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Double Tree Lloyd Center |
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Portland, Oregon |
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April 5-6, 2006 |
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casual attire (no ties) |
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Wednesday, April 5 |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Call to order and review agenda |
| Chairman's report [presentation] | |
| · Committee and Governors' actions since September meeting | |
| · CREPC comments on EPAct implementation activities | |
| o FERC's reliability rules | |
| o FERC's proposed rules on transmission pricing reform | |
| o DOE's proposed criteria for designating National Interest Electric Transmission | |
| Corridors | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Implementation of mandatory reliability rules |
| · Overview of issue and actions of CREPC and Western Governors | |
| o Bill Chamberlain, CEC [presentation] | |
| · NERC ERO proposal and WECC delegation agreement | |
| o WECC | |
| ■ Louise McCarren, WECC CEO | |
| o NERC | |
| ■ Ken Peterson, NERC | |
| · Discussion of potential key issues for Western states/provinces | |
| Background information | |
| Background on ERO application 3/29 | |
| FERC ruling on petitions on reliability rules 3/30 | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | WECC reliability centers |
| · John Stout, WECC Board member [presentation] | |
| Background information | |
| Reliability Center Strategic Planning Initiative Task Force Report | |
| Questions and Answers About the Reliability Center Strategic Initiative | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch - on your own |
| 1:15 p.m. | FERC actions to implement EPAct and other Commission priorities |
| · Bud Earley, FERC Staff [presentation] | |
| Background information | |
| FERC EPAct webpage | |
| 1:45 p.m. | Western industry developments |
| · WestConnect -- Status of Market Enhancement Initiatives (Regional transmission | |
| service pricing proposal, TTC/ATC process, wesTTrans update, flow-based scheduling | |
| and virtual control area investigations, additional transmission tariff products | |
| development) | |
| o Charlie Reinhold [presentation] | |
| · Columbia Grid | |
| o Kristi Wallis [presentation] | |
| Background information | |
| Western Market Transparency Initiative | |
| Columbia Grid | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Resource Assessment and Adequacy |
| · Report of West-wide Resource Assessment Team | |
| o WECC Load and Resource Accomplishments and Issues | |
| ■ Jay Loock, WECC [presentation] | |
| o Western load forecast review | |
| ■ Katie Coughlin, LBNL [presentation] | |
| o Landscape of resource adequacy metrics | |
| ■ William Monsen, MRW [presentation] | |
| o Western IRP tracking | |
| ■ Chuck Goldman, LBNL [presentation] | |
| · Status of Selected Sub-regional Resource Adequacy Initiatives | |
| o NWPCC and Northwest Adequacy Forum | |
| ■ Wally Gibson, NWPCC [presentation] | |
| o Arizona Corporation Commission | |
| ■ Jerry Smith, ACC [presentation] | |
| o California RA Framework and Requirements | |
| ■ Mike Jaske, CEC [presentation] | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Market Assessment/Monitoring |
| · Status of CREPC market assessment and monitoring project | |
| o LouAnn Westerfield, ID PUC | |
| o Matt Barmack, Analysis Group and Chuck Goldman, LBNL [presentation] | |
| Background Information | |
| NWPCC Resource Adequacy Forum | |
| 5:00 p.m. | WECC Class 5 Meeting - identification of any issues that should be raised to |
| the WECC Board at its April 18-21 meeting | |
| · Bill Chamberlain/Marsha Smith/Prasad Potturi/Lee Beyer | |
| (Class 5 members) | |
| Follow-up Actions | |
| CREPC letter to WECC and Class 5 suggestions | |
| Background information | |
| WECC Annual Board meeting | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Recess |
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Thursday, April 6 |
| 7:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Implementation of energy corridor and cost recovery provisions of EPAct |
| (Section 1221 - National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors) | |
| (Section 368 - energy corridors on federal lands) | |
| · Overview of issue - Doug Larson - WIEB | |
| · DOE responsibilities and activities - Kevin Kolevar/Julia Souder/Larry Mansueti, DOE | |
| · FERC actions to implement Section 1221 - Jeff Wright, FERC | |
| · Western Congestion Analysis Task Force - Rob Kondziolka/Dean Perry | |
| o Membership, purpose, products, schedule | |
| Background information | |
| Section 368 | |
| Section 1221 | |
| Section 1241 | |
| DOE NOI on NIETC | |
| FERC NOPR on Transmission Incentives | |
| DOE 368 corridor webpage | |
| DOE 1221 corridor webpage | |
| WCATF | |
| FERC Order Tehachapi | |
| CA PUC Letter on Order | |
| FERC Order on Nevada Power Service Agreement | |
| Key issues for discussion | |
| · What is the appropriate timing of NIETC designations and how does the timing impact on | |
| state siting processes? | |
| o Adam Bless, Oregon DOE [presentation] | |
| · What is the impact of federal agency permitting actions on transmission development? | |
| o Jerry Smith, ACC | |
| · Is FERC/state cooperation needed to build transmission? | |
| o NIETC designation and cost recovery | |
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| o Transmission developer perspective | |
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| · Can FERC undermine state transmission expansion initiatives? | |
| o Tehachapi case | |
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| o Nevada Power/Pacificorp Service Agreement (Harry Allen to Red Butte) | |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Status of Transmission Expansion |
| · Panel overview of transmission projects and studies | |
| o Interconnection-wide - | |
| Tom Carr, WIEB [presentation] | |
| Dean Perry, SSG-WI [presentation] | |
| Mike DeWolf, Pacificorp [presentation] | |
| o Southwest - Rob Kondziolka, SWAT/SRP [presentation] | |
| o Colorado - Bob Easton, CCPG/WAPA [presentation] | |
| o Northwest - Marv Landauer, NTAC/BPA [presentation] | |
| o California - Gary DeShazo, CA ISO [presentation-part 1] [presentation-part 2] | |
| o California - Keith White, CA PUC [presentation] | |
| Background information | |
| California ISO Transmission Expansion Evaluation Project | |
| Northwest Transmission Assessment Committee | |
| Southwest Area Transmission study | |
| Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study | |
| · Status of mega project proposals | |
| o TransWest Express - Peter Krzykos, APS [presentation] | |
| o Frontier - Joe Desmond, California Energy Commission | |
| o Northern Lights - Mike Hogan [presentation] | |
| Background information | |
| Wyoming to Arizona Project | |
| o Arizona Public Service, National Grid and Wyoming Infrastructure Authority | |
| Frontier Project | |
| APS Feasibility Study | |
| TransWest Express Presentation | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Business meeting |
| · Funding CREPC's work plan | |
| · Support from DOE/LBNL | |
| Background information | |
| Approved 2006 CREPC Workplan | |
| Governors' request for contributions from control area | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjourn |