WAPA (UGPR) OASIS Policies and Procedures

The following announcements and clarifications have been posted on the WAPA OASIS, and are still in effect (unless otherwise noted):
 
 

Links to Policies and Procedures postings	Date posted	Last Updated
Integrated System (IS) Facility Additions	05/10/2007	n/a
Review of Generation Interconnection Requests on Out-of-Queue Basis	04/05/2007	n/a
Review of Transmission Service Requests	02/29/2004	n/a
Integrated System (IS) Network Service Planning Process	10/06/2002	05/03/2007
Western's Criteria for Charging Schedule and Dispatch Fee	01/21/2001	01/02/2002
Western Behind the Meter Generation Policy	10/11/2001	03/29/2007
Iterative System Impact and Facilities Study Business Procedures	09/08/2001	n/a
Modifications on a Non-Firm Basis (Redirect over Secondary POR's and POD's)	06/18/2001	09/03/2001
Rollover of Existing Long-Term Transmission Service	06/15/2000	n/a
Implementation of new MAPP Loss Repayment Policies, Effective 00:00 CST on February 1, 2001	01/14/2001	n/a
OASIS ATC Posting/Transmission Service Offerings	12/26/2000	n/a
Timing Requirements	10/01/1997	05/24/2005
Right of First Refusal Diagrams	12/26/2000	n/a
Policy for Adjustment Criteria for Network Charges	11/27/2000	10/02/2006
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) Regional Policies and Procedures	10/01/1997	n/a

Integrated System (IS) Facility Additions  (New 05/10/2007)

Western posted the following document outlining the basic philosophy of the IS owners for determining IS facilities:

 Integrated-System-Facility-Additions (PDF document)
 

Review of Generation Interconnection Requests on Out-of-Queue Basis  (New 04/05/2007)

Review of Transmission Service Requests  (New 02/29/2004)

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).

If you have any questions concerning these study procedures, please contact Steve Sanders (Billings, MT) at 406-247-7436.

Integrated System (IS) Network Service Planning Process  (Updated 05/03/2007)

Western posted the following document outlining the Network Service Planning Process on 10/16/2002, and updated the document on 05/03/2007:

 IS-Network-Service-Planning-Process (PDF document)
 

If you have any questions, please contact: Steve Sanders (WAPA, Billings, MT), (406) 247-7436.
 

Western's Criteria for Charging Schedule and Dispatch Fee (Updated 01/02/2002)

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.  A Scheduling and Dispatch (S&D) Fee for MAPP Service Schedule F will be applied  in accordance with the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) tariff.  Whomever purchases MAPP Service Schedule F transmission (listed as the Company under Customer Information on the OASIS request) for the movement of energy into, out of, or through the WAPA control area(s) will be assessed an S&D fee (see exception in item 5 below).

2.  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.

3.  An S&D fee will be applied to those transactions that use transmission other than the WAPA tariff or MAPP F tariff but still require the movement of energy into, out of or through the WAPA control area.

4.  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.

5.  MAPP has waived Schedule F transmission service charges for transmission purchases by, or deliveries to, the WAPA Network Service Customers.  As such, WAPA will not assess an S&D fee for MAPP Schedule F purchases or deliveries that meet the same requirement, regardless of the transmission customer.   These purchases serve Network load and would normally require Network service from Non-designated resources (a transmission product that MAPP does not currently offer),  which would not incur any additional fee.  Purchases from, or Deliveries from, these Network customers will be assessed an S&D fee based on the transmission customer on the OASIS request.

If you have any questions, please contact: Terry Harmel (WAPA, Watertown, SD), (605) 882-7541.
 

Western Behind the Meter Generation Policy (Updated 03/29/2007) 

The Western-wide "Behind the Meter Generation" Policy was issued initially on 9/13/2001, and the latest update is posted at the following location:

Western-Behind-the-Meter-Gen-Policy.pdf (PDF document)

If you have any questions concerning this policy, please contact Steve Sanders (Billings, MT) at 406-247-7436.
 

Iterative System Impact and Facilities Study Business Procedures (New: 9/8/2001)

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)

If you have any questions concerning these study procedures, please contact Steve Sanders (Billings, MT) at 406-247-7436.
 

