECO Energy
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
ChevronTexaco
Williams Power Company

Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member

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1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
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Home Page: www.naesb.org

Name

Organization

Participation

Mike Novak
John Procario
Rick Smead
Larry Smith
Joe Stepenovitch
Bill Bourbonnais
Belinda Thornton
Kathryn Burch
Christopher Burden
Dolores Chezar
Dale Davis
Chuck Feagans on
behalf of Terry Boston
Bill Griffith
Marjorie Perlman
Kim Van Pelt
Brian White
Bill Boswell
Laura Kennedy
Rae McQuade

National Fuel Gas Distribution
Cinergy
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
WPS Resources Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
KeySpan
Williams Gas Pipeline

Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Board Member
Board Member
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer

Tennessee Valley Authority
El Paso Natural Gas
Energy East
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Nisource Gas Pipelines
NAESB
NAESB
NAESB

Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
NAESB General Counsel
Staff
Staff

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Voting Record:
Member
Adrian Chapman
Valerie Crockett
Michael Desselle
Joel Dison on behalf of Mark
Crosswhite
Pete Frost
Robert Gee
Joseph Hartsoe
Reed Horting
Richard Kruse
Randy Mills
Ron Mucci
Mike Novak
John Procario
Rick Smead
Larry Smith
Joe Stepenovitch
Jim Templeton
25 Members of Committee
21 Are Board Members

Organization
Washington Gas Light
Tennessee Valley Authority
American Electric Power
Southern Company

Vote
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT

ConocoPhillips Gas & Power Marketing
Gee Strategies
American Electric Power Service Corp.
PECO Energy
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
ChevronTexaco
Williams Power Company
National Fuel Gas Distribution
Cinergy
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT

Comprehensive Energy Services
SUPPORT

OPPOSE

ABSTAIN
TOTAL

0
17

THE REPORT WAS ADOPTED VIA SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE BY THE GEIC ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006

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December 21, 2005
TO:

NAESB Board Members, Posting for Interested Industry Participants

FROM: Laura Kennedy, NAESB Meeting/Project Manager
RE:

Draft Minutes from the NAESB Board of Directors Meeting – December 13, 2005
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
NAESB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
December 13, 2005 in Houston, TX
Draft Minutes

Administration and Welcome

Mr. Desselle called the meeting to order and welcomed the board members, participants and
guests. Mr. Boswell advised the participants of the anti-trust guidelines. Ms. Kennedy then
called roll for the board members and announced that quorum was established. Mr. Horting
made a motion, seconded by Mr. Mucci, to adopt the agenda. The agenda was adopted
unanimously. Mr. Haynes made a motion to adopt the June 22, 2005 draft minutes as
redlined, and the September 22, 2005 working session draft minutes as posted. Mr. Brown
seconded the motion. The minutes were adopted unanimously. The final minutes of the June
22,
2005
Board
Meeting
are
posted
on
the
NAESB
website
at
http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd062205fm.doc and the final minutes of the September 22, 2005
working
session
are
posted
on
the
NAESB
website
at
http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd092205fm.doc.
2.

Reports from Board Committees

ERO Coordination Committee: Mr. Desselle stated that the ERO Coordination Committee was
created after the September 2005 Board meeting to coordinate efforts with NERC as the ERO is
formed. During its November 16, 2005 meeting, the committee determined that it would review
the NERC/NAESB/IRC Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to determine if changes should
be made in light of the creation of the Electric Reliability Organization.
Mr. Desselle stated that the ERO Coordination Committee is drafting a letter to send to NERC
and the IRC stating that NAESB seeks to open a review of the MOU as set out in Section 6 of
the MOU. He added that the participants at the WEQ Leadership Meeting on December 12
suggested changing the name of the ERO Coordination Committee to Coordination Committee
because the need for coordination with NERC and other organizations will continue after the
ERO is created. There were no objections in the room or on the phone to the change of the
name of the committee.
Mr. Anderson stated that Ms. Campbell, chair of the NERC Standards Authorization Committee
(SAC), plans to send NAESB a formal request that NAESB representatives attend NERC SAC
meetings. Mr. Desselle stated that Board of Directors and the WEQ looks forward to the
request from Ms. Campbell.
Mr. Desselle stated that he spoke on behalf of NAESB at the FERC ERO Technical Conference
on December 9, 2005. He spoke on the collaborative relationship between NERC and NAESB
over the past three years.

