A number of Northwest and Southwest Transmission Providers are studying the utilization of the AC Intertie (COI). For several months each year, considerable capacity on the COI goes unused each day. For this reason, these Transmission Providers are looking for ways to increase the use of the COI. As part of this process, the Transmission Providers would like to hear what other interested parties think could increase COI usage.

All interested parties are invited to attend a meeting in Portland, Oregon on September 22, 2010, to present suggestions for improving COI usage. The meeting will be in the Multnomah Room at the PDX Conference Center at the Portland Airport from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A phone bridge will also be available for participants unable to attend in person. See more information on the Transmission Use Group Merchant Meeting announcemnet in the News folder to the left. (posted 09/02/2010)

Title Changes for PGE Transmission and Distribution Vice Presidents

In an effort to better clarify roles for external customers the following title changes are effective immediately:

Stephen Hawke is now Senior Vice President Customer Service, Transmission and Distribution

Bruce Carpenter is now Vice President Distribution Services

Bill Nicholson is now Vice President Distribution Operations

(posted 09/01/2010)

PGE Near Term Transmission Plan Draft

Pursuant to PGE�s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), attached is a DRAFT copy of PGE�s Third Quarter 2010 Presentation on its Near Term Transmission Plan. The information attached will be presented on August 31, 2010, Third Quarter Customer Meeting, after execution of appropriate Non-Disclosure Agreements by meeting attendees. If you have any comments on the attached Presentation, contact Jennifer Galloway at 503-464-7465 by September 30, 2010.

This Presentation contains certain Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII). Accordingly, those portions of the report with contain CEII have been redacted. If you would like a copy of the un-redacted version of the Presentation, contact Jennifer Galaway at 503-464-7465.

You will be asked to sign a CEII Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to PGE Transmission (PGET) releasing the information, acknowledging that the information provided is the property of PGE, and that the compromise of such information to persons that do not have a business need for the information could place PGE�s infrastructure in harms way. (posted: 08/23/2010)

Notice of Change to ATC Calculation

PGE plans to alter our implementation of the forecast load component of Planning Horizon ATC calculation on September 1, 2010. Please see the notice in either the News or ATC Information folders. (posted: 07/15/2010)

Intra-Hour Transmission Reservations Business Practice, Rev 1 has been Posted

The Intra-Hour Transmission Reservations Business Practice, has been revised to clarify transmission reservation use, especially Secondary PTP service as being a Redirect of Firm PTP service. The revised business practice is posted in the Business Practices folder. (posted: 07/15/2010)

PGE has Deactivated Posted Paths at Bethel and Gresham

The PGE to Bethel and the PGE to Gresham OASIS Posted Paths and their respective opposites have been deactivated, and are no longer be posted as reservation paths. The paths will remain as scheduling paths mapped to PGE to PACW and PACW to PGE so they can still be scheduled if it ever becomes the practice between PGE and PACW to do so. (posted 07-07-2010)

PGE NITS on OASIS Project

PGE Transmission and Reliability Services is working on transitioning NITS functions to be performed on OASIS as proposed in FERC Order 890. This is known as our NITS on OASIS Project. When it is implemented the designation and termination of loads and resources will be performed on OASIS similar to how TSRs are performed presently. When fully implemented the entire NITS process of the Part III of the OATT will be performed on OASIS. Our intent is to be compliant with the proposed NAESB OASIS Standards addressing NITS on OASIS that will be sent to FERC for approval later this year. Our implementation will be consistent with FERC�s approval of these revised standards.

OATI is offering training to interested network customers to get introduced to this new process. PGE encourages all network customers to participate.

If you have any questions concerning PGE�s NITS on OASIS Project please contact Matt Richard.

Customer Training

The following Webcasts have been scheduled for the NITS Customer Training.

If you have Transmission Customers that are interested in participating, please have them email a preferred session date to webcast@oati.net with the subject line �NITS Customer Training.� Each company will be allowed one seat in order to accommodate everyone.

