The following
additional Business Practices(BPs) and
clarifications are applicable for the Western Area Power Administration
(Western), Upper Great Plains Region (UGPR) Integrated System (IS).
If you have any questions regarding the
postings below, please
contact:
Steve Sanders (WAPA, Billings, MT) at (406) 255-2840, or Kass Portra
(WAPA, Billings, MT) at (406) 255-2842.
Notes:
1. Removed outdated references related to MAPP Schedule F service,
which has been terminated.
2. Added BP language directly from original News Posting listing
link, and removed outdated references related to MAPP Schedule F
service, which has been terminated.
1. Integrated System (IS) Facility Additions
Western posted the following document outlining the basic philosophy of the IS owners for determining IS facilities:
Integrated-System-Facility-Additions
(PDF document)
3. Review of
Transmission Service Requests
In cases
where Western determines that transmission service requests can be
decoupled (i.e. they don't impact
each other significantly, are in different areas such as the West-side
vs. East-side of the IS,
are sufficiently small in magnitude such that their impacts to the
transmission system are under the allowable facility impact thresholds,
or are in a couterflowing and beneficial direction to prior-queued
requests), Western will proceed with those requests
without conflicts that can be studied and processed, if possible, on a
parallel basis
to studies for the conflicting requests (which must be resolved one by
one in queue order).
4. Integrated System (IS) Network Service Planning Process
The following document outlines the Network Service Planning Process:
IS-Network-Service-Planning-Process
(PDF document)
5. Criteria for Charging Schedule and Dispatch Fee
As per Western's Open Access Transmission Service Tariff, the Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains Region (WAPA) will charge a Scheduling and Dispatch (S&D) Ancillary Service fee for all transactions that involve the movement of energy into, out of or through the Upper Great Plains Region control area(s).
In applying the S&D fee the following notes of clarification will be applied:
1. There is no additional S&D fee applied for transmission purchased under the WAPA tariff, as this fee is currently included in the transmission rate.
2. An S&D fee will be applied to those transactions that use transmission other than the WAPA tariff but still require the movement of energy into, out of or through the WAPA control area.
3. The S&D fee is based on
one
fee per OASIS request per day. Multiple OASIS requests will each
have their own S&D fee assessed.
6. Iterative System Impact and Facilities Study Business Procedures
A clarification of the IS owners business practices related to System Impact Study and Facilities Study procedures and related status communications is outlined in the following document:
is-iterative-studies-proc-090601.doc
(Word document)
7. Modifications on a Non-Firm Basis (Redirect over Secondary POR's and POD's)
As outlined in Section 22.1 of the WAPA Open Access Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff), a transmission customer may request redirected service over Secondary POR's and POD's. The request to redirect confirmed Firm service on a Non-Firm basis over Secondary POR's and POD's must be made on the WAPA OASIS page. The request to redirect on a Non-Firm basis must be made as an "REDIRECT" request. The "Secondary POR/POD Service" capacity type must be selected by the transmission customer when making a redirect request.
Redirect requests over Secondary POR's
and POD's must meet the WAPA Timing Requirements, and will be accepted
only if they pass the MAPP Impact Calculator and meet all other
requirements
as set forth in the Tariff and WAPA Timing Requirements.
8. OASIS ATC Posting/Transmission Service Offerings
Western posted the following changes in
its
OASIS
business practices under the "UGPR News" items under
the 12/26/2000
entry:
1) Change in Yearly Firm ATC Postings,
Partial Service Offerings, and Service Offers when posted ATC is zero
9. Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) Regional Policies and Procedures
Western and the other Integrated System
(IS) owners are members of MAPP. MAPP has developed a set of
policies
and procedures for transmission operations that provides information on
how MAPP transmission service providers administers transmission
service. This document also outlines requirements the individual
MAPP member transmission service providers observe, as applicable, when
offering
transmission service under its Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT).
A copy of the MAPP Policies and Procedures and other MAPP announcements
and clarifications that impact service provided by Western are
available
at the following link:
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