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Resources Committee: Ms. Ogenyi, chair of the Resources Committee, reported that the
Resources Committee is responsible for forty new members to date with a net of thirteen when
resignations are considered. Ms. Ogenyi asked the Board members to make a commitment to
contact a minimum of two companies regarding NAESB membership or to provide the contact
information of individuals at two companies that are not currently NAESB members to the
members of the Resources Committee. She stated that the Resources Committee has done a
good job in increasing NAESB membership and awareness in the industry, but has exhausted
its resources. Mr. Brown added that the Resources Committee has organized material
including testimonials, annual plans, and FERC activities that Board members can use when
contacting potential members. Mr. Desselle stated that the NAESB office would send a letter to
each Board member requesting two potential member contacts.
Mr. Hebenstreit stated that Board members should cultivate NAESB awareness within their
own organizations. This will help to avoid gaps in participation when individuals who are
responsible for NAESB participation move on to other organizations.
Retail Awareness Committee: Mr. Cade Burks, chair of the Retail Awareness Committee,
reported that the mission of the Retail Awareness Committee is to increase awareness of the
activities in NAESB with market participants and state regulatory staff. The Committee has
developed a page to be included on the NAESB website to provide easily accessible information
on the retail markets in each state including any correspondence with the state commissioners
and commission staff. After the first of the year, NAESB will send a letter to all of the public
utility commissioners to make them aware of the NAESB Retail Awareness webpage and to
request assistance to keep the information on the page current. Mr. Burks stated that NAESB
members and market participants are encouraged to provide updates to the information on the
page to ensure it contains accurate information. Any update information can be forwarded to
the NAESB office.
Mr. Templeton, chair of the Gas-Electric
Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee:
Interdependency Committee (GEIC), reported that the committee expected to request the Board
to vote on the Gas and Electric Interdependency Report during this meeting. (The 10/28/05
draft of the report can be found on pages 43-47 of the Board book). Mr. Templeton stated that
the GEIC met via conference call on December 5 to answer questions from FERC staff on the
draft of the report. FERC staff asked for clarifications to be made to the report before it is
submitted to the FERC. Mr. Smead added that the FERC staff liked the progress that has been
made by the GEIC and the suggestions in the report.
Members of the GEIC have agreed to make the modifications to the report to add clarity and
specificity per the discussions with the FERC staff. Mr. Desselle stated that the modifications
have not been incorporated and reviewed in time for the Board to vote on a final draft during
this meeting. The GEIC will meet during the week of December 19-23 to finalize the draft and
will send the report to the entire Board of Directors for vote via notational ballot. If the Board
approves the report, it will be forwarded to the FERC.
Mr. Frost requested that the conference call be scheduled after the first of the year due to
holiday absences. He asked the reason for the urgency in filing the report. Ms. McQuade
stated that the June 27, 2005 NAESB Report on the Efforts of the NAESB Gas-Electric
Interdependency Committee and the Business Practices on Pipeline-Gas-Fired Generation
Facility, RM05-28-000 stated that NAESB would submit a final report to the FERC on these
issues at the conclusion of the December Board meeting.
Mr. Desselle stated that the GEIC would schedule a meeting during the first or second week of
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January to finalize the report and then will send the final report to the entire Board to vote via
notational ballot.
Review and Endorsement of D-U-N-S® Report Directions: Ms. McQuade stated that the D-U-NS® Task Force reviewed the difficulties the industry experiences in using D-U-N-S® Numbers.
Three of the four quadrants determined that no action would be taken at this time. The WEQ
decided that NAESB should work with NERC to jointly determine whether an alternative code
structure would be better than D-U-N-S® Numbers. The WEQ will also pursue the creation of
an agreement with D&B that would meet the WEQ’s requirements if the use of D-U-N-S®
Numbers continues. The report of the D-U-N-S® Task Force is located on pages 74-83 of the
Board book.
Mr. Haynes moved, seconded by Mr. Novak, to accept the interim report and set of
recommendations from the D-U-N-S® Report. The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 1].
Review and Adoption of Revised Certification Program: Mr. Spangler stated that the NAESB
Certification Program began about five years ago for the WGQ. The goal was to establish an
optional program to allow service providers to give assurance their products conform to NAESB
standards. In turn, the Certification Program also provides a way for purchasers of products to
have confidence that the products comply with NAESB standards. The Certification Program
Committee was formed in March 2005 by the Board of Directors to evaluate the WGQ
certification program and to determine whether the certification program should be broadened
to include the other three quadrants. The Certification Program Committee has submitted a
report to the Board of Directors located on pages 52-67 of the Board book. The Certification
Program Committee recommended that NAESB should “adopt a self-certification process and
reduce the certification fees.”
Ms. Ogenyi moved, seconded by Mr. Templeton, to adopt the final report and the proposed
changes to the certification program as recommended by the Certification Program Committee.
The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 2].
Review and Endorsement of Retail Structure Review Recommendation: Mr. Novak provided a
presentation based on the Retail Structure Review Committee Final Report. The report is
located on pages 68-73 of the Board book and the presentation is posted on the NAESB website
at: http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd121305w1.ppt.
Mr. Novak reviewed the options considered by the Retail Structure Review Committee including
(1) increase of retail quadrant membership to bylaw requirement levels; (2) change the bylaws
to reduce the membership requirement; (3) combine the two Retail Quadrants to reach the
bylaw membership levels; and (4) delay any structural changes until the original work plan of
developing business practices for the customer choice retail markets is completed.
Mr. Novak stated that a proposal to combine the two Retail Quadrants into a Combined Retail
Quadrant (CRQ) was presented at the joint Retail Electric Quadrant and Retail Gas Quadrant
Executive Committee meeting on November 30, 2005. He stated that many Executive
Committee members supported the delay of making changes to the structure of the Retail
Quadrants until the business practices for the customer choice retail markets is completed.
Mr. Novak stated that the recommendation of the Retail Structure Review Committee was to
delay any structural changes to the Retail Quadrants at this time and allow the Retail
Quadrants to complete the customer choice business practices and to continue work on the
three business practices for both customer choice and regulated retail markets in 2006. The
Retail Structure Review Committee also recommended that the NAESB Board of Directors
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direct the Retail Structure Review Committee to complete a strategic planning exercise in 2006
and to complete a review of the need for structural changes to the two Retail Quadrants in
2006.
Ms. Ogenyi asked how the Resources Committee and Retail Structure Review Committee
should work together to increase the membership of the Retail Quadrants. Mr. Novak stated
that the request for Board members to contact two potential members is a good approach in
increasing the membership in the Retail Quadrants. Mr. Haynes stated that when he
requested the formation of the Retail Structure Review Committee, he expected the end result
would be that the Retail Quadrants would be combined. He stated that he was in favor of
delaying any action to modify the structure of the Retail Quadrants for another year to provide
the Retail Quadrants an opportunity to complete the work on the annual plans.
Ms. Wood suggested asking retail market participants to complete a questionnaire to list what
the issues are from the retail market’s perspective. This would also provide an opportunity to
increase awareness of activities in the NAESB Retail Quadrants.
Mr. Novak moved, seconded by Ms. Ogenyi, to adopt the recommendations of the Retail
Structure Review Committee. The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 3].
3.

Updates on Specific Standards Development Efforts

Gas Quality: Mr. Novak reported on the status of the work of the WGQ Business Practices
Subcommittee (BPS) to draft standards to address Part B of Request No. R03035. He stated
that it is the expectation that the standards will be completed in time for the WGQ Executive
Committee to vote for adoption at the February 2006 meeting.
Ms. McQuade stated that Part C of Request No. R03035 is currently held in abeyance. She
stated that the agenda for the March 2006 Board meeting will include discussion of whether
standards should be developed to address Part C of this request.
Mr. Brown stated that the American Gas Association (AGA) and INGAA are working on similar
issues and asked if NAESB is coordinating with those organizations on these issues. Mr.
Novak stated that the efforts of the AGA focus on the regulatory process and how gas quality
issues will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Retail Invoicing: Ms. Kiselewich reported that the Retail Business Practices Subcommittee
(BPS) is close to completion of model business practices to address Request No. R05016
(Standards or model business practices for electronic retail billing transactions and bill
payment transactions between customers, suppliers, and utilities).
After the BPS has
completed drafting the model business practices, the Retail Technical Electronic
Implementation Subcommittee (TEIS) and Information Requirements Subcommittee (IR) will
begin working on the technical pieces of the business practices.
Retail Contracts: Ms. Kiselewich reported that the Retail Contracts Subcommittee has been
working to draft a retail contract for use in both the electric and gas markets based on Request
No. R05013. On the last conference call, eight retail end use customers participated in the
call. The Contracts Subcommittee has a target completion date of 4th Quarter 2006.
OASIS Enhancements: Ms. McQuade stated that NAESB filed a report with the FERC on
November 16, 2005 under Docket No. RM05-5. The report includes the renumbered WEQ
standards. At the request of FERC staff, the WEQ standards were renumbered for uniqueness.
Neither the order nor the text of the standards was changed.
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The Progress Report on NAESB WEQ Standards Activities as related to OASIS and NERC is
located on pages 100-101 of the Board book.
Mr. Oberski reported that at the November 29, 2005 meeting, the WEQ Executive Committee
voted to adopt the TLR Business Practices as modified by the WEQ BPS on November 22, 2005
but to hold ratification in abeyance until TLR implementation issues between NERC and
NAESB have been clearly defined. The determination was to be made by the NAESB WEQ
Members of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Desselle stated that the WEQ Members of the Board of Directors are planning to work with
NERC to address coordination issues. Mr. Anderson stated that the NAESB Board of Directors
should take specific action to put NERC on notice that the TLR business practices should be
posted for ratification by March 2006.
Mr. Anderson moved, seconded by Mr. Hartsoe, that the Board supports the direction of the
WEQ Members of the Board of Directors and expects ratification of TLR business practices
should take place by March 2006. Mr. Boswell stated that there is nothing in the NAESB
Bylaws that sets out when a vote must be taken to ratify adopted standards. The motion
passed unanimously. [Vote 4].
4.

