05. Training Platform Specifications.pdf

Annual NERC Computer Based Training Subscription

United States Department of Energy WAPA Area Power Administration – Sierra Nevada Region Office

04/07/2026

Contractor

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WAPA Contract #XXXXXXX

Background:

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada Region is required by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to staff it’s Real Time desks, Automatic Generation Control (AGC), Transmission Switching and Operations (TSO) and Transmission Scheduling and Security (TSS) with NERC Certified System Operators. NERC Certified System Operators are required to earn 140-200 NERC Continuing Education Hours (CEH) every three years. CEHs are earned by attending NERC approved training courses that meet or exceed NERC Standard PER-005-2.

WAPA SNR Annual Training Requirements:

WAPA SNR requires approximately 150-160 NERC approved CHS annually for 25 employees, including two (2) Training Coordinators. The annual training shall cover NERC approved topics in addition to WAPA RRTs, policies and procedures.

WAPA SNR Operations Training has identified specific areas of need to continue to meet NERC Certified System Operator requirements as well as develop our Operators with the everchanging electric industry.

Training Platform Requirements

• Meet NERC Standard PER-005-2

• Provide NERC Continuing Education Hours (CEH)

• Focused primarily on Western Interconnection

• Balancing Authority (BA) needs- WAPA SNR is a member of Balancing

Authority of Northern California (BANC)

• Reserve Sharing Group (RSG) needs- WAPA SNR is a member of WPP RSG through

BANC BA

• Energy Markets- WAPA is a member of CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (EIM)

• Online Computer Based Training (CBT)

Training Platform Specifications

Required computer based training platform should be designed to enable subscriber’s registered users to access training content and to access associated online interactive testing features (collectively, the “Training Materials”). The platform may be used to track which of subscriber’s registered users have completed training materials. Subscriber’s registered users cannot access the user content of other users of the platform except when the originating user has expressly authorized the vendor to share its training materials or user content.

NERC Training Certificate Types and Required Hours

Training platform shall adhere to all listed WAPA SNR Training requirements and provide training courses and certification listed below:

• Reliability Coordinator Operator (RC): 200 CEH

• Balancing, Interchange, and Transmission Operator (BIT): 160 CEH

• Transmission Operator (TO): 140 CEH

• Balancing and Interchange Operator (BI):140 CEH

Company Specific Real Time Reliability Related Tasks (RRT) determine which NERC Certificate is required to be qualified and work on WAPAs Real Time desks.

Categories of Registered Users and Their Privileges

Training Coordinators (TC) (2).

Training Coordinators shall be registered users who are designated representatives of subscriber and have the highest level of authority and access to the training platform. A Training Coordinator may perform all functions available to subscriber, including administrative, supervisory, and reporting functions, creation of user content, and access to and use of training materials.

Students (25 including TCs) Students are registered users who are authorized to use the training platform to access and use training materials, but have no additional authorizations, and therefore are not permitted to use the training platform to create user content or to perform any other functions reserved for Training Coordinators.

Eligibility and Number of Registered Users

The training platform access and the number of registered users shall be 25 users annually.

Only subscriber’s employees are eligible to access the training platform as registered users.

Subscribers shall be responsible for ensuring that only employees are eligible for access to the training platform.