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)

The Intra-hour Transmission Reservation Business Practice Draft has been Updated
PGE has updated its draft Intra-hour Transmission Reservation Business Practice to relax submittal timing requirements of an intra-hour reservation. This BP is still set to go effective on February 15, 2010. Please contact Matt Richard if you have any questions. (posted 02/08/2010)

PGE Transmission will Commence Intra-hour Transactions on Febraury 15, 2010
PGE Transmission will begin allowing intra-hour transactions at 0800 on February 15, 2010. At this time our intra-hour business practices will be posted as effective in the production Business Practices, Waivers and Exemptions Folder. We will limit activty to one transaction per transmission customer per hour as stated in the business practices. Please contact Matt Richard if you have any questions. (posted 02/01/2010)

Draft Intra-hour Transaction Business Practices have been updated and Posted
The Intra-hour Transmission Reservation and Intra-hour Request for Interchange business practices have been updated and posted in final draft form to allow for review prior to going effective February 15, 2010. The PGE OATT changes required prior to implementing these BPs were submitted to FERC with an effective date of February 1st. These BPs may be viewed in the Draft Business Practices folder inside the Business Practices, Waivers and Exemptions folder to the left. Comments may be sent to Matt Richard. (posted: 02/01/2010)

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)

Notice of Quarterly Customer Meeting - February 9, 2010

PGE Transmission & Reliability Services is planning a Quarterly Customer Meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at PGE's Headquarters in Portland located in Two World Trade Center (2WTC) Oregon Room to discuss PGE transmission-related issues.

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)

Notice of Quarterly Customer Meeting - Nov 10, 2009

PGE Transmission & Reliability Services is planning a Quarterly Customer Meeting and Annual Network Operating Committee Meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at PGE's Headquarters in Portland located in Two World Trade Center (2WTC) River Room to discuss PGE transmission-related issues.

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 Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

If you would like to attend this meeting in person or by conference call, please contact Raul Madarang before November 3, 2009. Call-in phone number is 503-464-2220, Meeting ID# 1111. (posted: Oct 12, 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)

Presentation at IRP Meeting

PGE will hold a meeting with the stakeholders involved in PGE's integrated resource planning process on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. at the Portland World Trade Center. The meeting will include, in part, a presentation by PGE's Director of Transmission and Reliability Services discussing regional transmission planning initiatives. PGE merchant employees may be present at part or all of the meeting. No transmission function information will be disclosed and copies of the presentation will be available on PGE's website after the meeting. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Rebecca Brown at Rebecca.Brown@pgn.com, 503-464-8545. (posted: 05-13-2009)

2008 FERC Informational Filing has been Posted

The document, Portland General Electric Company, Docket No. OA08-111-, Annual Informational Filing on Operational Penalty Assessments and Distributions as Required by Order Nos. 890 and 890-A has been posted in the FERC-Informational Filings folder (posted: 4-24-2009)

Scheduling 2 Billing for Colstrip Transmission Business Practice Posted

Reactive Supply and Voltage Control (Scheule 2) Charges for Colstrip Plant Transmission Lines Business Practice was posted on OASIS today in the Business Practices folder. The purpose of this business practice is to provide Transmission Customers with updated information on the assessment of Reactive Supply and Voltage Control charges for Colstrip Plant Transmission lines. (posted: 04/21/2009)

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)

Curtailment Guidelines Business Practice will be effective March 16, 2009

A new business practice, Curtailment Guidelines, has been posted in the Business Practices folder and will be effective March 16, 2009. The business practice describes PGE's process for curtailment management with emphasis on the COI N-S path but the methodology applies to all posted paths. Also posted is a spreadsheet, the Schedule Limit Calculator, that may be used by firm customers to determine their own limits that could be imposed on reservations under certain conditions on the COI N-S path. (posted: 03/12/2009)

PGE to Implement New Billing System

Effective February 1, 2009, PGE Transmission & Reliability Services will implement a new billing system, the Transmission Settlement System (TSS), to handle all transmission settlement billing. The January 2009 settlement period will be the first billing cycle to undergo processing with this new system.

PGE will send an explanatory letter to Transmission Customers describing what changes may be expected. If you have any questions please contact Clifford Garner, OASIS, Billing and Accounting Lead at 503-464-7667. (posted: 01/21/2009)

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)

PGE to Install 230/115-kV Auto-Transformer

PGE plans to install a 230/115-kV, 320 MVA auto-transformer at Sunset Substation, located in Hillsboro, Oregon. This project requires construction of a new 230-kV transmission line from Keeler Substation to Sunset Substation (approximately 1.0 miles). The expected energization date for this project is June 1, 2010.

PGE's ultimate plan is to install a second 230/115-kV, 320 MVA auto-transformer at Sunset Substation at a future date, (date is TBD - contingent on area load growth). (posted: 7/17/2008)