WAPA Planning Process

Western Area Power Administration
Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), Attachment P
Transmission Planning Process

(Last Update: October 7, 2009)

A) Background:

In Order 890, FERC established new requirements for Transmission Providers, stating:

“The Transmission Provider shall establish a coordinated, open and transparent planning process with its Network and Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Customers and other interested parties, including the coordination of such planning with interconnected systems within its region, to ensure that the Transmission System is planned to meet the needs of both the Transmission Provider and its Network and Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Customers on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis. The Transmission Provider’s coordinated, open and transparent planning process shall be provided as an attachment to the Transmission Provider’s Tariff.

The Transmission Provider’s planning process shall satisfy the following nine principles, as defined in the Final Rule in Docket No. RM05-25-000: coordination, openness, transparency, information exchange, comparability, dispute resolution, regional participation, economic planning studies, and cost allocation for new projects. The planning process shall also provide a mechanism for the recovery and allocation of planning costs consistent with the Final Rule in Docket No. RM05-25-000.

The Transmission Provider’s planning process must include sufficient detail to enable Transmission Customers to understand:

(i) The process for consulting with customers and neighboring transmission providers;

(ii) The notice procedures and anticipated frequency of meetings;

(iii) The methodology, criteria, and processes used to develop transmission plans;

(iv) The method of disclosure of criteria, assumptions and data underlying transmission system plans;

(v) The obligations of and methods for customers to submit data to the transmission provider;

(vi) The dispute resolution process;

(vii) The transmission provider’s study procedures for economic upgrades to address congestion or the integration of new resources; and

(viii) The relevant cost allocation procedures or principles.”

Western’s Attachment P to its Tariff establishes the detail behind these requirements.

B) Transmission Planning Process Points of Contact:

i) Western's Regional Points of Contact for the following sections in Part II of Attachment P related to the Transmission Planning Process in the Western Interconnection are listed below:

Submission of Data by Network Transmission Customers (Section 1.1.4(b))
Submission of Data by Other Transmission Customers (Section 1.1.4(c))
Requesting Economic Planning Studies (Section 1.1.6))
Study Requests (Section 1.1.6(g))
Electronic Input and Comments to Public Planning Process (Section 1.2.2(h))
Inclusion on Western Customer Distribution List (Section 1.2.2(j))

Points of Contact	Email Address
Desert Southwest Region (DSW)	dswplanningmanager@wapa.gov
Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP)	crspplanningmanager@wapa.gov
Rocky Mountain Region (RMR)	rmrplanningmanager@wapa.gov
Sierra Nevada Region (SNR)	snrplanningmanager@wapa.gov

ii) Western's Regional Point of Contact for all sections in Part I of Attachment P related to the Transmission Planning Process in the Upper Great Plains Region is:

Points of Contact	Email Address
Upper Great Plains Region (UGP)	ugpplanningmanager@wapa.gov

C) Attachment P Hyperlink List(s):

i) Western Interconnection Regions included in Part II of Attachment P (DSW, CRSP, RMR, SNR)

Western Attachment P PART II	Document or Information Posted	Hyperlinks
Part II	WestConnect Project Agreement for Sub-regional Transmission Planning	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/filestorage/050207RegionalPlanningProjectAgreementExecutionCopy.pdf
1.1.1	WECC Confidentiality Agreement	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/library/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx
1.1.4(b)	Western point of contact for Submission of Data by Network Transmission Customers	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.1.4(c)	Western point of contact for Submission of Data by Other Transmission Customers	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.1.6	Western point of contact for Requesting Economic Planning Studies	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.1.6(a)i.	TEPPC Master List of Economic Planning Studies	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/EconomicPlanningStudies/Pages/default.aspx
1.1.6(b)	TEPPC Transmission Planning Protocol	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
1.1.6(f)iii.	Western posts requests it receives for Economic Planning Studies	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/planning.php
1.1.6(g)	Western point of contact for Study Requests	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.1.8	Western Planning Criteria	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.2.2(e)	Western posts notices for public planning meetings	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
1.2.2(f)	Western posts study plans and planning results	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
1.2.2(g)	Western posts final local study results and study plan	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
1.2.2(h)	Western point of contact for Electronic Input and Comments to Public Planning Process	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.2.2(i)iii.	Western posts updates & changes to public planning meeting schedules	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
1.2.2(j)	Western point of contact for inclusion on Western Customer Distribution List	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
1.2.2(k)	Western posts information and reports related to public planning meetings	Western DSW Region: www.oatioasis.com/walc/index.html Western CRSP MC: www.oatioasis.com/CRCM/index.html Western RMR Region: www.oatioasis.com/LAPT/index.html Western SNR Region: www.oatioasis.com/wasn/index.html WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
2.1	WestConnect Project Agreement for Sub-regional Transmission	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/filestorage/050207RegionalPlanningProjectAgreementExecutionCopy.pdf
2.2.2	WestConnect Project Agreement for Sub-regional Transmission	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/filestorage/050207RegionalPlanningProjectAgreementExecutionCopy.pdf
2.2.7	SWAT, CCPG, SSPG, WestConnect & Western planning meeting agendas available on the WestConnect website	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=8
2.3.1	WestConnect Project Agreement for Sub-regional Transmission Planning	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/filestorage/050207RegionalPlanningProjectAgreementExecutionCopy.pdf
2.3.2(f)	SWAT, CCPG & SSPG post detailed agendas on WestConnect website	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
2.4.1	WestConnect Planning Annual Meeting	WestConnect website: www.westconnect.com/documents_results.php?categoryid=85
3.1.2	WECC TEPPC posts its transmission planning protocol for Economic Planning Studies	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
3.1.3(b)	Detail on the WECC TEPPC planning process and the Transmission Planning Protocol	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

ii) Upper Great Plains Region (both Eastern and Western Interconnections) included in Part I of Attachment P

Western Attachment P PART I	Document or Information Posted	Hyperlinks
Part I	MAPP Regional Transmission Committee postings for Sub-regional Transmission Planning	MAPP Website: MAPP Committee Library Page MAPP RTC Policies and Procedures
3.2	MAPP CEII and Non-Disclosure Agreement	MAPP website: MAPP Restated Agreement, CEII Policy and NDA Forms Links
	Western point of contact for Submission of Data by Network Transmission Customers	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	Western point of contact for Submission of Data by Other Transmission Customers	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	Western point of contact for Requesting Economic Planning Studies	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	TEPPC Master List of Economic Planning Studies	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/EconomicPlanningStudies/Pages/default.aspx
	TEPPC Transmission Planning Protocol	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
	Western posts requests it receives for Economic Planning Studies	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western point of contact for Study Requests	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	Western Planning Criteria	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western posts notices for public planning meetings	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western posts study plans and planning results	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western posts final local study results and study plan	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western point of contact for Electronic Input and Comments to Public Planning Process	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	Western posts updates & changes to public planning meeting schedules	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	Western point of contact for inclusion on Western Customer Distribution List	Western website: www.oatioasis.com/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Planning-Process.htm
	Western posts information and reports related to public planning meetings	Western UGP Region: www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html (under the "Transmission Planning Process" folder) MAPP website: www.mapp.org
	WECC TEPPC posts its transmission planning protocol for Economic Planning Studies	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
	Detail on the WECC TEPPC planning process and the Transmission Planning Protocol	WECC website: www.wecc.biz/committees/BOD/TEPPC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx