Idaho Wind Working Group
September 22, 2010
Boise, Idaho
Honorable Marsha H. Smith
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Vice-Chair, WECC Board of Directors

● DSM – Demand-Side Management
● EE – Energy efficiency
● FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
● FOA – Funding Opportunity Announcement
● NERC – North American Electric Reliability Corporation
● NGO – non-profit, Non-governmental Organization
● RTEP – Regional Transmission Expansion Planning
● SPG – Subregional Planning Group
● SPSG – Scenario Planning Steering Group
● SPSC – State and Provincial Steering Committee
● TEPPC – Transmission Expansion Planning and Policy Committee
● VGS – Variable Generation Subcommittee
● WGA – Western Governors’ Association
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● WIEB – Western Interstate Energy Board
● WREZ – Western Renewable Energy Zone

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● The Western Interconnection includes all or part of 14 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces and a portion of Baja California Norte, Mexico
● WECC is governed by an independent and balanced stakeholder board consisting of 32 directors drawn from the WECC membership classes
● Membership - 253 members in seven classes

Non-Planning Functions
● Compliance
Monitoring and
Enforcement
● Standards
Development
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● Reliability
Coordination
● Market-Operations interface
● Operator training
● WREGIS
Planning Functions
● Loads and Resources
Assessments
● Transmission
Expansion Planning
● Reliability studies

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Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee
● TEPPC’s analyses and studies focus on studies with Interconnection-wide implications
Reliability, Cost, Emissions
● TEPPC’s role does not include
Detailed project-specific studies
Advocating projects
Identifying potential “winners” and “losers”
Siting and cost allocation
● Provides governance over the RTEP project

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Regional Transmission Expansion Planning
● ARRA-funded via a $14.5M DOE Grant to
WECC
Corresponding $12.0M Grant to WGA
● Activities managed by TEPPC
● WECC’s proposal available at the RTEP website – www.wecc.biz

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Activities Funded in part by the DOE Grant

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Primary Deliverable
● Interconnection-wide Transmission Plans
A body of analysis that identifies new or greatlyupgraded infrastructure required under a wide range of potential futures
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Include operational implications, emissions, and cost
Analyses must be transparent, and produced through collaboration among industry experts and representatives from states, federal agencies, and relevant NGOs
10- and 20-year plans delivered in 2011 and 2013
● Creation of a multi-constituency steering group to provide strategic direction to the process at least 1/3 of steering group to be state officials
Scenario Planning Steering Group (SPSG)

Scenario Planning Steering Group
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2
1
8
1
1
1
1
1
25
10
1
1
Total
Number
5
0
0
SPSG members on TEPPC
Representing
0 Technology Advocates
(wind/solar/geothermal/nuclear/coal/EE/DSM)
Transmission Owner/Operator/Developer
Lands protection advocate
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
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State Officials (PUC, Energy Office)
Provincial Official
Canadian Utility Representative
Consumer Advocates – One from TEPPC
Environmental Representative from TEPPC
WECC Board member from TEPPC
SPG representative from TEPPC
LSE representative from TEPPC
Tribal Representative
TOTAL

WGETAC
Western Governors
WGA Staff
Council
Western PUCs
11
Western
States Water
Council
WGA
Wildlife
Council
Water/ Mapping •Decision nexus sequestsration for wildlife habitat and corridors
WREZ Steering
Committee
• WREZ Phase 3 procurement of renewable from preferred REZs)
•WREZ Phase 4
(cost allocation for new transmission)
•WREZ Phase 4
(siting of interstate transmission)
State-Provincial
Steering Committee
•Govs’ reps and PUC
•Wildlife and water ex-officio
WECC &
Sub-
Planning
• Input into Transmission ng planning
•Improve efficiency of the transmission system
•Minimize the cost of integrating large amounts of renewable energy

• 2020 Reference Case based on utility plans and state/provincial policies
• Scenarios
– High DSM scenario
– Carbon reduction scenario
– Breakthrough technologies scenario

WECC SPG Coordination Group (SCG)
Foundational Transmission Project List

WECC SPG Coordination Group (SCG)
Potential Transmission Project List

Value Propositions
● Increased coordination among entities in the Western Interconnection
● Increased awareness of how energy policy decisions impact reliability and cost
● Ability to answer key policy questions at
State, Provincial and Federal levels
● Additional information for use by decision makers in siting and cost allocation proceedings
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Bradley Nickell
Director of Transmission Planning
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 210
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1262
801.819.7604
bnickell@wecc.biz
All information on the RTEP project can be found on the WECC website at http://www.wecc.biz/Planning/TransmissionExpansion/
RTEP/Pages/default.aspx