Session Dates:

June 17, 2010 @ 10:00 AM � 12:00 PM PPT

July 15, 2010 @ 10:00 AM � 12:00 PM PPT

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mark Nielson at Mark.Nielson@oati.net. (posted 6/14/2010)

PGE to Remove Posted Paths at Bethel and Gresham

The PGE to Bethel and the PGE to Gresham OASIS Posted Paths and their respective opposites will be deactivated on July 7, 2010 and at that time will no longer be posted as reservation paths. The paths were posted, and ATC offered, on August 5, 2007. Transmission service has never been requested on these paths nor have schedules ever been transacted. The paths are presently mapped to the existing PGE to PACW and PACW to PGE paths so there will be no loss of capability or functionality when the reservation paths are removed from OASIS. The paths will remain as scheduling paths mapped to PGE to PACW and PACW to PGE so they can still be scheduled if it ever becomes the practice between PGE and PACW to do so. PACW also has these paths posted as scheduling paths. Questions concerning this action may be directed to Matt Richard, Transmission Operations Specialist at 503-464-7243. (posted 06-02-2010)

Designation and Termination of Network Resources, Rev 5, Business Practice has been Posted

The Designation and Termination of Network Resources Business Practice, Rev 5, and Off-System DNR Request Form, v8, have been posted in the Network resource Business Practice folder inside the Business Practices, Waivers and Exemptions folder. (posted 05-03-2010)

2nd Quarter Customer Meeting Tuesday, May 11, 2010

PGE Transmission & Reliability Services is planning to hold a Quarterly Customer Meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at PGE's Headquarters in Portland, Oregon in the Two World Trade Center (2WTC) River Room to discuss PGE transmission-related issues.

If you would like to propose a topic or topics to be addressed at the meeting, please provide this information to Raul Madarang at 503-464-7902 by the close of business Friday, April 23, 2010.

If you are planning to attend the Quarterly Customer Meeting, we would appreciate hearing from you prior to April 30, 2010 so we may have an adequate number of handouts available for the attendees. Please contact Raul Madarang at the phone number above if you plan to attend the meeting.

Call-in phone number is 503-464-2220, Meeting ID# 1112 (posted: 4/12/2010)

Notice to All Transmission Customers and Potential Customers

PGE Transmission has updated its Generator Interconnection Request Queue List on OASIS, to include separate columns that distinguish between the Requested In-Service Date and the Projected In-Service Date of the projects. It is our hope that this information will provide a more accurate perspective about the anticipated in-service date of the projects pending in our queue, particularly to the extent one or more of the projects may include transmission lines/upgrades that may need to be constructed in conjunction with such request(s)." (posted 04/09/2010)

Attention All PGE Network Transmission Customers

BPAT will be taking the Keeler to Pearl 500 kV transmission line out of service from April 13 through April 30, 2010 for scheduled maintenance. The outage of this line significantly reduces the capacity of the South of Allston Flowgate from 3100 MW down to 800 MW. Previous reductions of this magnitude have led to in-hour curtailments of import schedules being delivered over BPAT non-firm transmission to BPAT.PGE. PGE Transmission and Reliability Services strongly encourages all network transmission customers to use firm transmission service through BPAT during this period or have alternative methods in place to ensure their ability to serve load.

Please contact Matt Richard at 503-464-7243 if you have any questions or concerns. (posted: 3/29/2010)

PGE Transmission is now accepting Intra-hour Transactions

PGE Transmission has begun allowing intra-hour transactions as of 0800 on February 15, 2010. Our intra-hour business practices have been posted in the production Business Practices, Waivers and Exemptions Folder. Please contact Matt Richard if you have any questions. (posted 02/15/2010)

Designation and Termination of Network Resources, Rev 5, Draft Business Practice has been Posted

The Draft Designation and Termination of Network Resources Business Practice, Rev 5, and Off-System DNR Request Form, v8, have been posted in the Draft Business Practices folder inside the Business Practices, Waivers and Exemptions folder. (posted 02-08-2009)

Arranging Long Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Business Practice has been Posted

The Arranging Long Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Business Practice, rev 0, has been posted to OASIS with an effective date of January 15, 2010. (posted: 01/15/2010)

If there are any topics a customer would like addressed at this meeting, please contact Raul Madarang at 503-464-7902 by end of business day Friday, January 22, 2010.

