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Entergy Transmission Planning Summit. Randy Helmick Vice President, Transmission Entergy Services Inc. New Orleans, LA July 29, 2008. Progress Toward Target Zero. 61% Decrease. 60% Decrease. Progress Toward Target Zero. 46% Decrease. 54% Decrease. Transmission Investments.
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Entergy TransmissionPlanning Summit Randy Helmick Vice President, Transmission Entergy Services Inc. New Orleans, LA July 29, 2008
Progress Toward Target Zero 61% Decrease 60% Decrease
Progress Toward Target Zero 46% Decrease 54% Decrease
Transmission Investments Nearly $1.9 billion spent in the last 5 years
Sample Major Transmission Investments RECENTLY COMPLETED OR ONGOING PROJECTS • Amite South Import (ASI) Improvement Plan: Phases 2 & 3 (ELL) • New Panama to Dutch Bayou 230 kV line • Upgrade Coly to Vignes 230 kV line • Upgrade Conway to Bagatelle 230 kV Line • Little Rock Area Var Support (EAI) • Capacitor bank upgrades or additions at four Little Rock area substations PLANNED PROJECTS * • 2011 – Holland’s Bottom EHV (Cabot): (EAI) • 2011 – Western Region Phase 3 Interim: (ETI) • 2011 – Tillatoba to South Grenada 230 kV line: (EMI) • 2012 – Loblolly to Hammond 230 kV line: (EGSL/ELL) * Projects are subject to regulatory and/or Company review. Some projects still required detailed scoping and analysis. Thus, proposed in-service dates could change.
2008 Arkansas Storms Significant Damage to the Arkansas transmission system: • 36 Wood H-Frame Structures down (115 kV and 161 kV) • 11 Lattice Towers down, 5 damaged (230 kV) • 12 Lattice Towers down (500 kV) • 8 Guyed Aluminum Towers down (500 kV) 2008 Year to Date Storm Spending (Arkansas) Transmission Capital: $ 9,317,094 Transmission O&M: $ 799,331 Vegetation O&M: $ 362,372 $ 10,478,797
Transmission Challenges • Implications of Expanding Global Economies • Chinese and Indian expanding systems at unprecedented rates • Increased demand for key commodities and components • Driving huge cost increases on material & components required to expand U.S. infrastructure • Lead times for key components increasing • Increasing difficulty in obtaining right-of-way for lines and substations • Fuel costs/focus on energy infrastructure • Workforce demographics
Compliance with Industry Standards/Practices • Entergy’s transmission planning process adheres to the Company’s and industry’s principles regarding reliability, safety, and comparability. • This philosophy also applies to other Transmission-related functions such as design, operations, and maintenance. • Entergy’s continued focus will be compliance with the industry standards and the subsequent changes/successors to those standards.
Meeting Customer Needs • Entergy’s objective is to equitably meet the transmission needs of all of our customers. • The Transmission Planning Summit provides an opportunity to share our planning process and transmission expansion plan with all interested parties. • Entergy has continued to enhanced its transmission planning process through the involvement of the ICT. • Your inputs are instrumental to this process.Thanks for your participation!