Modifications on a Non-Firm Basis (Redirect over Secondary POR's and POD's) (Updated: 9/3/2001)

Effective 12:00 Noon CDT, 6/18/2001

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.  Due to current constraints on the MAPP OASIS, the request to redirect on a Non-Firm basis must be made as an "ORIGINAL" request, as the standard OASIS "REDIRECT" REQUEST_TYPE is presently not recognized by the MAPP backend processes.  The "Secondary POR/POD Service" capacity type must be selected by the transmission customer when making a redirect request.  The assignment reference number for the confirmed Firm transmission service request being redirected on a Non-Firm basis must be entered in the REQUEST field.  (Note: Last sentence updated on 6/18/2001)

Clarification posted on 9/3/2001:  At the present time (based on the inability to utilize the OASIS "REDIRECT" REQUEST_TYPE (as noted above), Western will allow multiple parent requests to be redirected on a Non-Firm basis.  If multiple parent requests are redirected, the assignment reference for the first parent request shall be entered in the REQUEST field.  The customer shall also include the assignment references for all the parent requests (and the capacity amounts redirected from each parent request) in the Comments field.

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.  Redirect requests on the WAPA OASIS page will also be subject to the MAPP imposed restriction for submitting requests for transmission service to the WAUW.MPCO and WAUW.WACM service points, as noted in the MAPP "Miles City DC Tie Policy" posting under the "INFORMATION" link on the MAPP Schedule F OASIS page:

Miles City DC Tie Policy

If you have any questions concerning redirect requests, please contact Steve Sanders (Billings, MT) at 406-247-7436.
 

Rollover of Existing Long-Term Transmission Service

As outlined in FERC Docket No. ER00-1711-000 (Issued June 15, 2000), the following procedures must be followed to retain rollover priority for existing long-term transmission service:

"Any existing long-term customer that wishes to exercise its reservation priority must make an application for its new service term following the usual pro forma tariff procedures and notify the transmission provider, no less than sixty days (60 days) prior to the date an existing long-term contract ends and the new service term commences, that the long-term transmission customer wishes to exercise its reservation priority (right of first refusal) under Section 2.2 of the pro forma tariff."
 

Implementation of new MAPP Loss Repayment Policies, Effective 00:00 CST on February 1, 2001 (New 01/14/01)

Western posted notice of the upcoming implementation of the new MAPP Loss Repayment Policies, and guidelines for implementation, under the "UGPR OASIS News"  link, 01/14/2001 entry.
 

OASIS ATC Posting/Transmission Service Offerings (New 12/26/00)

Western posted several changes in its OASIS business practices under the "UGPR OASIS News"  link, items under 12/26/00 entry, regarding the following:

1) Change in Yearly Firm ATC Postings, Partial Service Offerings, and Service Offers when posted ATC is zero
2) Change in Scope of MAPP Schedule F, Change in Service available under Western's Tariff
 

Timing Requirements (Updated 05/24/2005)

Western posts the timing requirements for requests for service under its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) on its OASIS Home Page at the following link:

Transmission Request Timing Requirements

The timing requirements for MAPP Schedule F service over IS facilities are included in the MAPP Policies and Procedures document (link below).
 

Right of First Refusal Diagrams

The Right of First Refusal (ROFR) procedures utilized by Western (referenced in the timing requirements document) are shown in the diagrams in the following file:

Right of First Refusal Diagrams (Excel 97 Format)
 

Policy for Adjustment Criteria for Network Charges (Updated 10/02/2006)

Western posted a "Policy for Adjustment Criteria for Network Charges" which describes the policy Western's Upper Great Plains Region is adopting for making corrections to historical transmission bills for Network transmission service over the Integrated System.  It will become effective for Network transmission service after January 1, 2001.  The latest version of the policy document is posted at the following link:

 "Policy for Adjustment Criteria for Network Charges" (PDF Document)

If you have any questions concerning this policy, please contact Mr. Darrick Moe, Operations Support Manager, at (605) 882-7501.
 

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 administers the regional tariff and coordinates transmission service throughout the region.  This document also outlines requirements that must be met by the individual MAPP member transmission providers when offering transmission service under its own 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: