Agenda
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The Grove Hotel |
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Boise, Idaho |
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April 8-10, 2013 |
| Webinar Connection: http://westgov.adobeconnect.com/spscmeeting/ |
| 1-888-850-4523 | passcode: 390409 |
| [Be sure to read or download "Priority 1" items. Priority 2 items are useful for the discussion. |
| Priority 3 provides additional background.] |
| Business Casual attire; no ties |
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| Schedule of Meetings | ||||||
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Grand
Ballroom |
| Energy Imbalance Market | |
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1:00 p.m. |
Introductions, meetings goals and agenda |
| · Travis Kavulla, MT PSC, PUC EIM Group chair | |
| · Pat Reiten, Pacific Power, NWPP MC co-chair | |
| · Bill Drummond, BPA, NWPP MC co-chair | |
| The purpose of the meeting is to understand analyses of the costs/benefits of an EIM | |
| and discuss next steps by companies and regulators. | |
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1:15 p.m. |
Overview of work since September PUC EIM meeting |
| · PUC EIM Group | |
| ■ Travis Kavulla, MT PSC, PUC EIM Group chair [pdf] (priority 1) | |
| · NWPP Members' Market Assessment and Coordination Committee | |
| ■ Bill Drummond, BPA, Steering Committee co-chair | |
| ■ Pat Reiten, Pacific Power, Steering Committee co-chair | |
| · Southwest Variable Energy Resource Initiative (SVERI) | |
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■ Ed
Beck, Tucson Electric Power [pdf] (priority
1) |
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| Background | |
| PUC EIM webpage (priority 2) | |
| NWPP MC Initiative (priority 3) | |
| SVERI letter (priority 2) | |
| JEDI-transmittal letter (priority 2) | |
| JEDI 02-19-13 meeting notes (priority 2) | |
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1:45 p.m. |
Qualitative
analysis of EIM reliability benefits [pdf] (priority
1) |
| · Mason Emnett, FERC | |
| Background | |
| FERC staff analysis (priority 1) | |
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
EIM benefit analyses |
| · Results from the analyses by the NWPP MC | |
| Including costs and qualitative considerations | |
| ■ Patrick Damiano | |
| ■ Rich Bayless | |
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California ISO analysis of the benefits of an
ISO/PacifiCorp EIM [pdf] (priority
1) |
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| ■ Mark Rothleder, CA ISO | |
| ■ Stefan Bird, PacifiCorp | |
| · Comparison of NREL, NWPP MC, CAISO / PacifiCorp analyses | |
| ■ Michael Milligan, NREL | |
| · Response panel | |
| ■ Ron Schellberg, Idaho Power | |
| ■ Steve Beuning, Xcel Energy | |
| ■ Mike Florio, California PUC | |
| ■ Brian Whalen, NV Energy | |
| ■ Ed Beck, Tucson Electric Power | |
| Background | |
| NWPP MC EIM Benefits Analysis per 4/3/13 stakeholder mtg (priority 2) | |
| CAISO / PacifiCorp analysis (priority 2) | |
| NREL final report (priority 2) | |
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4:30 p.m. |
Updates from potential EIM market operators |
| ■ Mark Rothleder, California ISO | |
| ■ Carl Monroe, Southwest Power Pool | |
| Background | |
| Revised CAISO cost proposal (priority 1) | |
| Revised SPP cost proposal (priority 1) | |
| WECC Comments to Revised SPP cost proposal (priority 1) | |
| SPP experience with EIS benefits (priority 1) | |
| Comparison
of CAISO and SPP proposals with straw proposal (priority 1)
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5:30 p.m. |
Recess |
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Grand
Ballroom |
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7:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 a.m. |
NWPP MC Enhanced Market/Operational Tools (EMT) [pdf] (priority 1) |
| ■ Patrick Damiano, Columbia Grid | |
| ■ Scott Kinney, Avista | |
| Background | |
| NWPP MC EMT per 4/3/13 stakeholder meeting (priority 2) | |
| EMT overview per 12/1/12 (priority 2) | |
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8:30 a.m. |
Report on PacifiCorp/California ISO MOU [pdf]
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(priority
1)
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| ■ Stefan Bird, PacifiCorp | |
| ■ Karen Edson, California ISO | |
| Background | |
| CAISO / PacifiCorp EIM page (priority 1) | |
| Oregon PUC letter to CAISO Board of Governors (priority 1) | |
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9:15 a.m. |
Open discussion of future activities by regulators, companies, and stakeholders |
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10:00 a.m. |
Adjourn EIM meeting |
| Joint CREPC/SPSC meeting | |
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10:30 a.m. |
Introductions, meetings goals and agenda |
| · John Savage, Chairman | |
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10:35 a.m. |
Developments at FERC |
| · Chairman Jon Wellinghoff | |
| · Commissioner John Norris | |
| Developments at DOE | |
| · Jon Worthington/Larry Mansueti | |
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11:15 a.m. |
Proposed bifurcation at WECC |
| Status and benefits of bifurcation | |
| · Jim Shetler, WECC Governance & Nominating Committee chair | |
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Committee chair [pdf]
(priority 1) |
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| Opportunities for Class 5 participation [pdf] (priority 1) | |
| · Doug Larson, WIEB staff | |
| Background | |
| The WECC strategic planning initiative webpage (priority 3) | |
| February Newsletter | March Newsletter | |
| WECC request for Declaratory Order on Section 215 funding (priority 3) | |
| Discussion of key issues in WECC bifurcation | |
| · Funding functions | |
| · Governance of new organizations | |
| · Other issues | |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
The future of transmission planning in the West |
| · WECC Transmission Planning - Brad Nickell and Keegan Moyer, WECC [pdf] TBA | |
