Southern Region
Integration Update
3/20/13
Southern Region Integration Update
• Reliability Plan changes
– 3/12 SERC Operating Committee- Endorsed
– 3/13 NERC ORS Executive Committee- Endorsed
– 3/25 NERC Operating Committee
• RC Certification
– 4/9-4/11 Extended one day to facilitate new member interviews
– MISO progress on track
• RC Requirement Matrix submitted to SERC on 3/15
• Finalized Member integration dates
• More Information located at link below
– https://www.misoenergy.org/WhatWeDo/StrategicInitiatives/Sout
hernRegionIntegration/Pages/SouthernRegionIntegration.aspx
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Scope of Integration:
Summary Timeline for RC Services and BA Functions
Dec 31, 2012
BA commits
to join MISO
and signs
KK1
Feb 15
Dissolving BAs
submit network
model to Entergy
Jan 31
BA signs
Amended BA
Agreement with
MISO or LBA
Agreement with
Entergy
Mar 1
Future LBAs submit
network model to MISO
Jun 1
Begin RC
Services
May 10
NERC RC Certification
Complete
Sep 13
Closed Loop
Testing
Complete
Sep 23-27
NERC BA
Certification
Visit
Apr 8-12
NERC RC
Certification
Site Visit
Nov 15
NERC BA
Certification
Complete
2014
2013
May - Jun
Parallel
Operations
Nov 2012 - Apr 2013
Wide Area Network Connectivity between sites
Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Network Model Update
Dec 19, 2013
Integration
into MISO
Market
Apr- May
NERC Follow-up Items
Aug - Sep
New Member LBA/GOP
Operator Training
August
Open Loop Testing
Mar- Apr
New Member
RC Operator Training
Sep - Nov
Market Trials: Member Testing and
Interaction
Sep - Nov
NERC Follow-up
Items
Apr - Sep
Closed Loop Testing
Integration Tasks
Readiness tasks
*Timelines as of 3/15/13. Some dates subject to change
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MISO Reliability Coordination expansion– 6/1/2013
Acronym
1
CLEC
CLECO
2
SME
South Mississippi Electric Power
Association
WMU
3
LAGN
Louisiana Generating, LLC
95 MW
4
LAFA
Lafayette Utilities System
5
LEPA
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
6
WMU
City of West Memphis, AR
7
CWAY
City of Conway, AR
8
NLR
CWAY
215 MW
NLR
BA Name
#
245 MW
City of North Little Rock, AR
SME
1,601 MW
CLEC
LAGN
2,209 MW
2,247 MW
LAFA
LEPA
495 MW
231 MW
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MISO Balancing Authority – 12/19/2013
#
PLUM1
38 MW
215 MW
Entergy (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi,
New Orleans, Arkansas*)
* Entergy also committed to Arkansas
Commission to split off Entergy
Arkansas into a separate LBA (EAI)
2
CLEC
CLECO
3
SME
South Mississippi Electric Power
Association
BBA1
4
LAGN
Louisiana Generating, LLC
578 MW
5
LAFA
Lafayette Utilities System
6
LEPA
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
7
BRAZ
Brazos Electric Cooperative
8
DERS
City of Ruston, LA
WMU
NLR
95 MW
245 MW
BUBA
80 MW
PUPP1
2,267 MW
DERS
SME
9
OMLP
City of Osceola, AR
69 MW
1,601 MW
10
PUPP
Union Power Partners, L.P.
EES (incl. EAI)
11
PLUM
Plum Point Energy Associates, LLC
23,211 MW
12
WMU
City of West Memphis, AR
13
BUBA
City of Benton, AR
14
CWAY
City of Conway, AR
15
NLR
City of North Little Rock, AR
BBA
Batesville Generation – merging into
SME 6/1/13.
CLEC
LAGN
2,209 MW
2,247 MW
87 MW
LAFA
LEPA
231 MW
1Generaton
EES
OMLP
CWAY
BRAZ
BA Name2
1
665 MW
9 BA’s expected to dissolve on 12/19/2013
Acronym
495 MW
16
only Balancing Authorities. 2 Some BAs may dissolve BAs and integrate 12/19/2013.
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RC and BA Integration Schedule
#
Acron
ym
EES
1
BA Name
RC
BA/Market
Entergy (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, New Orleans,
Arkansas*)
* Entergy also committed to Arkansas Commission to split off
Entergy Arkansas into a separate LBA Area (EAI)
MISO 12/1/2012
MISO 12/19/2013
2
CLEC
CLECO
MISO 6/1/2013
MISO 12/19/2013
3
SME
South Mississippi Electric Power Association
MISO 6/1/2013
MISO 12/19/2013
4
LAGN
Louisiana Generating, LLC
MISO 6/1/2013
MISO 12/19/2013
5
LAFA
Lafayette Utilities System
MISO 6/1/2013
MISO 12/19/2013
6
LEPA
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
MISO 6/1/2013
MISO 12/19/2013
7
BRAZ
Brazos Electric Cooperative
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
8
DERS
City of Ruston, LA
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
9
OMLP
City of Osceola, AR
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
10
PUPP
Union Power Partners, L.P.
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
11
PLUM
Plum Point Energy Associates, LLC
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
12
BUBA
City of Benton, AR
SPP until dissolving
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
13
WMU
City of West Memphis, AR
MISO 6/1/2013
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
14
CWAY
City of Conway, AR
MISO 6/1/2013
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
15
NLR
City of North Little Rock, AR
MISO 6/1/2013
BA dissolving 12/19/2013
16
BBA
Batesville Generation
BA dissolving into SME 6/1/2013
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