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Status Update on ETI Transition to Competition Plan (TTC) Filing. Entergy Transmission Planning Summit July 29, 2008. Regulatory and Legislative Requirements. HB 1567 passed in mid--2005 required Entergy Texas to:
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Status Update on ETI Transition to Competition Plan (TTC) Filing Entergy Transmission Planning Summit July 29, 2008
Regulatory and Legislative Requirements • HB 1567 passed in mid--2005 required Entergy Texas to: • Not later than January 1, 2006 file a plan with the commission for identifying the applicable power region or power regions that might ultimately support retail open access. • Not later than January 1, 2007 file a "transition to competition plan", identifying in part how the company plans "to achieve full customer choice" (interpreted to be synonymous with retail open access, or ROA).
Entergy’s TTC Filing • On December 29, 2006 Entergy filed a plan identifying two power regions that might support ROA: (1) ERCOT, (2) the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). • On June 4, 2007 Entergy filed a modified plan identifying three alternatives for integrating ETI into ERCOT.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT”) Abatement Order • In docket No. 33687, the PUCT: • Abated the TTC Plan docket, and ordered Entergy to request SPP to conduct an analysis similar to the Phase II Entergy Integration Report completed by ERCOT in 2006. • Approved a work plan and timeline proposed by SPP regarding the work on its analysis. • Directed ERCOT to update its Phase II study contemporaneously with SPP's study. • Ordered Entergy to provide an updated analysis of the costs and benefits of Entergy Texas remaining in SERC." • Web site: http://www.puc.state.tx.us/index.cfm
Work Plan, Planning Studies and Key Assumptions • Entergy Transmission is working with SPP RTO and ERCOT to provide models and data required by RTOs to perform independent studies to integration ETI into their respected regions. • Technical/Economic Studies • Reliability/Stability (NERC and Regional Standards; Local Criteria) • Market Power • Economic • Key Assumptions (Consistency) • Status Quo • Future Transmission and Generation • Study Year • Project Cost/Fuel Cost • Tie Back Configuration (Reliability) • DC Ties sizing (Whole contracts/Reliability)