Task Force Purpose
At the October 4, 2012 joint meeting, SPSC and CREPC agreed to form a task force with experts in the gas and electric industry to:
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Task Force Members
John Savage OR PUC Mike Florio CA PUC Phil Jones WA UTC Rebecca Wagner NV PUC Ron Allen UT PSC Melissa Jones CEC Clay Riding Puget Sound Energy Phillip Popoff Puget Sound Energy James Wilde APS Curtis Dallinger Xcel Energy Liam Noailles Xcel Energy Shelley Corman TransWestern Pipeline Steven Hearn TransWestern Pipeline Lynn Dahlberg Williams NorthWest Pipeline Steve Harper Avista Corporation Clint Kalich Avista Corporation Beth Musich SoCal Gas Co. Randy Friedman Northwest Natural Mia Vu PG&E Roger Graham PG&E Hardev Juj BPA Robert Diffely BPA Charlie Black NWPCC Craig Williams WECC John N. Moura NERC Ed Murrell FERC (OEPI)
Members with full titles [ pdf ]
CREPC / SPSC Discussions leading to the Task Force
Apr 8-10, 2013 meeting (see panel on Apr 10 at 10:30 a.m.)
Announcements
Contractor selected for SPSC’s We are pleased to announce that Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) has been selected as the winning bidder for this project and that a contract has been signed. We expect the work to take 9 months: Phase 1 addressing infrastructure adequacy is expected to take approximately 3 months; and Phase 2 addressing operational level issues is expected to take the remaining time, approximately 6 months. E3 enjoys a strong reputation in the West for their forward thinking methodologies and quality work. They have worked with a number of entities in the West including SPSC, WECC, WEIL, CPUC, CEC, and CAISO. More recently, E3 has developed new software and case studies that puts them at the forefront of modeling the operational challenges of high renewable energy penetration scenarios. E3 has partnered with GL Noble Denton (GL) for the gas modeling. GL is a diverse company that offers a range of engineering consultancy services to the oil and gas, pipeline and utility industries. They serve clients worldwide and a number of their clients, including natural gas transportation clients, are in the West. We received 13 thoughtful and interesting proposals for consideration and would like to thank all of the contractors that responded. We would also like thank the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which also served as the Selection Committee, for their time, energy and valuable insight. The TAG, a subset of the Task Force composed of representatives from natural gas pipelines (inter- and intra-state), utilities and government entities, will work with the contractors the project moves forward. |
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Meeting Archives
Meeting 1 Meeting 2 Meeting 3 Meeting 4 RFI Q&A Mtg
Meeting 5 Review of SOW Meeting 6 Task Force Documents
Summary of Four Natural Gas-Electric Interdependency Assessments Table of Regional and National Gas-Electric Studies, March 2013 Compilation of Task Force's Initial Comments Staff Paper: Regional Collaborations Working Group’s Proposed Strawman (Nov. 16) Staff Analysis of TEPPC Model Results FERC Nov. 15 Order on Gas-Electric Coordination NERC Long-Term Reliability Assessment (Nov. 2012) Draft Request for Information, Jan 16, 2013 RFI Informational Mtg Summary, Feb 15, 2013 NERC Special Reliability Assessment: Accommodating an Increased Dependence on Natural Gas for Electric Power, May 2013 Reference Materials
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