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Service Agreement No. 01TX-10524
SERVICE AGREEMENT
for
NETWORK INTEGRATION
TRANSMISSION SERVICE
executed by the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
acting by and through the
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
and
CITY OF ASHLAND
1. This Service Agreement, dated as of is entered into, by and
between the Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Business Line
(Transmission Provider) and City of Ashland (Transmission Customer).
2. The Transmission Customer has been determined by the Transmission Provider to
have a Completed Application for Network Integration Transmission Service under
the Transmission Provider's Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff).
3. The Transmission Customer has provided to the Transmission Provider an
Application deposit, unless such deposit has been waived by the Transmission
Provider, for Transmission Service in accordance with the provisions of Section 29.2
of the Tariff.
4. Service under this agreement shall commence on the later of (1) the requested
Service Commencement Date, or (2) the date on which construction of any Direct
Assignment Facilities and/or Network Upgrades are completed. Service under this
agreement shall terminate on such date as mutually agreed upon by the parties.
5. The Transmission Provider agrees to provide and the Transmission Customer agrees
to pay for Network Integration Transmission Service in accordance with the
provisions of Part III of the Tariff and this Service Agreement.
6. Any notice or request made to or by either Party regarding this Service Agreement
shall be made to the representative of the other Party as indicated in Exhibit B.
7. The Tariff, Exhibit A (Specifications for Network Integration Transmission Service),
Exhibit B (Notices), and Exhibit C (Network Operating Agreement) are incorporated
herein and made a part hereof. Capitalized terms not defined in this agreement are
defined in the Tariff.
8. This Service Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and enforced in accordance
with Federal law.
9. This Service Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties
and their respective successors.
10. The Transmission Customer and the Transmission Provider agree that provisions of
Section 3201(1) of Public Law 104-134 (Bonneville Power Administration
Refinancing Act) are incorporated in their entirety and hereby made a part of this
Service Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Service Agreement to be executed
by their respective authorized officials.
CITY OF ASHLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Department of Energy
Bonneville Power Administration
By: L
By:
Name: t&A g .x=e' s Name: Antony T. Rodrigues
(Print/Type) (Print/Type)
Title: t ~O i~~ Title: Transmission Account Executive
Date: Date: V w/ y S- G'
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Service Agreement No. 01TX-10524 2
City of Ashland
EXHIBIT A
SPECIFICATIONS FOR
NETWORK INTEGRATION TRANSMISSION SERVICE
TABLE 1
REQUEST FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICES
The OASIS Assignment Reference Number (ARef) is: 1
1. TERM OF TRANSACTION
Service Commencement Date: at 0000 hours on October 1, 2001.
Termination Date: at 0000 hours on October 1, 2031
2. NETWORK RESOURCES
(a) Generation Owned by the Transmission Customer
Capacity Capacity Designated as
Resource (MV) Network Resource Control Area
Reeder 0.75 MW PAC2
Hydro
Project
(b) Power Purchased by the Transmission Customer
Source Capacity Control Area
(Contract No.) (MW) (Delivered From)
Contract No. OOPB-12008 Net BPA3
10/01/01 through 09/30/11 Requirements
SP Firm Energy Power 4 MW BPA
Sales, Contract
No. 97PB-10107
(Expires 12/31/01)
(c) Total Network Resources equals 2(a) + 2(b)
3. POINT(S) OF RECEIPT
Federal Generation Point(s) of Receipt
Location: FORTS;
Voltage: varies by facility;
1 To be assigned.
2 PacifiCorp.
3 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).
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Metering: scheduled quantity;
Transmission Demand: net requirements;
Delivering Party: BPA;
Control Area: PAC.
4. POINT(S) OF DELIVERY
(a) Description of Network Points of Delivery
Not applicable.
(b) Description of Transfer Points of Delivery
For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:
"Named Transfer Point of Delivery" means the point where the Transmission
Provider delivers power to the Intervening System.
"Point of Receipt from Intervening System" means the point where the
Transmission Provider or a Third Party receives power from the Intervening
System prior to delivery of power to the Point of Delivery.