Mr. Boswell made a presentation on the NAESB Copyright Policy. The presentation was posted
on the NAESB website at http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd121305w6.ppt and the supporting
documentation is located on page 103 of the Board book.
Mr. Boswell stated that NAESB standards should be distributed by NAESB alone to ensure the
integrity of the product and to make sure the most current version of the standards are being
distributed. NAESB’s income depends on the revenue from the sale of standards. Members
can obtain standards as a part of membership, but the standards cannot be used by members’
affiliates, partners, agents, or subsidiaries. Non-members can purchase the standards for their
own use. Those who receive the standards by virtue of membership or purchase have an
exclusive license to the standards and do not have a right sublicense or assign the standards.
Mr. Boswell noted that a letter would be distributed to members regarding the NAESB
Copyright Policy.
5.

Executive Committee Reports

Wholesale Electric Quadrant: Mr. Oberski provided the report for the Wholesale Electric
Quadrant by reviewing the 2005 WEQ Annual Plan reviewed and updated by the WEQ
Executive Committee on November 29, 2005 (pages 105-109 of the Board book).
Wholesale Gas Quadrant: Mr. Novak provided the report for the Wholesale Gas Quadrant by
reviewing the 2005 WGQ Annual Plan revised by the WGQ Executive Committee on December
1, 2005 (pages 110-113 of the Board book).
Retail Electric Quadrant and Retail Gas Quadrant: Ms. Kiselewich provided the report for the
Retail Gas Quadrant and Retail Electric Quadrant by reviewing the 2005 Retail Gas Quadrant
and Retail Electric Quadrant Annual Plans (pages 114-121 of the Board book).
Mr. Horting moved, seconded by Mr. Chapman, to adopt the changes to all four 2005 Annual
Plans. The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 5].
Standards Adopted Since the June 22 Board Meeting: Ms. McQuade stated that the NAESB
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Standards Requested and Adopted in 2005 report is included on pages 142-146 of the Board
book.
Filings with the FERC: The list of the NAESB FERC Filings to date in 2005 is located on pages
139-140 of the Board book. NAESB has filed one report with the FERC since the September
Board meeting. On November 16, 2005, NAESB filed a Report for NAESB Wholesale Electric
Business Practices under Docket No. RM05-5-000. The report was filed regarding NAESB’s
activities undertaken to renumber the WEQ standards for ease of reference and to ensure the
uniqueness of each number. The renumbering was undertaken at the request of FERC staff.
Adoption of 2006 Annual Plans:
Wholesale Electric Quadrant: Mr. Oberski reviewed the draft 2006 WEQ Annual Plan adopted
by the WEQ Executive Committee on November 29, 2005 (pages 122-126 of the Board book).
Mr. Oberski stated that the work of the WEQ was divided into three general areas: (1) Develop
business practice standards as needed to complement reliability standards; (2) Develop
business practice standards for Version 1 to support ATC calculations; (3) Develop business
practice standards to improve the current operation of the wholesale electric market and
develop and maintain business practice and communication standards for OASIS and
Electronic Scheduling. Mr. Oberski noted that the note for Item 3(d) that disposition of the
item depends on action by the Board of Directors should be removed.
Mr. Haynes moved, seconded by Ms. Ogenyi, to adopt the 2006 WEQ Annual Plan with the
noted modification to Item 3(d). The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 6].
Wholesale Gas Quadrant: Mr. Novak reviewed the 2006 WGQ Annual Plan prepared by the
WGQ Executive Committee on December 1, 2005 (127-129 of the Board book).
Mr. Chapman moved, seconded by Mr. Horting, to adopt the 2006 WGQ Annual Plan as
drafted. The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 7].
Retail Gas Quadrant and Retail Electric Quadrant: Ms. Kiselewich reported that the Retail
Quadrants agreed to combine their Annual Plans for 2006 for administrative ease. The
proposed 2006 Annual Plan for the Retail Gas and Retail Electric Quadrants prepared on
November 30, 2005 by the Retail Gas Quadrant and Retail Electric Quadrant Executive
Committees is located on pages 130-133 of the Board book.
Mr. Templeton moved, seconded by Mr. Burks, to adopt the 2006 Annual Plan for the Retail
Gas and Electric Quadrants as drafted. The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 8].
Membership Report: Ms. McQuade stated that the Membership Report – 11/30/05 is on pages
148-150 of the Board book. She noted that as of November 30th, the total membership is 318.
There are 140 members in the WEQ, 122 members in the WGQ, 27 in the REQ, and 29 in the
RGQ.
6.

Financial Reports

Ms. Wishart provided the Financial Report located on pages 162-165 of the Board book. The
Financial Report includes the Year to Date Accrual Based Income and Expenses through
October 2005. Ms. Wishart stated that the 2004 Financials were reviewed by an outside firm
and no changes were made.
Ms. Wishart reviewed the proposed budget for 2006 located on page 165 of the Board book.
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Ms. McQuade stated that the proposed budget assumes that the conference calling fee will not
continue during 2006. Mr. Haynes remarked and thanked both Ms. McQuade and Ms. Wishart
for effectively managing the financials of the organization.
Mr. Haynes moved, seconded by Mr. Schwalbach, to adopt the 2006 NAESB Annual Budget.
The motion passed unanimously. [Vote 9].
7.

Plan for March 2006 Board Meeting

Mr. Desselle stated that the agenda for the March 2006 Board meeting will include discussion
of Part C of Request R03035, the TLR business practice standards, and review of the annual
plans. Mr. Desselle encouraged the Board members to submit any additional agenda items to
the NAESB office.
8.

Old and New Business

Mr. Desselle stated that the schedule of the 2006 Executive Committee, Board, and Advisory
Council meetings is located on page 167 of the Board book. The next meeting of the Board of
Directors is scheduled on March 23, 2006 in Houston, Texas. The June 22, 2006 Board
meeting and Strategic Session will be held in San Antonio, Texas. The September 21 and
December 14 Board meetings will be held in Houston, Texas.
9.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned by consensus at 11:28 AM Central.
10.

