Western Area Power Administration DSW

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Western Area Power AdministrationDSW

• Transmission Policy Issues
• Anthony Montoya
• Assistant Regional Manager
• for Power System Operations
• September 14, 2004

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Introduction
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Desert Southwest Region

• Discuss Desert Southwest Region transmission
  policy issues.
• Goal
• Common understanding of the issues.
• Discuss options and alternatives for resolving
  issues.

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Issue Rollover Rights

• Objectives
• Maintain Westerns ability to deliver Federal
  preference power resources.
• Maintain customers use of the transmission system.

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Issue Term of OATT

• Objectives
• OATT term that makes good business sense.

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Issue Ownership of Integral Facilities

• Objectives
• Retain ownership of facilities integral to
  federal projects.
• Minimize adverse impacts to customers.

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Issue Redundancy

• Objectives
• Increase reliability of critical data
  communication and control systems.
• Reasonable cost to customers.

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Issue Motor Operated Disconnects

• Objectives
• Improve system reliability
• Reasonable cost to customers

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Issue Data Sharing

• Objectives
• Maintain data confidentiality
• Give needed access

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Issue Third party fault duty mitigation

• Objectives
• Meet reliability requirements
• Ensure cost responsibility is borne by those
  causing the cost increases.

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Other Issues?

• Questions, thoughts, concerns

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For more information

• Tony Montoya
• [phone]
• tmontoya_at_wapa.gov