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Donald Davies Chief Senior Engineer

Donald Davies Chief Senior Engineer. Planning Coordinator Coverage Proposal September 2013 Planning Coordination Committee. Outline. Planning Coordinator (Planning Authority) Planning Coordinator Gaps Planning Coordinator Options. Planning Coordinator(Planning Authorities) . Definition

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Donald Davies Chief Senior Engineer

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  1. Donald DaviesChief Senior Engineer Planning Coordinator Coverage Proposal September 2013 Planning Coordination Committee

  2. Outline • Planning Coordinator (Planning Authority) • Planning Coordinator Gaps • Planning Coordinator Options

  3. Planning Coordinator(Planning Authorities) • Definition • The functional entity that coordinates, facilitates, integrates and evaluates (generally one year and beyond) transmission facility and service plans, and resource plans within a Planning Coordinator area and coordinates those plans with adjoining Planning Coordinator areas.

  4. Planning Coordinator • Currently there are 15 standards with 56 requirements where Planning Coordinators (Planning Authorities) are responsible • The Major Reliability Requirements Include • SOL Methodology • Transfer Capability Methodology • Planning Performance • Establishment of SOLs • Forecasts • Voltage Criteria • Transmission System Modeling • UFLS and UVLS Programs

  5. Why Planning Coordinator Gaps • There are 29 Registered Planning Authorities (Planning Coordinators) that do not cover all Transmission Planners, Transmission Owners, Resource Planners, and Generator Owners • Transmission Planners, Transmission Owners, Resource Planners, and Generator Owners cannot identify their Planning Coordinators • Planning Coordinators do not want the liability or responsibility of being a Planning Coordinators for Others • Transmission and Resource Planners • Do not want responsibility or liability of Planning Coordinators • Believe others should perform duties of Planning Coordinators

  6. Why Planning Coordinator Gaps • Lack of Clarity with the Functional Model relative to Planning Function • Historically WECC has performed many of these functions • Temporary review groups have performed other functions • Who is the Planning Coordinator for: • Multi-regional Projects • Existing Facilities e.g. generator owner or transmission owner • Merchant Projects (Investment Project)

  7. Planning Coordinator Gaps • What are the risks to reliability for having gaps? • What are we to do to resolve gaps?

  8. Reliability Risk vs. Compliance Risk • Planning Coordinator Reliability Risks may be: • Inadequate transmission system models • Not having the methodologies and tools for BES contingency analysis • Planning Assessments that do not result in acceptable performance response within steady state voltage limits, post-contingency voltage limits, and transient voltage limits • Inadequate coordination and understanding of protection system operation including RAS, UFLS, UVLS, etc. • Inappropriate transfer capabilities • Planning Coordinator Compliance Risks may be: • Liable for the penalties and sanctions assessed by the RE, NERC and FERC • Liable for litigation brought from retail and wholesale customer groups

  9. Planning Coordinator Options • Create Centralized Planning Coordinator(s) • RC(s), RTO(s) or Independent System Transmission Operators to take responsibility • Use Existing Regional Planning Groups • Existing Groups or new groups would take on tasks • Keep Existing Planning Coordinators • Use WECC Planning Committees and Subcommittees to coordinate PC requirements • Continue to use WECC Committees/Subcommittees to perform Wide Area Studies • Register more Entities as Planning Coordinators to fill gaps

  10. Planning Coordinator Options • Align Planning Coordinator Areas with Balancing Authority Areas • Clearly defined areas • Ensures transmission assets are covered • Most Balancing Authorities are already registered as Planning Coordinators • What does the industry want as the preferred Planning Coordinator Structure to make sure there are no reliability gaps?

  11. Donald Davies donald@wecc.biz 801.883.6844 Questions?

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