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SPP Membership UpdateJody Sundsted, VP of Power Marketing for Upper Great Plains Region
August 2, 2016Portland, Oregon
Northwest Public Power AssociationPower Supply Conference
SPP Update• Background• Integration• Current Operations
• Merchant• Settlements• Transmission/Reliability
• Summary• Questions
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Missouri River Mainstem SystemStorage Zones and Allocations
Exclusive Flood Control 6%
Carryover Multiple Use 53%
Permanent Pool 25%
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17.9
56.8
73.1
68.4
72.8
StorageIn MAF
33.9
Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use 16%
Historic max - 2011
Historic min - 2007
48.1
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Missouri River Mainstem SystemAnnual Runoff above Sioux City, IA
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1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Million Acre-Feet
Median
Historic Drought Periods
2016 Forecast
Integrated System
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And Other Facility Owners:Missouri River Energy Services
NorthWestern Energy
W/E
W/E
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TLR Schedule Cuts for Market to non‐Market Congestion Management
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SPP
Future market access was the predominant issue.
East
West
MISO
2002‐2012 Bilateral Trading Partners*
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2002 2012 2014 2014*
55 partners
11 partners
21 partners
Lost Due to MISOor gone out of business
Lost Dueto SPP Day‐2 Mkt
Marketer
Internal
SPP
5 partnersLimited Benefits
* ‐ Excludes ~4 entities in the Western Interconnect
Integration into SPP:Public Process• Public Comment period
• Noticed in Federal Register• November 1‐ December 16, 2013
• Authorization to move forward:• Issued January 9, 2014• Staff notified to pursue formal negotiations for membership in SPP
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Integration into SPP:Tariff
• Negotiations started January 2014 with SPP membership
• SPP Board approval in June 2014
• SPP filed Tariff, By‐laws, Membership Agreement changes in June 2014
• FERC conditionally accepted filing November 2014
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Tariff Integration
• FERC Proceedings almost completed
• Western active in several filings of other Transmission owners joining SPP
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Integration into SPP:Task List
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• IS transmission service converted to SPP• Operational changes within the SPP footprint • Market registration for loads and generation• Load serving coordination with Co‐suppliers• Generation coordination with Corps of Engineers• Market meter installation and data distribution• Operational and financial data interface with SPP
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Task List• Equipment and software development requirements
• UGP Transmission Rate filing• West system agreement with SPP• Market Trials• Staff Training• Reliability Coordinator Services transfer from MISO to SPP
• Planning Coordinator Services transfer from MAPP to SPP
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Current Operations: Cut Over
• Midnight October 1, 2015: UGP transferred operational control over to SPP
• Smooth transition: No significant issues
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Current Operations: Merchant
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• Hydro generation offered into the SPP Day‐ahead Integrated Marketplace
• Hourly load obligation is coordinated with co‐suppliers
• Regulation Up/Down, Spin, and Reserves offered but mostly not accepted
• Continue to evaluate market strategies
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Current Operations: Settlements
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• UGP receives a weekly invoice from SPP for market activities and monthly SPP transmission invoices
• Re‐organized distributed settlements and power billing work into one new Settlements division
• Settlements analytics are key to understanding financial results of your activities
Discussion on Markets: SPP Membership Update
Current Operations: Transmission/Reliability
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• Merged WAPA east‐side (WAUE) Balancing Authority (BA) into SPP BA No longer calculating and controlling to an Area Control Error signal (ACE)
Now have several plants on control instead of only one
Still doing after‐the‐fact checkouts with the adjacent Local BA’s and BA’s
The Miles City DC tie is no longer an internal tie, now a tie between SPP and WAPA west‐side BA (WAUW)
Discussion on Markets: SPP Membership Update
Summary• SPP provides greater flexibility Creates more options for buying and selling Reduces constraints in delivering power
• Helps keep costs low for customers• 10 Months of Operation 42 market invoices 8 transmission invoices
• Alternate Operations Study $11.5 M net benefits predicted initial year savings/cost avoidance
• Savings estimated to be greater than the AOS
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