Board Attendance
Wholesale Gas Quadrant

END USER SEGMENT
Valerie Crockett
Joe Stepenovitch
John Procario
Marty Patterson
Jim Templeton
LDC SEGMENT
Clifton Olson
Adrian Chapman
Reed Horting
Mike Novak
Lee Stewart
PIPELINE SEGMENT
Terry McGill
Larry Smith
Bill Grygar
VACANCY
Richard Kruse
PRODUCER SEGMENT
Jay Ellzey
William T. Benham
Keith Sappenfield
Bill Hebenstreit
Pete Frost
SERVICES SEGMENT
John Bretz

Tennessee Valley Authority
Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Vice President & COO, Cinergy - regulated
Director, Cinergy - unregulated
Principal, Comprehensive Energy Services

ATTENDANCE
In Person
Phone
Phone
In Person
In Person

Vice President of Supply and Transmission, Energy East Corporation
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Energy Acquisition, Washington Gas
Vice President, Gas Supply & Transportation, PECO Energy Co.
Asst. General Manager, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
Senior Vice President, Gas Transmission, Southern California Gas
Company

Absent
In Person
In Person
In Person
Absent

Executive Vice President, Enbridge Energy
Vice President Commercial Operations, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Vice President, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

In Person
Absent
Absent

Senior Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission

In Person

Manager – Regulatory and Opco Support, ChevronTexaco Natural Gas
Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Company
Regional Director – US Regulatory Affairs, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Director of Contract Services - El Paso Production Company
Director - Regulatory Affairs, ConocoPhillips Gas and Power Marketing

Absent
Absent
Phone
In Person
In Person

Vice President - Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company

In Person

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Vice President—Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Constellation Energy
Commodities Group
Vice President Energy Industry Practice, Group 8760 LLC
Consultant, Oxadel Consulting, LLC

In Person
Phone
In Person

Retail Electric Quadrant
DISTRIBUTOR SEGMENT
David Koogler
Bill Bourbonnais

ATTENDANCE
Director – Regulation & Competition, Dominion Virginia Power (SERC
NERC Region)
Vice President - Transmission, WPS Resources Corporation (MAIN NERC
Region)

In Person
Absent

VACANCY
Leonard Haynes
END USER SEGMENT
Sonny Popowsky
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICES SEGMENT
VACANCY
Stacey Wood
J Cade Burks
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
VACANCY
David Booty
VACANCY
Richard Zelenko

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Southern
Company Services (SERC NERC Region)

In Person

Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate

Phone

Director, The Structure Group
President, EC Power

In Person
In Person

Director of Operations, Direct Energy Business Services

In Person

General Manager, Dominion Retail Inc.

Phone

Wholesale Electric Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
John A. Anderson
Jeanne Zaiontz
Carol Guthrie
VACANCY
VACANCY
John Reese
Kevin Burns

President and CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
(ELCON)
Director, Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Co.
General Manager, Electric Market Strategies, ChevronTexaco
Energy Research and Technology Company
Senior Policy Advisor & Director of the Office of Economic
Development and Policy, New York State Department of Public
Service
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Open Access Technology
International, Inc.

SUB-SEGMENT
LIND

ATTENDANCE
Phone

LIND
SGEN

Absent
Absent

COMPRET
IOU
REG

Absent

AT LARGE

In Person

IOU

ATTENDANCE
Absent

IOU

Phone

MUNI-COOP

In Person

MUNI-COOP

In Person

OTHER

Absent

COMPRET

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Bruce Ellsworth
GENERATION SEGMENT
VACANCY
Charles W. Severance
John J. Dellas
Dennis Sobieski
Thomas Ingwers
Gloria Ogenyi
Ron Mucci
TRANSMISSION SEGMENT
W Terry Boston
Peter Flynn
Paul McCoy
Dan Klempel
John E. Lucas
Michael Desselle
Ken Wiley

New York State Reliability Council
Director Bulk Power, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Executive Manager, Electric Supply, Consumers Energy
Managing Director – Business Development, PSEG Power
Director, Energy Trading and Contracts, Sacramento Municipal
Utility District
Director Energy and Market Policy, Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.
Senior Vice President Shared Services, Williams Power Company
Executive Vice President – Transmission/Power Supply Group,
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vice President Transmission Strategy and Policy, National Grid
USA
Executive Vice President of Transmission System Operations,
Trans-Elect
Director Transmission Regulatory Compliance, Basin Electric
Power Cooperative
Manager, Transmission Services, Southern Company
Director Public Policy, American Electric Power
President and Chief Executive Officer, Florida Reliability
Coordinating Council

MARKETER/BROKER SEGMENT
Jeff Ackerman
Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Energy Management and
Marketing Office, Western Area Power Administration
R. Scott Brown
Vice President and Director, Exelon Generation Power Team
Roy True
Manager of RTO Market Development, ACES Power Marketing
VACANCY
Michael Grim
Director of Markets and Regulation, TXU Business Services
Joseph Hartsoe
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, American Electric
Power Service Corp.
Rick Smead
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED
IOU
IOU
MERC
MUNI-COOP

Absent
In Person
Phone
Phone
Absent

MERC
AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED

In Person
In Person
Absent

ITC

Absent

ITC

Phone

MUNI-COOP

In Person

IOU
IOU
AT LARGE

Phone
In Person
Absent

SUB-SEGMENT
FED

In Person

IOU
MUNI-COOP
N IOU
N IOU
IOU

In Person
Absent

AT LARGE

In Person

Phone
Phone

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Page 9

Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Gas Works
Assistant Vice President Corporate Planning, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
President, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NiSource, Inc.)
Director – Rates and Gas Supply, UGI Utilities, Inc.

Mark T. Maassel
Paul J. Szykman
VACANCY
VACANCY
END USERS SEGMENT
VACANCY
Tina Burnett
Chair, Northwest Industrial Gas Users Association
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICE PROVIDERS SEGMENT
Leigh Spangler
President, Latitude Technologies Inc.
VACANCY
Dave Darnell
President & CEO, Systrends Inc.
Greg Lander
Principal, Commerce Energy Group
VACANCY
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Kathy Fudali
Manager, Contract Administration, Sprague Energy Corp.
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY

12.

ATTENDANCE
Phone
In Person
Absent
Phone

In Person

In Person
Phone
Absent

Absent

Other Attendance

Name
Barbara Alexander
Bill Boswell
Kathryn Burch
Christopher Burden
James Cargas
Dolores Chezar
LaRita Cormier
Dale Davis
Chuck Feagans
Mark Gracey
Bill Griffith
Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Laura Kennedy
Iris King
DeDe Kirby
Ruth Kiselewich
Marcy McCain
Rae McQuade

Organization
State of Maine Public Advocate
NAESB
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Williams Gas Pipeline
NAESB
KeySpan Energy
Riverside Reporting
Williams Gas Pipeline
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Gas Pipeline
El Paso Natural Gas
Constellation NewEnergy
NAESB
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
NAESB
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
NAESB

Attendance
Phone
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
Phone
In Person
In Person
Phone
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person

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Page 10

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
Name
Lou Oberski
Marjorie Perlman
Todd Oncken
Denise Rager
Barbara Rehman
Lisa Simpkins
Veronica Thomason
Kim Van Pelt
Darla Wishart
Charles Yeung
Kathy York
Randy Young

Organization
Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Energy East Management
NAESB
NAESB
Bonneville Power Administration
Constellation Energy Commodities
NAESB
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
NAESB
Southwest Power Pool
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gulf South Pipeline

Attendance
In Person
Phone
In Person
Phone
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person
In Person

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Page 11

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
13.

