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CREPC 101

September 19, 2005

San Diego

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CREPC 101• CREPC History – Doug Larson• Operation of Committee – Marsha Smith• Relationship with other Western Interconnection organizations

– WIEB and WGA – Doug Larson– WCPSC – Marsha Smith

• CREPC Priorities– Current priorities

• Resource adequacy – Grace Anderson• Reliability – Bill Chamberlain• Market monitoring/assessment – LouAnn Westerfield• Transmission planning – Doug Larson• Transmission cost allocation/recovery – Carl Linvill• Transmission permitting – Doug Larson• Other (efficient use of existing wires; demand response)

– Governors’ requests – Doug Larson• Relationship to other organizations

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Bill Tucker, WY PSC* Roger Hamilton, OR PUC Marsha Smith, ID PUC

Western Interstate Energy Board

Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners

Western Governors’ Association Active in electricity issues

Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC)

WECC

Western Systems Coordinating Council

WRTA

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WICF

IndeGO RTO West Grid West

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California ISO

Desert STAR WestConnect

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Evolution of CREPC and Western Industry Institutions

Order 2000

* Dick Casad, WA UTC was briefly chair in 1993-1994

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CREPC History • Underlying premise

– There is a need for all state and provincial agencies in the Western Interconnection to share information on electric power issues

• Organization– Joint committee of WIEB and WCPSC– WIEB provides staff support

• Evolution – Formation in 1983– 1983-mid 90s – information sharing and learning– Mid 90s-2005 – information sharing + participation in Western

industry institutions + responding to requests from WGA + interaction with FERC and DOE

• Counterparts in other regions– Organization of MISO States – PUCs only?– New England – NECPUC – PUCs– Organization of PJM States – PUCs – SPP Regional State Committee – PUCs

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Operation of CREPC

Marsha Smith

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Relationship of CREPC and Other State Organizations

Western Governors’ Association

Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)

Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners

CREPC

West-wide Resource Assessment Team (WRAT)

Transmission Regulatory Principles Work Group (TREG)

Market monitoring

Other organizations

•FERC

•DOE

•WECC

•SSG-WI

•NTAC

•STEP

•SWAT

•RMATS

•GridWest

•TIG

•Westconnect

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P UC study contracts

LBL outside resources

DOE RTGs

DOE-IRP workshop

DOE-IRP /RTG

DOE-restructuring mtg.

DOE-CREP C mtg

DOE-WRTA/states

DOE-RTG planning

DOE-RTG

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DOE-states & ISO

DOE-Electricity

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DOE Trans. P ricing

DOE-Distrib. Gen.

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PUC contracts

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CREPC Priorities• Past priorities

– Information sharing– Learning about the western grid

• Current priorities and Governors’ requests– Resource adequacy assessment – Grace Anderson– Reliability – Bill Chamberlain– Transmission expansion

• Pro-active planning – Doug Larson• Cost allocation/cost recovery – Carl Linvill

– Market assessment/monitoring – LouAnn Westerfield(?)– Other – Doug Larson

• Analysis of actual flows and ATC • WGA Transmission Permitting Protocol• Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System

(WREGIS)

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Resource Adequacy

Grace Anderson

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Reliability

Bill Chamberlain

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Transmission Planning• History

– Crash effort in 2001– SSG-WI interconnection-wide planning– Sub-regional transmission planning taking hold

• Some (STEP, NTAC and SWAT-maybe have institutional homes)

• RMATS does not have an institutional home– Key issues

• Planning done with public, transparent database• Process open to all stakeholders• Link transmission planning to IRPs

– CREPC agreed to ask companies to compare IRP forecasts and forecasts submitted to WECC

• Identify who benefits (helpful in cost allocation/recovery decisions)

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Western Interconnection Transmission Planning

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Cost Allocation/Recovery

Carl Linvill

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Other CREPC Topics

• Analysis of actual flows and ATC

• WGA Transmission Permitting Protocol

• Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)

• WIEB/CEC natural gas assessment

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Relationship with other Western Interconnection organizations

• WECC• SSG-WI• RMATS, NTAC, SWAT, STEP • CA ISO, GridWest, TIG, WestConnect• WesTTrans

• FERC– OMOI

• DOE

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