Meridian Substation
Location of Named Transfer Point of Delivery: the point in Meridian
Substation where PacifiCorp's 230/500 kV facilities interconnect with
PacifiCorp's and the Transmission Provider's jointly-owned 500 kV 3rd AC
Intertie facilities;
Voltage: 500 kV;
(1) Transmission Customer Point of Delivery: Ashland Point of
Delivery;
Location: the point in PacifiCorp's Ashland Substation where the
12.5 kV facilities of PacifiCorp and the City of Ashland are connected;
Voltage: 12.5 kV;
Metering: 12.5 kV;
Metering Adjustment: none;
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Exhibit A, Specifications for Network Integration Transmission Service
(2) Transmission Customer Point of Delivery: Oak Knoll Point of
Delivery;
Location: the point in PacifiCorp's Oak Knoll Substation where the
12.5 kV facilities of PacifiCorp and the City of Ashland are connected;
Voltage: 12.5 kV;
Metering: 12.5 kV;
Metering Adjustment: none;
(3) Transmission Customer Point of Delivery: Mountain Avenue
Point of Delivery;
Transmission Provider's Point of Receipt from Intervening
System: the point in PacifiCorp's Oak Knoll-Ashland 115 kV line
where the Transmission Provider's 115 kV Mountain Avenue Tap Line
is connected;
Location: the point in the Transmission Provider's Mountain Avenue
Substation where the 12.5 W facilities of the Transmission Provider
and the City of Ashland are connected;
Voltage: 12.5 kV;
Metering: 12.5 kV;
Metering Adjustment: none.
5. NETWORK LOAD
The Application provides the Transmission Customer's initial annual load and
resource information. Annual load and resource information updates shall be
submitted to the Transmission Provider at the address specified in Exhibit B, by
September 30 of each year, unless otherwise agreed to by the Transmission Provider
and the Transmission Customer.
6. DESIGNATION OF PARTY(IES) SUBJECT TO RECIPROCAL SERVICE
OBLIGATION
City of Ashland.
7. NAMES OF ANY INTERVENING SYSTEMS PROVIDING TRANSMISSION
SERVICE
PacifiCorp.
8. DECLARED CUSTOMER-SERVED LOAD
Not applicable.
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Exhibit A, Specifications for Network Integration Transmission Service
9. OTHER PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT
Not applicable.
10. SERVICE AGREEMENT CHARGES
Service under this Agreement will be subject to some combination of the
charges detailed in Tables 1 and 2 of this exhibit.
(a) Transmission Charge
NT-02 Rate Schedule or successor rate schedules.
(b) System Impact and/or Facilities Study Charge(s)
System Impact and/or Facilities Study Charges are not required at this
time for service under this Service Agreement.
11. DIRECT ASSIGNMENT AND USE-OF-FACILITIES CHARGES
Facilities Charges are not required at this time for the service under this Service
Agreement.
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Exhibit A, Specifications for Network Integration Transmission Service
TABLE 2
ANCILLARY SERVICE CHARGES
This Table 2 is subject to the ACS-02 Rate Schedule or successor rate schedules.
Provided By Contract No.
1. SCHEDULING, SYSTEM CONTROL AND Transmission OITX-10524
DISPATCH Provider
2. REACTIVE SUPPLY AND VOLTAGE Transmission 01TX-10524
CONTROL Provider
3. REGULATION & FREQUENCY RESPONSE Not Applicable 1
4. ENERGY IMBALANCE SERVICE Not Applicable2
5. OPERATING RESERVE - SPINNING Transmission 01TX-10524
RESERVE Provider
6. OPERATING RESERVE - SUPPLEMENTAL Transmission OITX-10524
RESERVE Provider
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1 Not applicable because the points of delivery are not in the BPA control area.
2 Energy Imbalance service is not applicable to BPA requirements customers.
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Exhibit A, Specifications for Network Integration Transmission Service
EXHIBIT B
NOTICES
1. NOTICES RELATING TO PROVISIONS OF THE SERVICE AGREEMENT
Any notice or other communication related to this Service Agreement, other than
notices of an operating nature (section 2 below), shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been received if delivered in person, First Class mail, by telefax or
sent by acknowledged delivery.
If to the Transmission Customer: If to the Transmission Provider:
City of Ashland Bonneville Power Administration
90 N. Mountain Drive P.O. Box 491
Ashland, OR 97520 Vancouver, WA 98666-0491
Attention: Dick Wanderscheid Attention: Transmission Account
Title: Acting Director, Power and Executive for City of Ashland -
Telecommunications TM/Ditt2
Phone: (541) 552-2061 Phone: (360) 418-8284
Fax: (541) 552-2436 Fax: (360) 418-8320
2. NOTICES OF AN OPERATING NATURE
Any notice, request, or demand of an operating nature by the Transmission Provider
or the Transmission Customer shall be made either orally or in writing by telefax or
sent by First Class mail or acknowledged delivery.
