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WestConnect Subregional Planning Update. Jerry D. Smith WestConnect Planning Manager. WestConnect Subregional Planning Groups. CCPG and SWAT act as WestConnect technical planning work groups for WestConnect planning area Coordinate Base Cases for use by all study participants
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WestConnect Subregional Planning Update Jerry D. Smith WestConnect Planning Manager TEPPC 031408Mtg
WestConnect Subregional Planning Groups • CCPG and SWAT act as WestConnect technical planning work groups for WestConnect planning area • Coordinate Base Cases for use by all study participants • Define subregional study plans, provide study resources, and perform studies • Provide forum for coordination and peer review of planning studies and 10-year plans CCPG SIERRA ColoradoCoordinatedPlanningGroup New Area ? SWAT SouthwestAreaTransmission TEPPC 031408Mtg
2007 WestConnectSubregional Planning Participants • 13 WestConnect Project Agreement for Subregional Transmission Planning Members • 15 Other Participating Utilities • 15 Governmental Entities • 29 At large Industry Participants TEPPC 031408Mtg
Status of WestConnectSubregional Planning Process • 2007 Planning Cycle concluded • Annual Planning Meeting 1/17/08 • Ten Year Plan and Planning Report approved by Planning Mgmt Comm / Steering Comm • 2008 Planning Cycle has commenced • 2013 & 2018 Base Case being coordinated • Annual Adequacy Study of Plan this summer • Biennial Long Range Study conclude in 2009 • SWAT and CCPG will oversee Other Studies TEPPC 031408Mtg
WestConnect Annual Adequacy Study • Purpose – test the adequacy of most recently published WestConnect Transmission Plan (excluding conceptual projects) • A WestConnect-wide study utilizing the 5th and 10th year coordinated base cases • Perform traditional N-0, N-1 and N-2 contingency outages • Establish reliability risk of potential corridor outages with planned transmission projects in 10th year • Complete studies by August joint CCPG/SWAT meeting • Deficiencies in plan noted with sufficient lead time for subregional planning participants to investigate solutions for inclusion in the 2008 WestConnect Transmission Plan TEPPC 031408Mtg
WestConnect Biennial Long Range Study • Purpose – Biennially explore conceptual long range transmission needs within WestConnect Planning Area. • A Westconnect –wide study of contemporary issues facing the industry in the 10th year and beyond. • Utilizes the 10th year coordinated base case with load forecasts and generation scenarios representative of the study time period. Study limited to power flow and only considers N-1 outages. • Initial study has two fold objective: • Provide traditional transmission reliability oriented studies in response to the TEPPC economic transmission study results, • Study WestConnect-wide integration of renewable energy projects • Complete initial study in 2009 TEPPC 031408Mtg
Colorado Energy Resource Zones TEPPC 031408Mtg
NM Wind Collector System Integrated with HPX TEPPC 031408Mtg
Conceptual Transmission for Renewables TEPPC 031408Mtg
2008-2017 Plan Summary TEPPC 031408Mtg
Figure 2 – Cost Distribution by Voltage Class 2008-2017 Plan Cost TEPPC 031408Mtg
Planned Projects by Year TEPPC 031408Mtg
Conceptual Projects by Year TEPPC 031408Mtg
Planned Projects by State TEPPC 031408Mtg
Conceptual Projects by State TEPPC 031408Mtg