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Overview
  •  Review/History
  •  Operational Concerns
  •  Evaluation Process


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Review
  • Existing MISO/MAPP Seams Operating Agreement extended to January 31, 2009.
    • MAPP members encountering a large number of  schedule curtailments.
    • MAPP members find it increasingly difficult to get transmission service.
    • MISO expressed disappointment over the amount of generation re-dispatch within the market.

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Review
  • Began with five options in 2007:


    • Seams Operating Agreement with re-dispatch.
    • Generation & loads into MISO Market without moving the transmission facilities.
    • Generation, loads, and transmission into the MISO Market without joining.
    • MISO Transmission Owner.
    • Seek further alternatives.
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Review
  • Options were evaluated on five Critical Criteria:
    • Flexibility
    • Rate Stability
    • Durability
    • Cost Effectiveness
    • Delivery Reliability
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Process Delay
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Review
  • Webpage:
  • http://www.wapa.gov/ugp/PowerMarketing/MISOSeams/


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Timelines
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Operational Concerns
  • Operational Concerns
    • Low Hydro Generation.
    • Purchase Power Availability.
    • Congestion and TLRs.
    • Evolving Market/Customer Situations.
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Low Hydro Generation
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Low Hydro Generation
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Purchase Power Availability
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Purchase Power Availability
  • Sources of Energy
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Congestion and TLRs


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Congestion and TLRs
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Congestion and TLRs
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Congestion and TLRs
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Congestion and TLRs
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 Congestion and TLRs
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
  • Regulation and wind generation development.
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Evolving Market/Customer Situations
  • FERC 890 changes to the Tariff.
    • Alternatives to be evaluated.
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Evaluation Process
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Module F
  • March 4, 2008, MISO filed with FERC a revision to its Tariff that presented the MISO options:


    • Module F Part II – Interconnected Operations and Congestion Management Service.


    • Module F Part III – Market Coordination Service.
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Alternatives
    • Alternatives identified to date:
      • Module F Part II – a seams agreement including redispatch of generation.
      • Module F Part III – a service agreement where generation and loads from the current WAUE balancing area would be in the MISO market.
      • Other - such as joining the Southwest Power Pool (SPP).
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Evaluation Process
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Evaluation Process
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 Analysis Including Policy Review
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Additional Customer Concerns
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Study Work
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Study Assumptions
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Technical Study Review Team
  • Technical Study Review Team
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To Do List
  • Maintain a webpage and post all materials  http://www.wapa.gov/ugp/PowerMarketing/MISOSeams/ (Currently available).
  • Schedule customer meetings as needed.
  • Customer input (June - July 08).
  • Respond to comments and questions not addressed at the meetings by e-mails and postings to webpage.
  • Send letter to customers announcing decision (mid-Sept 08).
  • Await outcome of transmission public process.
  • Implement decision (Jan 09 – April 09).
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Questions
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Comments