Purpose and Benefits- TEPPC Studies
TAS Re-Consideration Request by CAISO
06/29/2016
Vijay A Satyal PhD Sr. Policy Analyst - WECC
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Purpose of the TEPPC Studies
Multiple uses :
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WECC Planning
– Identify potential future reliability risks – resource mix/path-flows/retirements
– Conduct system adequacy and stability analyses
– (FERC recognition in Staff Guidance Paper- 01/20/2016 – Docket No: AD 16-14-000)
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Regional Planning Groups
– Assists with FERC Order 890 obligations (data / tools / benchmark comparisons)
– Assist with FERC Order 1000 compliance
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All Stakeholders
– Provide Interconnection-wide perspective
– Multiple perspectives—Load Serving Entities, Transmission Owners, Transmission Planners,
State/Provincial governments, technology and environmental advocates and tribal
communities.
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Transparent stakeholder Process
– Public vetting of study requests, data and modeling assumptions
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Benefits of the TEPPC Study Program
• Transparent development of study cases to be
evaluated
• FERC filings of entities recognize use
of/leveraging the WECC stakeholder based
planning processes*
• Studies not intended to be (and clarified)*:
– Individual project driven (cost-allocation)
– Limited to single utility/regional planning group
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