Voting Record

Wholesale Gas Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
Valerie Crockett
Joe Stepenovitch
John Procario
Marty Patterson
Jim Templeton
LDC SEGMENT
Clifton Olson
Adrian Chapman
Reed Horting
Mike Novak
Lee Stewart
PIPELINE SEGMENT
Terry McGill
Larry Smith
Bill Grygar
VACANCY
Richard Kruse
PRODUCER SEGMENT
Jay Ellzey
William T. Benham
Keith Sappenfield
Bill Hebenstreit
Pete Frost
SERVICES SEGMENT
John Bretz
Michael Smith
Jim Buccigross
Lyn Maddox
VACANCY

VOTE 1
S
S
S

VOTE 2
S
S
S

VOTE 3
S
S
S

VOTE 4
S
S
S

VOTE 5
S
S
S

VOTE 6
S
S
S

S
S
S

Executive Vice President, Enbridge Energy
Vice President Commercial Operations, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Vice President, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Senior Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission

S
S
S

S
S

Tennessee Valley Authority
Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Vice President & COO, Cinergy - regulated
Director, Cinergy - unregulated
Principal, Comprehensive Energy Services
Vice President of Supply and Transmission, Energy East Corporation
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Energy Acquisition, Washington Gas
Vice President, Gas Supply & Transportation, PECO Energy Co.
Asst. General Manager, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
Senior Vice President, Gas Transmission, Southern California Gas
Company

Vice President - Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company
Vice President—Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Constellation Energy
Commodities Group
Vice President Energy Industry Practice, Group 8760 LLC
Consultant, Oxadel Consulting, LLC

Voting Record Legend: S = Support, O = Oppose, A = Abstain

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Page 12

VOTE 1
S

VOTE 2
S

VOTE 3
S

VOTE 4
S

VOTE 5
S

VOTE 6
S

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Southern
Company Services (SERC NERC Region)

Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate

Director, The Structure Group
President, EC Power

S
S

Director of Operations, Direct Energy Business Services

General Manager, Dominion Retail Inc.

VOTE 1
S

VOTE 2
S

VOTE 3
S

VOTE 4
S

VOTE 5
S

VOTE 6
S

Director – Regulation & Competition, Dominion Virginia Power (SERC
NERC Region)
Vice President - Transmission, WPS Resources Corporation (MAIN NERC
Region)

VACANCY
Leonard Haynes
END USER SEGMENT
Sonny Popowsky
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICES SEGMENT
VACANCY
Stacey Wood
J Cade Burks
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
VACANCY
David Booty
VACANCY
Richard Zelenko

Wholesale Electric Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
John A. Anderson
Jeanne Zaiontz
Carol Guthrie
VACANCY
VACANCY
John Reese
Kevin Burns

SUB-SEGMENT
LIND
LIND
SGEN
COMPRET
IOU
REG
AT LARGE

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Page 13

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
International, Inc.
DISTRIBUTION/LSE SEGMENT
Frank Johnson
Senior Vice President Electric Transmission and Distribution,
Consumers Energy
Mark Crosswhite
Senior Vice President & General Counsel – Generation and
Energy Marketing, Southern Company
Barry R. Lawson
Manager-Power Delivery, National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association
Arthur G. Fusco
Vice President and General Counsel, Central Electric Power
Cooperative Inc.
Mark B. Bonsall
Chief Financial Executive/Associate General Manager, Salt River
Project
VACANCY
Bruce Ellsworth
New York State Reliability Council
GENERATION SEGMENT
VACANCY
Charles W. Severance
Director Bulk Power, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
John J. Dellas
Executive Manager, Electric Supply, Consumers Energy
Dennis Sobieski
Managing Director – Business Development, PSEG Power
Thomas Ingwers
Director, Energy Trading and Contracts, Sacramento Municipal
Utility District
Gloria Ogenyi
Director Energy and Market Policy, Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.
Ron Mucci
Senior Vice President Shared Services, Williams Power Company
TRANSMISSION SEGMENT
W Terry Boston
Executive Vice President – Transmission/Power Supply Group,
Tennessee Valley Authority
Peter Flynn
Vice President Transmission Strategy and Policy, National Grid
USA
Paul McCoy
Executive Vice President of Transmission System Operations,
Trans-Elect
Dan Klempel
Director Transmission Regulatory Compliance, Basin Electric
Power Cooperative
John E. Lucas
Manager, Transmission Services, Southern Company
Michael Desselle
Director Public Policy, American Electric Power
Ken Wiley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Florida Reliability
Coordinating Council
MARKETER/BROKER SEGMENT
Jeff Ackerman
Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Energy Management and
Marketing Office, Western Area Power Administration
R. Scott Brown
Vice President and Director, Exelon Generation Power Team
Roy True
Manager of RTO Market Development, ACES Power Marketing
VACANCY

IOU
IOU

MUNI-COOP

S
S
S

S
S

ITC

MUNI-COOP

IOU
IOU
AT LARGE

S
S

OTHER
COMPRET
AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED
IOU
IOU
MERC
MUNI-COOP
MERC
AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED
ITC

SUB-SEGMENT
FED
IOU
MUNI-COOP
N IOU

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Page 14

DISTRIBUTORS SEGMENT
Craig White
Glen R. Schwalbach

Director of Markets and Regulation, TXU Business Services
N IOU
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, American Electric
IOU
Power Service Corp.
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
AT LARGE
Retail Gas Quadrant

S
S

VOTE 1
S
S

VOTE 2
S
S

VOTE 3
S
S

VOTE 4
S
S

VOTE 5
S
S

VOTE 6
S
S

Wholesale Gas Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
Valerie Crockett
Joe Stepenovitch
John Procario

Tennessee Valley Authority
Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Vice President & COO, Cinergy - regulated

VOTE 7
S
S
S

VOTE 8
S
S
S

VOTE 9
S
S
S

NAESB Board Meeting Draft Minutes – December 13, 2005
Page 15

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
Marty Patterson
Jim Templeton
LDC SEGMENT
Clifton Olson
Adrian Chapman
Reed Horting
Mike Novak
Lee Stewart
PIPELINE SEGMENT
Terry McGill
Larry Smith
Bill Grygar
VACANCY
Richard Kruse
PRODUCER SEGMENT
Jay Ellzey
William T. Benham
Keith Sappenfield
Bill Hebenstreit
Pete Frost
SERVICES SEGMENT
John Bretz
Michael Smith
Jim Buccigross
Lyn Maddox
VACANCY

Director, Cinergy - unregulated
Principal, Comprehensive Energy Services

S
S
S

Executive Vice President, Enbridge Energy
Vice President Commercial Operations, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Vice President, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Senior Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission

S
S
S

S
S

VOTE 7
S

VOTE 8
S

VOTE 9
S

Retail Electric Quadrant
DISTRIBUTOR SEGMENT
David Koogler
Bill Bourbonnais

Director – Regulation & Competition, Dominion Virginia Power (SERC
NERC Region)
Vice President - Transmission, WPS Resources Corporation (MAIN NERC
Region)

VACANCY
Leonard Haynes

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Southern
Company Services (SERC NERC Region)

END USER SEGMENT

NAESB Board Meeting Draft Minutes – December 13, 2005
Page 16

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
Sonny Popowsky
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICES SEGMENT
VACANCY
Stacey Wood
J Cade Burks
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
VACANCY
David Booty
VACANCY
Richard Zelenko

Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate

Director, The Structure Group
President, EC Power

S
S

Director of Operations, Direct Energy Business Services

General Manager, Dominion Retail Inc.