| o Results from SPSC long-term study cases and SPSG scenarios | |
| o Preview of 2013 Interconnection-wide Transmission Plan | |
| · Western Interconnection Order 1000 Planning Regions' Interregional | |
| Coordination Team (ICT) work on interregional planning and its relationship | |
| to WECC interconnection-wide planning [pdf] (priority 1) TBA | |
| o California ISO | |
| ■ Neil Millar and Gary DeShazo | |
| o WestConnect | |
| ■ Susan Henderson - Xcel | |
| ■ Charlie Reinhold - WestConnect Project Manager | |
| o Northern Tier Transmission Group | |
| ■ Sharon Helms - NTTG Project Manager | |
| ■ Dave Angell - Idaho Power | |
| o ColumbiaGrid | |
| ■ Kristi Wallis, ColumbiaGrid Coordinator | |
| ■ John Phillips, Puget Sound Energy | |
| · Town Hall Meeting Discussion: Where do we go from here? | |
| ■ Rebecca Wagner, NV PUC, facilitator | |
| o What should the relationship be between WECC and the SPGs post-Order 1000? | |
| o Where does the real value lie? | |
| » Interconnection-wide? Regional plans? | |
| A proper interdependence between both? | |
| » Do we need interconnection-wide transmission planning? | |
| » Do we need interconnection-wide transmission plans? | |
| o What, if any, role does interconnection-wide planning have in future | |
| Regional planning? | |
| o What analytical capabilities are needed in the Western Interconnection? | |
| Background | |
| Common Interregional Tariff Language (priority 1) | |
| TEPPC report to WECC Board, March 14, 2013 (priority 1) | |
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3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Advanced Transmission Technologies |
| · Baseline information on use of advanced transmission equipment | |
| ■ Trevor Curry, Black & Veatch [pdf] TBA | |
| · Baseline information on use of real-time technologies | |
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■ Joe
Eto, LBNL / Eric Whitley and Alan Isemonger, GridSME [pdf]
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| · DOE Grid Tech Team | |
| ■ Anjan Bose, DOE | |
| · Response panel | |
| ■ Vicki VanZandt, consultant | |
| ■ Jeff Hein, Xcel Energy and WestConnect | |
| ■ Charlie Reinhold, WestConnect | |
| ■ Rich Bayless, NTTG | |
| ■ Jeff Miller, ColumbiaGrid | |
| · Recommended next steps from project Steering Committee | |
| · Discussion of proposed next steps and decision by SPSC | |
| Background | |
| Black & Veatch draft paper (priority 1) | |
| Action Plan for Addressing the Electricity System (priority 1) | |
| Transmission Technology Forum Steering committee members (priority 3) | |
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5:30 p.m. |
Recess |
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Grand
Ballroom |
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7:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 a.m. |
Dynamic transfers project by the Regulatory Assistance Project [pdf] (priority 1) |
| · Project overview | |
| ■ Carl Linvill, Regulatory Assistance Project | |
| · Presentation of project results | |
| ■ Jim McIntosh and Kyle Hoffman, ZGlobal, Inc. | |
| · Discussion of any future work needed on dynamic transfers | |
| SPSC historical flow/schedule/ATC internet tool (Grid Tracker) | |
| · Presentation of tool and examples of analyses | |
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Suzanne Liou, Atkins [pdf]
(priority 1) |
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| ■ Dean Perry (by phone) | |
| Wind/Solar integration charges | |
| ■ Michael Milligan, NREL [pdf] (priority 1) | |
| Background | |
| A Review of Variable Generation Integration Charges (priority 2) | |
| Cost Causation and Integration Cost Analysis for Variable Generation (priority 2) | |
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9:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:00 a.m. |
SPSC budget review, funds transfer, new consulting projects |
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■ Doug
Larson, WIEB staff [pdf]
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| Background | |
| Staff memo (priority 1) | |
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10:30 a.m. |
Decision on funding for the SPSC Gas-Electric Regional Assessment RFP |
| · Summary of proposal | |
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■ Alaine
Ginocchio, WIEB staff [pdf]
(priority 1) |
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| · Comments by SPSC Western Gas-Electric Regional Assessment Task Force | |
| representatives | |
| ■ Melissa Jones, California Energy Commission | |
| ■ Clint Kalich, Avista (via webinar) | |
| · SPSC action | |
| Background | |
| RFP scope of work (priority 1) | |
| SPSC's Western Gas-Electric Task Force website (priority 3) | |
| Staff memo on Task Force activities (priority 2) | |
| April 3 webinar - gas-electric RFP scope of work - slides | recording (priority 2) | |
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11:00 a.m. |
New utility model for a low load growth / high DG future |
| · Report on changing trends and new research | |
| ■ Chuck Goldman - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [pdf] | |
| · Response panel | |
| ■ Commissioner Mike Florio, CA PUC | |
| ■ Ron Lehr, Western Grid Group | |
| ■ Carl Linvill, Regulatory Assistance Project | |
| ■ Ed Burgess, Kris Mayes Law Firm | |
| · Decision on next steps for CREPC/SPSC | |
| Background | |
| EEI report. Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications to a Changing | |
| Retail Electric Business. January 2013 | |
| Peter Fox Penner presentation. The Future of Utilities: Business Models | |
| and Strategy. March 2012 | |
| Moreland Commission Interim Report. Utility Storm Preparation and | |
| Response. January 2013 | |
| The Math Does Not Lie: Factoring the Future of the Electric Power Industry | |
| Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions, Oct 2012 | |
| Lehr/Binz draft paper on New Utility Business Models. March 2013 | |
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1:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |