Transmission Customer Meeting
May 28, 2015
9:00 – 10:00
Lake Natoma Inn
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Agenda
Kevin Howard, Vice President of Operations
• Welcome/General Updates
• Update on Western SNR’s implementation plan for
meeting new TOP-001-3 Reliability Standard requiring
Real Time Contingency Analysis
• Update on Planning Authority/Planning Coordinator
Discussions with Customers
Jennifer Henn, Public Utilities Specialist
• Transmission Rates Update
Art Diaz-Gonzalez, Outage Coordinator
• Posted outages and accessing transmission information
through Western’s OASIS site
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SNR Real-Time Contingency Analysis
(RTCA) and Planning Authority/Planning
Coordinator (PA/PC) Discussions
Update, May 2015
Kevin Howard
Vice President of Operations, SNR
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Real-Time Contingency Analysis (RTCA)
Requirements
• Updated NERC Standard – TOP-001-3
• High priority – being pushed by FERC
• Adopted by NERC Board of Trustees,
February 12, 2015
• Filed at FERC for approval, March 18,
2015
• Enforcement Originally expected – April 1,
2016. Now????
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Real-Time Contingency Analysis (RTCA)
Requirements
• Real-time Assessment - An evaluation of system
conditions using Real-time data to assess existing
(pre-Contingency) and potential (post-Contingency)
operating conditions.
• R13. Each Transmission Operator shall ensure that a
Real-time Assessment is performed at least once
every 30 minutes. [Violation Risk Factor: High] [Time
Horizon: Real-time Operations]
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Real-Time Contingency Analysis
(RTCA) Requirements
SNR’s Actions:
• Considered potential partnership opportunities with SMUD and
Western’s other Regions
o Not viable at this time, due to system model challenges and
development of tools
• Continuing Development of Alstom tool to accomplish RTCA
o State Estimator also supports Dispatch Training Simulator
• Interim – utilize Peak RC Hosted Application for next 3 years
along with SNR Alstom RTCA
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Real-Time Contingency Analysis (RTCA)
Requirements
SNR’s Actions:
• A number of TOP’s/BA’s are planning to staff 24x7 Operations
Engineering (OE) Desks to cover this need
• SNR requested 6 FTE’s to staff a 24x7 OE Desk in 2016/2017
• Currently considering coverage by staffing second TSO Dispatcher on
5x12 hr shift, Monday – Friday (2 additional TSO positions)
o These positions would also help with critical workload issues
during peak loading and peak field work timeframes during the
week
o Additional Operations Engineering position and SCADA Engineer
• Potentially reduce new staff requirement to 4 instead of 6 FTE
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Planning Authority/Planning Coordinator
Requirements
SNR’s Actions:
• Plan to claim COTP within Western’s Planning Coordinator footprint
o Implementation – Fall 2015
• Plan to provide Planning Coordinator services to SBA LSEs
o Implementation – January 2016
• Continuing to work through Reliability Standards Requirements
o Identify roles and responsibilities
o Identify resource needs and funding requirements
• New staff will be required to cover these services
o To be funded by TANC and SBA LSEs
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RTCA and PA/PC Requirements
?
Thank You
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Transmission Customer Meeting
Rates Group
Jennifer Henn, Public Utilities Specialist
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Transmission & Regulation
CVP Rates Effective April 1, 2015
CVP Point-to-Point Transmission Rate
$1.51 / kW-Month
CVP Point-to-Point Transmission Rate
$2.07 / MW-Hour
NITS Monthly Revenue Requirement
$2,589,353
CVP Regulation & Frequency Response $5.25 / kW-Month
Effective Date
April 1, 2015
PACI
$/MW-Hour
$1.03
COTP
$/MW-Hour
$3.21
June 1, 2015
$1.03
$3.20
November 1, 2015
$1.04
$3.24
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CVP Transmission Rate
(Current and Forecasted)
Central Valley Project Transmission Rates Forecast (as of May 2015)
Rate or Revenue
Requirement
Non-Binding Forecast
Current
Rate generally effective April 1 each year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
TRR (in millions)
$43.7
$45.9
$47.9
$50.0
$50.9
Plant Additions
(in millions)
$36.1
$7.9
$20.4
$12
$0
66.55%
66.96%
68.61%
69.51%
69.51%
$31.1
$32.0
$33.4
$34.8
$35.5
2,405,701
2,301,612
2,301,612
2,301,612
2,301,612
$1.51
$1.66
$1.73
$1.81
$1.84
Transmission Plant
Ratio
NITS (in millions)
Capacity (kW-Month)
Point-to-Point Rate
($/kW Mo.)