Wholesale Electric Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
John A. Anderson
Jeanne Zaiontz
Carol Guthrie
VACANCY
VACANCY
John Reese
Kevin Burns

SUB-SEGMENT
LIND

VOTE 7
S

VOTE 8
S

VOTE 9
S

IOU

MUNI-COOP

LIND
SGEN
COMPRET
IOU
REG
AT LARGE
IOU

OTHER

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Page 17

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
Project
VACANCY
Bruce Ellsworth
GENERATION SEGMENT
VACANCY
Charles W. Severance
John J. Dellas
Dennis Sobieski
Thomas Ingwers
Gloria Ogenyi
Ron Mucci
TRANSMISSION SEGMENT
W Terry Boston
Peter Flynn
Paul McCoy
Dan Klempel
John E. Lucas
Michael Desselle
Ken Wiley

COMPRET
AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED
IOU
IOU
MERC
MUNI-COOP

S
S
S

S
S

ITC

MUNI-COOP

IOU
IOU
AT LARGE

S
S

MERC
AT LARGE
SUB-SEGMENT
FED
ITC

MARKETER/BROKER SEGMENT
SUB-SEGMENT
Jeff Ackerman
Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Energy Management and FED
Marketing Office, Western Area Power Administration
R. Scott Brown
Vice President and Director, Exelon Generation Power Team
IOU
Roy True
Manager of RTO Market Development, ACES Power Marketing
MUNI-COOP
VACANCY
N IOU
Michael Grim
Director of Markets and Regulation, TXU Business Services
N IOU
Joseph Hartsoe
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, American Electric
IOU
Power Service Corp.
Rick Smead
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
AT LARGE
Retail Gas Quadrant
DISTRIBUTORS SEGMENT
Craig White
Glen R. Schwalbach

Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Gas Works
Assistant Vice President Corporate Planning, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation

VOTE 7
S
S

VOTE 8
S
S

VOTE 9
S
S

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Page 18

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org
Mark T. Maassel
President, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NiSource, Inc.)
Paul J. Szykman
Director – Rates and Gas Supply, UGI Utilities, Inc.
VACANCY
VACANCY
END USERS SEGMENT
VACANCY
Tina Burnett
Chair, Northwest Industrial Gas Users Association
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICE PROVIDERS SEGMENT
Leigh Spangler
President, Latitude Technologies Inc.
VACANCY
Dave Darnell
President & CEO, Systrends Inc.
Greg Lander
Principal, Commerce Energy Group
VACANCY
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Kathy Fudali
Manager, Contract Administration, Sprague Energy Corp.
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY

NAESB Board Meeting Draft Minutes – December 13, 2005
Page 19

AVAILABILITY OF TRANSCRIPTS:
Transcripts for the following meetings are available. Please contact
the NAESB Office (naesb@naesb.org) for detailed information on
how to obtain the transcripts.
NAESB Board of Directors Meetings:
December 13, 2005

APPENDIX B

Board of Directors Tally Sheet

Ballot and Announcement
Tally Sheet of Votes

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

TO:

NAESB Board Members

FROM:

Rae McQuade, NAESB President

RE:

Notational Ballot for Board Vote on the Gas-Electric Interdependence Report

DATE:

February 4, 2006

Dear Board Members:
Attached please find a ballot to indicate your vote of support, opposition or abstention regarding the approval of
final report of the Gas-Electric Coordination Committee. The report can be accessed from the NAESB web site
(http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd020306geic_report.pdf), and is not included as an attachment to this ballot due to its
size. The report was unanimously endorsed by the committee on February 3 via conference call.
To cast your vote, you can complete the attached ballot by indicating your vote, then email it
(vthomason@naesb.org) or fax it to the office (713-356-0067), or you can simply respond via reply to email
forwarded with the ballot. We would appreciate your response no later than February 17. Should the report be
endorsed by a simple majority of the Board members, it will be sent to the FERC the week of February 20. All
Board members are eligible to vote and the roster can be found on pages 3-5 of this document.
The NAESB office and the GEIC Chairman Jim Templeton, want to thank the committee members and all who
participated in and contributed to the drafting of this report.
Best Regards,
Rae

Board Notational Ballot – February 4, 2006
Page 1

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
Board of Directors Ballot
Notational Vote Regarding the Approval of the GEIC Report
DUE February 17, 2006
Agreement?
(Yes/No/Abstain)

Statement
I vote to approve the NAESB Gas-Electric Interdependency Report adopted unanimously
by the NAESB Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee on February 3, 2006. The
report can be found on the NAESB web site:
http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd020306geic_report.pdf

Name:
Signature:
Company:
Date:

Please return to the NAESB Office by February 17, 2006
Fax: 713-356-0067
Email: vthomason@naesb.org

Board Notational Ballot – February 4, 2006
Page 2

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

Attachment
NAESB Board of Directors Roster as of February 4, 2006
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
2006 Board of Directors
OFFICERS: Mark Maassel is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Rae McQuade as President serves as Secretary, President
and COO. Leonard Haynes is the REQ Vice Chairman. Michael Desselle is the WEQ Vice Chairman. Joe Stepenovitch is the WGQ
Vice Chairman, Jim Templeton is Chair Emeritus.
WHOLESALE GAS
END USER SEGMENT
Valerie Crockett
Joe Stepenovitch
John Procario
Marty Patterson
Jim Templeton
LDC SEGMENT
Clifton Olson
Adrian Chapman
Reed Horting
Mike Novak
Lee Stewart
PIPELINE SEGMENT
Terry McGill
Larry Smith
Bill Grygar
VACANCY
Richard Kruse
PRODUCER SEGMENT
Jay Ellzey
William T. Benham
Keith Sappenfield
Bill Hebenstreit
Pete Frost
SERVICES SEGMENT
John Bretz
Michael Smith
Jim Buccigross
Lyn Maddox

Tennessee Valley Authority
Vice President & COO, Cinergy - regulated
Director, Cinergy - unregulated
Principal, Comprehensive Energy Services
Vice President of Supply and Transmission, Energy East Corporation
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Energy Acquisition, Washington Gas
Vice President, Gas Supply & Transportation, PECO Energy Co.
Asst. General Manager, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
Senior Vice President, Gas Transmission, Southern California Gas
Company
Executive Vice President, Enbridge Energy
Vice President Commercial Operations, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Vice President, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Senior Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Manager – Regulatory and Opco Support, ChevronTexaco Natural Gas
Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Company
Regional Director – US Regulatory Affairs, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Director of Contract Services - El Paso Production Company
Director - Regulatory Affairs, ConocoPhillips Gas and Power Marketing
Vice President - Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company
Vice President—Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Constellation Energy
Commodities Group
Vice President Energy Industry Practice, Group 8760 LLC
Consultant, Oxadel Consulting, LLC

