Board Resolution

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Transmission Upgrades and Additions in West
Texas
Johnnie Davis LCRA Transmission Services October
21, 2002
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Rio Pecos Wind Generation Project
Noelke Hill Project
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• AEP Rio Pecos Project

• Project Manager Natalie Vaughn
• Project Agreement Signed June 2002
• Project Budget 90.5 million

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PROJECT SCOPE (AEP Rio Pecos Project)

• Rebuild 13.46 miles of 69 kV from North McCamey
  to Tippet to 138 kV
• Construction underway complete Nov 2003
• Convert 9.98 miles of 69 kV from Tippet to West
  Yates Switch Station to 138 kV
• Scheduled for completion Apr 2003
• Rebuild 25 miles of 69 kV and double circuit from
  McElroy to WTU Crane
• Scheduled for completion Apr 2003

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PROJECT SCOPE (AEP Rio Pecos Project)

• Construct new 1.5 mile 69/138 kV double circuit
  on a portion of McElroy to WTU Crane
• CCN application filed Sept 2003
• Scheduled for completion May 2003
• Crane Substation Addition
• Construction Underway Complete May 2003
• Convert 4.23 miles of 69 kV from West Yates
  Switch Station to Yates Pump to 138 kV
• Scheduled for completion Jul 2003

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PROJECT SCOPE (AEP Rio Pecos Project)

• Construct new 5.85 mile 138 kV line from North
  McCamey to SW Mesa
• CCN application filed Oct 2003
• Scheduled for completion Jul 2003
• Add West Yates 138 kV Switching Station
• Scheduled for completion Sept 2003
• Add 1.0 mile 138 kV line between Yates Pump to
  Mesa View
• Scheduled for completion Sept 2003
• Add Mesa View 138 kV Switch Station
• Scheduled for completion Sept 2003

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PROJECT SCOPE (AEP Rio Pecos Project)

• Rebuild 5.57 miles of 138 kV from Mesa View to
  Mesa View Switch Station to 138 kV
• Scheduled for completion Jan 2004
• Convert 23 miles of 69 kV to 138 kV from Rio
  Pecos to Crane
• Scheduled for completion May 2004
• Rebuild 27.13 miles of 138 kV from Rio Pecos to
  Mesa View Switch Station
• Scheduled for completion Aug 2004

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PROJECT SCOPE (AEP Rio Pecos Project)

• Rebuild 9.67 miles of 138 kV from Rio Pecos to
  North McCamey
• Scheduled for completion Oct 2004
• Rebuild 19.8 miles of 138 kV from Mesa View
  Switching Station to Fort Lancaster
• Scheduled for completion Jan 2005

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• Morgan Creek to Comanche Project

Project Manager Manny Garcia Project Agreement
Signed September 2000 Project Budget 89 million
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PROJECT SCOPE (Morgan Creek to Comanche)

• New 345 kV line (145 total miles)
• Complete by June 2003
• New 345/138 kV Switching Station
• Named Twin Buttes - located NW of San Angelo
• Engineering Underway

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• Twin Buttes 138kV Loop Circuit Project

Project Manager Johnnie Davis Project Agreement
Signed September 14, 2001 Project Budget 4.5
million
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PROJECT SCOPE(Twin Buttes 138kV Loop Circuit)

• One new 138kV line (approx. 7 miles)
• Line will connect Twin Buttes switching station
  to existing Big Lake to San Angelo Power Station
  line

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MILESTONES (Twin Buttes 138kV Loop Circuit)

• Regulatory (CCN) On-going
• Open house held on November 13, 2001
• CCN application filing is planned for Dec 2002
• Construction
• Scheduled completion - Dec 2003

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• Ft Lancaster-Friend Ranch-Twin Buttes Project

• Project Manager Natalie Vaughn
• Project Agreement Signed December, 2001
• Project Budget 43 million

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PROJECT SCOPE (Ft Lancaster-Friend Ranch-Twin
Buttes )
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PROJECT SCOPE (Ft Lancaster-Friend Ranch-Twin
Buttes )

• Construct a 40-mile 138-kV transmission line
  between the Fort Lancaster and Friend Ranch
  substations
• CCN application filing is planned for Nov 2002
• Recommended in-service date Sept 2005
• Construct a 70-mile 138 kV transmission line
  between Friend Ranch to Twin Buttes
• CCN application filing is planned for Dec 2002
• Recommended in-service date Mar 2006
• Held five open houses in West Texas

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• ONCOR Rio Pecos Project

Project Manager Rob Seiler Project Agreement
Signed Scheduled for Fall 2002 Project Budget
28 million
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PROJECT SCOPE (Oncor Rio Pecos)
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PROJECT SCOPE (Oncor Rio Pecos)

• Upgrade 31.8 mile Crane to Odessa
• Scheduled for completion Dec 2003
• Upgrade/Rebuild 67.4 mile Crane to Spraberry
• Scheduled for completion Jul 2003

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• South Abilene to Eskota Project

Project Manager Rob Seiler Project Agreement
Signed May 2002 Project Budget 7 million
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PROJECT SCOPE (South Abilene to Eskota )

• Project will upgrade 24.7 miles of an existing
  69kV transmission line between the South Abilene
  substation (WTU) and an interconnect structure
  near the Eskota substation (ONCOR)
• Scheduled for completion Dec 2003

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• Noelke Hill Project

• Project Manager Natalie Vaughn
• Interconnect Agreement Signed June 20, 2002
• Project Budget To be determined

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PROJECT SCOPE (Noelke Hill Project )

• Interconnect Noelke Hill to West Yates Switchyard
• Recommended in-service date Oct 2003
• Add a double circuit to the 25-mile 138 kV West
  Yates to North McCamey
• CCN is required for this project
• Recommended in-service date Sept 2004
• Construct a 110-mile transmission line between
  North McCamey and Twin Buttes substations
• CCN is required for this project
• Recommended in-service date Dec 2007

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