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Rates Group
Rates and forecasts are posted at:
http://www.wapa.gov/sn/rates/
Regina Rieger, Manager
Barbara Lynch
Daniel Flores (Student)
Jennifer Henn
Steve Richardson
(916) 353-4629
(916) 353-4436
(916) 353-4515
(916) 353-4686
(916) 353-4446
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Thank You
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WASN OATI OASIS
Art Diaz-Gonzalez, Outage Coordinator
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WASN OATI OASIS
WASN OATI OASIS
https://www.oasis.oati.com/
No special log in is required to
access the WASN OATI OASIS
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WASN OATI OASIS
Select Westtrans.net
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WASN OATI OASIS
Select Western WASN
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WASN OATI OASIS
Select WASN Scheduled Outages
Select Outages next day + 30 days
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WASN OATI OASIS
The rolling 30 day outage outlook pdf that is posted daily, this is
not a real-time tool. Posted once a day by the Outage Coordinator.
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WASN OATI OASIS
Select OASIS Notices
Select Outage
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WASN OATI OASIS
This is the Real-Time tool and is kept up to date by the
WASN TSS dispatcher.
Click on the text in the Message to see the details
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WASN OATI OASIS
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WASN OATI OASIS
• 2 flavors of WASN OASIS postings:
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•
Outages that affect the CVP ATC:
– These outages are currently posted and managed in OASIS by the TSS desk, this
will remain unchanged.
• The expectation is that the outage is posted as soon as practical.
Outages that do not affect CVP ATC:
– These outages impact the WASN merchant are posted to OASIS by the TSS desk
who will manage these additional scheduling points (lines or CB). No CVP ATC
will be assigned.
• The expectation is that the outage is posted as soon as practical.
• 2 Timelines for WASN OASIS postings:
•
•
Scheduled outages
– These outages comply with the approved lead-time as outlined in WASN Operating
Procedure OP-053 Planned Outage Coordination and the TSS desk will be notified
by the OASIS tool via an e-mail.
Real-time outages
– These outages do not comply with the approved lead-time as outlined in WASN
Operating Procedure OP-053 Planned Outage Coordination and the TSS desk will
be notified by the TSO desk in real-time.
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WASN OATI OASIS
The WASN Transmission lines listed below will be posted on OASIS in the
NOTICES section. This is a process to be performed by the Outage Coordinator
and the TSS desk.
• Process:
• New outages:
– The Outage Coordinator posts the outage in the OASIS notices section once
a day, this posting is tomorrow plus 30 days (an e-mail is automatically sent
to the distribution list in OASIS).
– The TSS desk receives the e-mail from the OASIS tool and creates the
necessary notice(s) in OASIS.
• Date/time changes to existing outages:
– The outage coordinator will process the date/time change to an existing
outage and post the update to the OASIS notices section.
– The TSS desk receives the e-mail from the OASIS tool and updates the
affected notice(s).
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WASN OATI OASIS
• Cancelled outages:
– The outage coordinator will process the cancellation of an existing outage
and updates the OASIS notices section.
– The TSS desk receives the e-mail from the OASIS tool and cancels or
deletes the respective notice(s).
• At noon each day the TSS will use TOA outage tool to filter for OATI outages
in the date range to be determined and compare them to the OASIS notices to
verify correctness of the posted outages.
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WASN OATI OASIS
Lines or Paths that do not impact CVP ATC but need to be posted for the
WASN merchant under notices section:
• Tracy-Livermore 230kv line (TRY-LLL)
• Livermore-U424 115kv line (LLL-LLN)
• Tracy-Contra Costa 69kv line (TRY-CC)
• Elverta CB 1182, WASN Elverta to SMUD Elverta (ELV-ESE)
• Trinity-Weaverville 60kv line (TNI-WEA)
• Trinity-Carr 230kv line (TNI-CAR)
• Tracy-Westley #1 & #2 230kv lines (TRY-WES) (Added December 4, 2014 per
an agreement by both WASN and MID, this agreement is posted on the WASN
OASIS home page).
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WASN OASIS Home Page
Posted agreement between WASN and MID
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