TERM END:
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Dec 31, 2006
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Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
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TERM END:
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TERM END:
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Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007

RETAIL ELECTRIC
DISTRIBUTOR SEGMENT
David Koogler
Bill Bourbonnais
Ruth Kiselewich
Leonard Haynes

TERM END:
Director – Regulation & Competition, Dominion Virginia Power (SERC
NERC Region)
Vice President - Transmission, WPS Resources Corporation (MAIN NERC
Region)
Director Special Projects and Supplier Services, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Company (MAAC NERC Region)
Executive Vice President, Supply Technologies, Renewables, and
Demand, Southern Company Services (SERC NERC Region)

Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2006

Board Notational Ballot – February 4, 2006
Page 3

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

Attachment
NAESB Board of Directors Roster as of February 4, 2006
END USER SEGMENT
Sonny Popowsky
Jim Minneman
J Cade Burks
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Richard Zelenko
END USER SEGMENT
John A. Anderson
Jeanne Zaiontz
Carol Guthrie
John Reese
Kevin Burns

Consumer Advocate, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate
Director of Business Services, PPL Solutions LLC
President, EC Power
Director of Operations, Constellation NewEnergy
General Manager, Dominion Retail Inc.
WHOLESALE ELECTRIC
President and CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
(ELCON)
Director, Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Co.
General Manager, Electric Market Strategies, ChevronTexaco
Energy Research and Technology Company
Senior Policy Advisor & Director of the Office of Economic
Development and Policy, New York State Department of Public
Service
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Open Access Technology
International, Inc.

DISTRIBUTION/LSE SEGMENT
Frank Johnson
Senior Vice President Electric Transmission and Distribution,
Consumers Energy
Mark Crosswhite
Senior Vice President & General Counsel – Generation and
Energy Marketing, Southern Company
Barry R. Lawson
Manager-Power Delivery, National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association
Arthur G. Fusco
Vice President and General Counsel, Central Electric Power
Cooperative Inc.
Bruce Ellsworth
New York State Reliability Council
GENERATION SEGMENT
Belinda Thornton
Senior Manager – Real Time Trading, Tennessee Valley Authority
Charles W. Severance
Manager – Supply & Wholesale Services, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
John J. Dellas
Executive Manager, Electric Supply, Consumers Energy
Michael Gildea
Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Constellation Generation
Group
Gloria Ogenyi
Director Energy and Market Policy, Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.
Ron Mucci
Senior Vice President Shared Services, Williams Power Company
TRANSMISSION SEGMENT
W Terry Boston
Executive Vice President – Transmission/Power Supply Group,
Tennessee Valley Authority
VACANCY
Paul McCoy
Executive Vice President of Transmission System Operations,
Trans-Elect
Dan Klempel
Director Transmission Regulatory Compliance, Basin Electric
Power Cooperative
John E. Lucas
Manager, Transmission Services, Southern Company
Michael Desselle
Director Public Policy, American Electric Power
Ken Wiley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Florida Reliability
Coordinating Council
MARKETER/BROKER SEGMENT
Jeff Ackerman
Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Energy Management and
Marketing Office, Western Area Power Administration
R. Scott Brown
Vice President and Director, Exelon Generation Power Team
Roy True
Manager of RTO Market Development, ACES Power Marketing

TERM END:
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2007

SUB SEG
LIND

Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2006

LIND
SGEN

Dec 31, 2006

REG

Dec 31, 2007

AT LARGE

TERM END:
Dec 31, 2007

SUB SEG
IOU

Dec 31, 2006

IOU

Dec 31, 2007

Dec 31, 2007
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007

MUNICOOP
MUNICOOP
AT LARGE
SUB SEG
FED
IOU

Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007

IOU
MERC

Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2006

MERC
AT LARGE
SUB SEG
FED

Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006

ITC
ITC

Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
DEC 31, 2007

MUNICOOP
IOU
IOU
AT LARGE

TERM END:
Dec 31, 2007

SUB SEG
FED

Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006

IOU
MUNICOOP

Dec 31, 2006

Board Notational Ballot – February 4, 2006
Page 4

North American Energy Standards Board
1301 Fannin, Suite 2350, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: naesb@naesb.org
Home Page: www.naesb.org

Attachment
NAESB Board of Directors Roster as of February 4, 2006
Michael Grim
Joseph Hartsoe
Rick Smead

Director of Markets and Regulation, TXU Business Services
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, American Electric
Power Service Corp.
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2006

N IOU
IOU

Dec 31, 2007

AT LARGE

RETAIL GAS
DISTRIBUTORS SEGMENT
Craig White
Glen R. Schwalbach

Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Gas Works
Assistant Vice President Corporate Planning, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
President, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NiSource, Inc.)

Mark T. Maassel
END USERS SEGMENT
VACANCIES
There are no members in the segment
SERVICE PROVIDERS SEGMENT
Leigh Spangler
President, Latitude Technologies Inc.
Dave Darnell
President & CEO, Systrends Inc.
Greg Lander
Principal, Commerce Energy Group
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Kathy Fudali
Manager, Contract Administration, Sprague Energy Corp.

TERM END:
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006
TERM END:
TERM END:
Dec 31, 2006
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2006

For all quadrants, the vacancies are not displayed in the tables above. The full roster which includes the vacancies can be
accessed from the NAESB web site (http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bod_terms.pdf).
For Wholesale Electric, the subsegments noted in the above roster are:
AT LARGE -- Regional reliability organizations, regional transmission organizations, consultants, service companies,
information services and software companies, law firms, and other such organizations that are not
specifically encompassed in the other sub-segments for a given segment.
COMPRET – Competitive Retailer (not available to MUNI/COOP, IOU or IOU affiliates)
EU -- End Use (also in another segment)
FED – Federal/State/Provincial
IOU – Investor Owned Utility or IOU Affiliated
ITC – Independent Transmission Company
LIND – Large Industrials (not in other segments)
MERC – Merchant
MUNI-COOP – Municipals, Cooperatives
N IOU –Not IOU affiliated
OTHER -- (not available to MUNI/COOP, IOU or IOU affiliates)
REG -- Regulator
RESCOM -- Residential/Commercial
SGEN -- End Use (Self Generation)
The number of seats within each segment that are allotted to subsegments are controlled through the WEQ Procedures.

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GEIC Report Vote Tally – February 17, 2006
Wholesale Gas Quadrant
END USER SEGMENT
Valerie Crockett

VOTE:
Tennessee Valley Authority

Support

Joe Stepenovitch

Support

John Procario

Vice President & COO, Cinergy - regulated

Marty Patterson

Director, Cinergy - unregulated

Jim Templeton

Principal, Comprehensive Energy Services

Support

LDC SEGMENT
Clifton Olson

Vice President of Supply and Transmission, Energy East Corporation

Adrian Chapman

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Energy Acquisition, Washington Gas

Support

Reed Horting

Vice President, Gas Supply & Transportation, PECO Energy Co.

