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WECC PCC Meeting Status of SWAT Activities. Robert Kondziolka Salt River Project. October 26, 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah. WestConnect Others. WestConnect. Arizona Public Service El Paso Electric Imperial Irrigation District Nevada Power Company Public Service Colorado
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WECC PCC Meeting Status of SWAT Activities Robert Kondziolka Salt River Project October 26, 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah
WestConnect Others WestConnect • Arizona Public Service • El Paso Electric • Imperial Irrigation District • Nevada Power Company • Public Service Colorado • Public Service New Mexico • Salt River Project • Sierra Pacific Power Company • Southwest Transmission Cooperative • Tri-State G & T Association • Tucson Electric Power • Western Area Power Administration • - Rocky Mountain Region • - Desert Southwest Region • - CRSP Management Office 38,000 MW of Load 30,000 Miles of Transmission Line 6.5 Million Retail Customers Served
WestConnect Regional Planning Footprint with CCPG/SWAT NTAC NorthwestTransmissionAssessmentCommittee RMATS RockyMountainAreaTransmissionStudy CCPG CAISO ColoradoCoordinatedPlanningGroup CaliforniaIndependentSystemOperator SWAT SouthwestAreaTransmission STEP SouthwestTransmissionExpansionPlanning RMATS – http://psc.state.wy.us/htdocs/subregional/home.htm SWAT – http://www.azpower.org/swat CAISO – http://www.caiso.com/thegrid/planning/index.html STEP – http://www.caiso.com/docs/2002/11/04/2002110417450022131.htmp NTAC – http://www.nwpp.org/ntac CCPG – http://ccpg.basinelectric.com
WestConnect Objectives and Procedures Regional Transmission Planning Objectives • Promote Regional Planning in footprint - formalized relationship with CCPG and SWAT • Provide resources for development of a Ten Year Biennial Transmission Plan • Promote an open, transparent and alternatives-based transmission planning process to facilitate comment, input and exchange of information by all interested Stakeholders • Promote the coordination of the regional transmission planning process with other sub-regional transmission planning efforts within the Western Interconnection and WECC
Project Zia - Overview • Meeting on July 17th in Phoenix • Purpose - Brainstorm potential transmission expansion projects necessary for 10-20 years into the future • Approximately 40 attendees • 6 breakout groups looked at • Load Centers • Generation Sites • Transmission Projects • Groups took different approaches, but results were very similar
British Alberta Columbia Canada WA MT OR ID SD WY NV NE UT CO CA NM AZ Mexico Potential EHV Projects Peace Peace River River British British Alberta Alberta Columbia Columbia H Canada Canada Seattle Seattle WA WA Portland Portland MT MT Celilo Celilo Colstrip Colstrip Pacific Pacific OR OR ID ID Ocean Ocean Malin Malin SD SD WY WY Midpoint Midpoint Borah Borah Round Round Mountain Mountain Laramie Laramie Jim Jim Salt Salt Bridger Bridger River River NV NV Lake Lake NE NE Reno Reno City City San Francisco San Francisco H F, G UT UT Denver Denver B Market Market CO CO Four Four C Place Place CA CA Corners Corners D Los Los Palo Palo Angeles Angeles NM NM Verde Verde A Albuquerque Albuquerque E Phoenix Phoenix AZ AZ San Diego San Diego Legend Tucson Tucson Mexico Mexico El Paso El Paso Proposed/Planned projects Potential Transmission identified