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WECC ISAS Committee. Following Reserve Assistance Program. Scott Kinney Avista - Director Power Supply On behalf of MC Initiative Members. August 26, 2013. Agenda. Background Enhanced Market Tools Following Reserve Assistance Program. Background. NW BA leadership met in March 2012
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WECC ISAS Committee Following Reserve Assistance Program Scott Kinney Avista - Director Power Supply On behalf of MC Initiative Members August 26, 2013
Agenda • Background • Enhanced Market Tools • Following Reserve Assistance Program
Background • NW BA leadership met in March 2012 • Address renewable energy integration • Address regulatory pressure • FERC • States • Reduce operating costs • Control our own destiny
MC Participant Organizations • Avista Corporation • Balancing Authority of Northern California (BANC) • Bonneville Power Administration • B.C. Hydro and Power Authority • Eugene Water & Electric Board • IberdrolaRenewables • Idaho Power Company • NaturEner Wind Holding • NorthWestern Energy • PacifiCorp • Portland General Electric • Puget Sound Energy • Chelan County PUD • Clark County PUD • Cowlitz County PUD • Douglas County PUD • Grant County PUD • Snohomish County PUD • Seattle City Light • Tacoma Power • Turlock Irrigation District • WAPA, Upper Great Plains
Objectives from the Problem Statement Develop or identify tools or alternatives to: • better manage ramps and increasing demand for balancing capacity associated with variable energy resources; • more systematically share load and resource diversity across their systems; • better manage and use the increasingly constrained regional transmission system;
Objectives from the Problem Statement • contain the costs and compliance risks associated with operating Balancing Authorities; • address issues of cost causation and cost allocation; • leverage existing tools and platforms as feasible; and • preserve the value of the existing Contingency Reserve Sharing Program
Enhanced Market and Operational Tools (EMT) Alternatives Focus was on three main areas: • Opportunities to make existing and emerging bilateral market tools (and transmission provider business practices and tariff provisions) work better to meet intra-hour trading needs • Following Reserve Assistance Program • Transmission Visibility Enhancement
Building Blocks • Automated BA reliability tool • Leverage BA load and generation diversity • Utilize existing Contingency Reserve Sharing Program • Participating BAs must maintain sufficient regulating capacity • BAs maintain compliance obligations • Request that all NWPP BAs participate
General ConceptPool in-hour reserves, share point-in-time diversity, manage tail events, maintain individual compliance BA’s Receive Assistance according to request, Available pool supply of Program Reserves, and Transmission availability Pool a portion of BA’s Available Program Reserves NWPP
FRAP Benefits • Analysis uses actual data • Supports regional reliability • Automated assistance • Captures regional load and generation diversity • Shares non deployed intra-hour reserves and ramping capability • Assists BAs with large load and generation deviations • Reduces risk of imbalance-related curtailments • Minimal implementation cost and risk • Limited software and hardware needs • No system operator • Works within existing bilateral market • “Guard Rails” to protect participating BAs
FRAP Benefits • Staged implementation allows for refinement • Shadow trial Q4 2013 – 6 months • Field trial 2014 • Long-term with potential to integrate into EIM structure • Opportunity to inform other regional initiatives • EIM Resource Sufficiency requirements • NERC BAL standard changes – common reserve methodology • Potential for future reduction of individual BA reserve requirements
Protocols for FRAP Trials • Implement operating rules to create benefit but limit exposure • BAs must deploy their own reserves before requesting • Requests allow BAs to return to reliable operating point • BAs choose whether to make a request (not mandatory) • Rules for requesting and responding • Event driven - BAs must satisfy conditions of a Qualifying Event • No limit on number of requests or time of requests • Magnitude and duration of requests are limited • Individual BAs response is limited • Pro-rata distribution of requests based on reserves held • Requests initially limited to increases (INC) only • Automated request terminations
Diversity Analysis • 19 BAs studied • Utilized 2011 data • BPA rate case methodology
FRAP Analysis • Actual held Program Reserves varies per BA today • No common methodology utilized • Analysis assumed each BA held consistent Program Reserves • 95% percentile of 2011 INC reserves deployed • Incorporated Field Trial operating protocols • Request assistance upon meeting a Qualifying Event • Limited request magnitude and duration • Pro-rata response to requests • Responding BA provides up to 50% of their Program Reserves • Automatic request terminations • No transmission limitations
FRAP Analysis • Reduction in overall deployment of Program Reserves due to sharing • Overall 29% reduction • All BAs benefit from FRAP • 18% to 33% reduction in deployed Program Reserves
FRAP Analysis Percentile Distribution of the INC Program Reserves Deployed NWPP Total, a Large BA, Medium BA and a Small BA
BA Receiving Assistance FRAP assistance requested FRAP assistance received Reserves Deployed w/o FRAP Reserves Deployed w/ FRAP
Shadow Trial – Q4 2013 • Low cost, no risk evaluation • Concept validation without direct impact to operations • Evaluate benefits based on current BA operations • Requires consistent, time stamped data • Perform after-the-fact analysis • Program data provided back to each BA • Provides additional time and data to • Educate participants and system operators • Develop settlement methodology • Assess Program Reserve methodology – held and deployed • Meet with FERC to discuss concept and Tariff requirements
Field Trial – 2014? • Evaluate and modify operating rules after Shadow Trial • Program Reserves methodology • Settlement methodology • Evaluate actual benefits and equity • Determine impact on system operation including transmission • Integrate with other regional efforts – EIM • Meet NERC CPS requirements as a pool
FRAP Summary • Sharing of in-hour Reserves • Leverage Contingency Reserve Sharing Program • Share point in time diversity • Ability to meet large ramps • Reduce operating risk and curtailments • No initial reduction in held reserves • Event driven • Guard rails in place to provide benefit and limit exposure • Low cost and risk • Gather data and operating experience
Questions Scott Kinney Avista Corp – Merchant scott.kinney@avistacorp.com