Public Workshop Agenda

Balancing an Over-Supply of Generation

Tuesday October 12, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Location: Rates Hearing Room, 905 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR

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Time / Activity / Lead and Role / Content
1:00 -
1:10 p.m. / Introduction
Purpose and Objectives / Paul Norman, Session Facilitator / Clear understanding of the problem
Explore potential solutions
Identify and decide on best resolution for the region, prior to spring 2011 ( implementation no later than March 2011 )
1:10 -
2:10 p.m. / What Happened: Review June actions, potential for future water years
Why is FCRPS spill limited?
What actions did BPA and the Corps take to manage spill? / Steve Kerns, Power Operations
Rich Ellison, Transmission Operations / PowerPoint Presentation
2:10 -
2:30 p.m. / Dialogue about June event and report presentation / Paul Norman / Q&A
Feedback
Comments
Time / Activity / Lead and Role / Content
2:30 -
2:45 p.m. / Introduce BPA planning principles for responding to future events / Elliot Mainzer, Executive VP for Strategy / No violation of BPA’s statutory obligations
Maintain system reliability
No cost shift
Integrating renewable resources
2:45 -
3:00 p.m. / Introduce main topics for focused conversations / Paul Norman / What are the consequences of periodic over supply conditions?
Is there more BPA could do to manage periodic oversupply from an FCRPS perspective?
Is there more wind generators/owners/consumers could do to manage periodic over supply from a wind generation perspective?
Potential solutions:
- What is the art of the possible?
Other topics the workshop participants want to engage on during the workshop?
3:00 -
3:15 p.m. / Break / All
3:15 -
3:35 p.m. / Focused Conversation #1 / Paul Norman / What are the consequences of periodic over supply conditions?
Is there more BPA could do to manage periodic over-supply from an FCRPS perspective?
Time / Activity / Lead and Role / Content
3:35 -
3:55 p.m. / Focused Conversation #2 / Paul Norman / Is there more wind generators/owners/consumers could do to manage periodic over-supply from a wind generation perspective?
3:55 -
4:30 p.m. / Focused Conversation #3 / Elliot Mainzer
and
Paul Norman / Introduce and describe one option BPA presently considers as a viable solution, and which meets all four planning principles
Environmental Redispatch:
- With free FCRPS hydro displacement
- Combined with legislative partnership to restore lost value to wind due to displacement
- Willing to explore whether firm displacement schedules add value
4:30 -
4:50 p.m. / Next Steps / Paul Norman / Other issues workshop attendees want to address?
Possible subjects for working groups to engage on:
- Implementing environmental redispatch
- Building the legislative solution
- Scope, magnitude and duration of the problem
- Other options
What are the final products we are seeking?
Time / Activity / Lead and Role / Content
4:50 -
5:00 p.m. / Wrap Up / Paul Norman / What did we hear today?
Next steps:
- Volunteer(s) to lead and participate in working groups
- Date and time for follow- up workshop

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Tuesday, Oct. 12 2010, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Balancing Over-supply of Generation