Annulment of Pre-Confirmed Transmission Sevice Requests Business Practice has been Posted

The Annulment Draft Business Practice has been posted with an effective date of December 7, 2009. (posted: 12-07-2009)

Priority Evalutions for Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Requests Business Practice has been Posted

The Priority Evalutions for Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Requests Business Practice has been posted as effective today November 16, 2009. (posted: 11-16-2009)

Colstrip Study Notice Posted

NorthWestern Energy, Avista Corporation, PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Company, Puget Sound Energy and the Bonneville Power Administration commissioned an exploratory study (Colstrip 500 kV Upgrade Exploratory Study) to evaluate the potential for upgrading the Colstrip Transmission System and other Pacific Northwest Transmission Facilities to determine the increased transmission capacity from Colstrip to the Mid-C without constructing new transmission lines. If you would like to request a copy of the study report, please refer to the "Colstrip Study Notice (10-21-09)" document posted in the Transmission Planning folder. (posted 10-26-2009)

Transmission Planning Business Practice, Rev 4, has been Posted

Transmission Planning Business Practice, Rev 4, has been posted in the "Business Practices and Policies" folder. The effective date of this revised BP is October 15, 2009. (posted: 10-15-2009)

Longer Term Local Transmission Plan

Pursuant to PGE�s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), a DRAFT copy of PGE�s Longer Term Local Transmission Plan is located in the "Transmission Planning" folder under the "Local Transmission Plans" subfolder. The information will also be presented at the Third Quarter Customer Meeting on August 11, 2009, at Two World Trade Center (2WTC) in the River Room from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. (posted: 07/10/2009)

Non Firm ATC Calculation Modified

The Non Firm ATC Calculation has been modified effective May 21, 2009 to subtract the transmission allocation of a Dynamic Transaction Type E-Tags instead of the energy profile value in the Scheduling and Operating ATC Horizons. See the updated ATC Algorythms document in the ATC Information Folder. (posted: 05/21/2009)

Processing Requests for CEII Business Practice Revision Effective April 1, 2009

Processing Requests for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) Business Practice was revised and posted to OASIS on April 1, 2009. This revision added a request form, requirements to complete the form and added a revised specific Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for CEII. The new business practice, form and NDA are located in the Requests for CEII folder inside the Business Practices folder. (posted: 04/01/2009)

103LINKTOAC becomes 103LINKTOJD on November 1st.

Please be advised that commencing October 30, 2008 (to enable prescheduling for Nov 1st), our new Business Practice, �Use of Dual Segment Transactions on Linked Transmission Paths� will become effective. This business practice describes how to tag linked path transactions within PGE�s system.

There are a couple of changes to your tagging practices that need to be understood. The previous dual segment transaction for the path from PGE to BPAT.PGE that had the Transmission Service Number (TSN), �103LINKTOAC� had an assigned PSE of �PGEM�. The new TSN will be, �103LINKTOJD� and the assigned PSE for the physical segment utilizing this number will now be 'PGE'.

Assigning PGE as the PSE will enable all of our customers to utilize the linked paths described in the business practice.

In summary:

� Use 103LINKTOJD as the OASIS Number on the physical segment from PGE to BPAT.PGE.

� Use PGE as the PSE on this segment.

� Only use 103LINKTOJD if it is linked to your PGE transmission from John Day to COB.

Please see the new business practice for more details or give PGE Transmission a call for more information. (posted 10/28/2008)(updated 10/30/2008)