Support

Mike Novak

Asst. General Manager, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation

Support

Lee Stewart

Senior Vice President, Gas Transmission, Southern California Gas
Company

PIPELINE SEGMENT
Terry McGill

Executive Vice President, Enbridge Energy

Support

Larry Smith

Vice President Commercial Operations, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Support

Bill Grygar

Vice President, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Support

Senior Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission

Support

VACANCY
Richard Kruse
PRODUCER SEGMENT
Jay Ellzey

Manager – Regulatory and Opco Support, ChevronTexaco Natural Gas

William T. Benham

Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Company

Support

Keith Sappenfield

Regional Director – US Regulatory Affairs, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

Support

Bill Hebenstreit

Director of Contract Services - El Paso Production Company

Support

Pete Frost

Director - Regulatory Affairs, ConocoPhillips Gas and Power Marketing

Support

SERVICES SEGMENT
John Bretz

Vice President - Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Company

Michael Smith

Vice President—Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Constellation Energy
Commodities Group

Jim Buccigross

Vice President Energy Industry Practice, Group 8760 LLC

Lyn Maddox

Consultant, Oxadel Consulting, LLC

Support

VACANCY

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DISTRIBUTOR SEGMENT
David Koogler
Bill Bourbonnais
Ruth Kiselewich
Leonard Haynes

VOTE:
Director – Regulation & Competition, Dominion Virginia Power (SERC
NERC Region)
Vice President - Transmission, WPS Resources Corporation (MAIN NERC
Region)
Director Special Projects and Supplier Services, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Company (MAAC NERC Region)

Support
Support
Support

Executive Vice President, Supply Technologies, Renewables, and
Demand, Southern Company Services (SERC NERC Region)

Support

Consumer Advocate, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate

Support

Director of Business Services, PPL Solutions LLC

Support

President, EC Power

Support

Director of Operations, Constellation NewEnergy

Support

END USER SEGMENT
Sonny Popowsky
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICES SEGMENT
Jim Minneman
VACANCY
J Cade Burks
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Peter Kelly-Detwiler
VACANCY
VACANCY
Richard Zelenko

General Manager, Dominion Retail Inc.

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END USER SEGMENT

SUB SEG

VOTE:
Support

John A. Anderson

President and CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
(ELCON)

LIND

Jeanne Zaiontz

Director, Regulatory Affairs, BP Energy Co.

LIND

Carol Guthrie

General Manager, Electric Market Strategies, ChevronTexaco
Energy Research and Technology Company

SGEN

VACANCY

COMPRET

VACANCY

IOU

John Reese

Senior Policy Advisor & Director of the Office of Economic
Development and Policy, New York State Department of Public
Service

REG

Kevin Burns

Vice President Sales and Marketing, Open Access Technology
International, Inc.

AT LARGE

DISTRIBUTION/LSE SEGMENT

SUB SEG

Frank Johnson

Senior Vice President Electric Transmission and Distribution,
Consumers Energy

IOU

Mark Crosswhite

Senior Vice President & General Counsel – Generation and
Energy Marketing, Southern Company

IOU

Barry R. Lawson

Manager-Power Delivery, National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association

MUNI-COOP

Support

Arthur G. Fusco

Vice President and General Counsel, Central Electric Power
Cooperative Inc.

MUNI-COOP

Support

VACANCY

OTHER

VACANCY

COMPRET

Bruce Ellsworth

New York State Reliability Council

AT LARGE

GENERATION SEGMENT

Support

SUB SEG

Belinda Thornton

Senior Manager – Real Time Trading, Tennessee Valley Authority

FED

Support

Charles W. Severance

Manager – Supply & Wholesale Services, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation

IOU

Support

John J. Dellas

Executive Manager, Electric Supply, Consumers Energy

IOU

Michael Gildea

Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Constellation Generation
Group

MERC

VACANCY

Support

MUNI-COOP

Gloria Ogenyi

Director Energy and Market Policy, Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.

MERC

Support

Ron Mucci

Senior Vice President Shared Services, Williams Power Company

AT LARGE

Support

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Home Page: www.naesb.org
TRANSMISSION SEGMENT
Mitchell Needham on
behalf of W Terry
Boston

Executive Vice President – Transmission/Power Supply Group,
Tennessee Valley Authority

VACANCY

SUB SEG

VOTE:

FED

Support

ITC

Paul McCoy

Executive Vice President of Transmission System Operations,
Trans-Elect

ITC

Support

Dan Klempel

Director Transmission Regulatory Compliance, Basin Electric
Power Cooperative

MUNI-COOP

Support

John E. Lucas

Manager, Transmission Services, Southern Company

IOU

Support

IOU

Support

Michael Desselle

Director Public Policy, American Electric Power

Ken Wiley

President and Chief
Coordinating Council

Executive

Officer,

Florida

Reliability

AT LARGE

MARKETER/BROKER SEGMENT

SUB SEG

Jeff Ackerman

Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Energy Management and
Marketing Office, Western Area Power Administration

FED

R. Scott Brown

Vice President and Director, Exelon Generation Power Team

IOU

Roy True

Manager of RTO Market Development, ACES Power Marketing

VACANCY

Support

MUNI-COOP
N IOU

Michael Grim

Director of Markets and Regulation, TXU Business Services

N IOU

Joseph Hartsoe

Vice President and Associate General Counsel, American Electric
Power Service Corp.

IOU

Rick Smead

Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

AT LARGE

Support

The subsegments noted in the above roster are:
AT LARGE -- Regional reliability organizations, regional transmission organizations, consultants, service
companies, information services and software companies, law firms, and other such
organizations that are not specifically encompassed in the other sub-segments for a given
segment.
COMPRET – Competitive Retailer (not available to MUNI/COOP, IOU or IOU affiliates)
EU -- End Use (also in another segment)
FED – Federal/State/Provincial
IOU – Investor Owned Utility or IOU Affiliated
ITC – Independent Transmission Company
LIND – Large Industrials (not in other segments)
MERC – Merchant
MUNI-COOP – Municipals, Cooperatives
N IOU –Not IOU affiliated
OTHER -- (not available to MUNI/COOP, IOU or IOU affiliates)
REG -- Regulator
RESCOM -- Residential/Commercial
SGEN -- End Use (Self Generation)
The number of seats within each segment that are allotted to subsegments are controlled through the WEQ
Procedures.

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DISTRIBUTORS SEGMENT
Craig White
Glen R. Schwalbach
Mark T. Maassel

VOTE:
Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Gas Works
Assistant Vice President Corporate Planning, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
President, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NiSource, Inc.)

Support
Support

VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
END USERS SEGMENT
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
SERVICE PROVIDERS SEGMENT
Leigh Spangler

President, Latitude Technologies Inc.

VACANCY
Dave Darnell

President & CEO, Systrends Inc.

Greg Lander

Principal, Commerce Energy Group

Support

VACANCY
VACANCY
SUPPLIER SEGMENT
Kathy Fudali

Manager, Contract Administration, Sprague Energy Corp.

VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY
VACANCY

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