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Pending Upper Great Plains Region (UGPR) Business Practices (BPs)
  (Posted for 5 business day notice period)

(Last Update: December 18, 2015)

The following are the currently proposed pending versions (posted for the 5 business day notice period) of the UGPR Business Practices (BPs):

Note 1.  Western-UGP joined the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) as a transmission owner and transferred functional control of all of its eligible transmission facilities to SPP on October 1, 2015.  Transmission service over those UGP Regional transmission facilities is available solely under the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff (SPP Tariff).  Western-UGP still operates its Western Area Power Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area (“WAUW”).  Ancillary services offered by Western-UGP as the Balancing Authority operator for WAUW are also solely available under the SPP Tariff.  In coordination with SPP, Western-UGP will post and solicit comments for BPs related to its WAUW, or that otherwise might impact transmission service offered under the SPP Tariff, according to Western's posted Process for Creation of and Modification to Business Practices BP.  Upon posting a new or updated Effective BP to Western-UGP's OASIS home page, Western-UGP shall also provide the Effective BP to SPP for posting by SPP if required, as the Transmission Provider under the SPP Tariff, on the applicable SPP OASIS page.


1. (WAUW Related) Pending NEW Miles City DC Tie Tag Curtailments due to Deadband Business Practice (Posted 12/18/2015, Effective 12/29/2015)
    Notes: a) No changes made to Draft business practice posting.  b) No comments received from stakeholders during 10 day DRAFT review period.

 
Please submit any comments or questions on the proposed draft BP by the due date shown above to your specific Western Regional contact:

Previous Pending Postings Archive (Note:  For archive information only):

1. Pending UPDATED UGPR Timing Requirements Business Practice:  UGPR Timing Reqs BP (CLEAN)  (Posted 01/09/2014, Effective 01/17/2014)
    Notes: a) No changes made to Draft business practice posting.  b) No comments received from stakeholders during 10 day DRAFT review period.