If to the Transmission Customer: If to the Transmission Provider:
City of Ashland Bonneville Power Administration
90 N. Mountain Drive Alvey Substation
Ashland, OR 97520 86000 Franklin
Attention: Dick Wanderscheid Eugene, OR 97405
Title: Acting Director, Power and Attention: Chief Operator III -
Telecommunications TFEB/Alvey
Phone: (541) 552-2061 Phone: (541) 746-2534
Fax: (541) 552-2436
3. SCHEDULING AGENT
Not applicable at this time.
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EXHIBIT C
NETWORK OPERATING AGREEMENT
1. PURPOSE OF NETWORK OPERATING AGREEMENT
The purpose of this Agreement is to identify contractual requirements related to
Network Integration Transmission Service over the Transmission Provider's
Transmission System. The parties to this agreement (Parties) agree to adhere to
Good Utility Practice, including all applicable reliability criteria as observed in the
region.
(a) This Agreement requires the Parties to recognize that:
(1) the Transmission Provider's Transmission System is directly or
indirectly interconnected with transmission systems owned or
operated by others;
(2) the flow of power and energy between such systems shall be controlled
by the physical and electrical characteristics of the facilities involved
and the manner in which they are operated; and
(3) part of the power and energy being delivered under these Provisions
may flow through such other systems rather than through the
Transmission Provider facilities. The Parties shall determine
methods and take appropriate actions to assure capability for delivery
of power and energy at the points of receipt and delivery, and at
additional or alternate points of receipt and delivery as established by
the Parties.
(b) The Parties shall:
(1) operate and maintain equipment' necessary for interconnecting the
transmission Customer with the Transmission Provider's
transmission System;
(2) transfer data2 between their respective control centers as required to
maintain reliability of the Transmission System;
(3) use software programs required for data links and constraint
dispatching;
Necessary equipment includes, but is not limited to, remote terminal units, metering, communications,
telemetering, and relaying equipment.
z Data may include, but is not limited to, data pertaining to instantaneous Spinning and Non-Spinning
Operating Reserves, heat rates, fuel costs, and operational characteristics of Network Resources, generation
schedules for Network Resources, interchange schedules, unit outputs for redispatch, voltage schedules,
flows of real and reactive power, loss factors, switch status, breaker status, megawatt (MW)/megaVAr flow
on lines, bus voltages, transformer taps and other Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
(SCADA) and real-time data.
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(4) exchange data on forecasted loads and resources necessary for
planning and operation; and
(5) address other technical and operational considerations required for
Tariff implementation, including scheduling protocols.
2. TERM
This Agreement shall remain effective through the term of the Service Agreement.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS
In the event of any irreconcilable differences between the Tariff and this Agreement,
the language of the Tariff shall govern.
4. NOTICE
Notices or requests made by either Party regarding these provisions shall be made
to the representative of the other Party as indicated in the Service Agreement.
5. DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms refer to terms defined in the
Tariff or in the Rate Schedules.
(a) Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
The real-time control scheme used by all Control Areas to meet the NERC
requirement that Control Areas continually adjust generation, as necessary
and within predetermined limits, to meet Control Area load requirements
and scheduled interchange commitments and its obligation to support
interconnected frequency.
(b) Effective Control Action (ECA)
An action which results in a specific mitigating response at a location(s) in
the power system related to the disturbances of concern, thereby providing
acceptable power system performance.
(c) Hourly Data Reported Hourly (HDRH)
Hourly kilowatthour (kWh) and kilovarhour (kVArh) data provided to the
Transmission Provider at the end of each hour. HDRH is taken from sources
such as the interchange kWh system.
(d) Hourly Data Reported Monthly (HDRM)
Hourly kWh and kVArh data provided at least monthly to the Transmission
Provider. HDRM is taken from sources such as the Revenue Metering
System.
(e) Operating Reserves
The sum of Contingency Reserves and Regulating Reserves plus any on-
demand obligations plus any reserves required for interruptible imports.
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
(f) Operational Constraints
Limitations on the ability of the Transmission System to operate due to
any system emergency, loading condition, or maintenance outage on
the Transmission Provider facilities, or on facilities of an
interconnected utility, that make it prudent to reduce Transmission
System loadings, whether or not all facilities are in service.
(g) Remedial Action Schemes (RAS)
Sets of fast automatic control actions employed to ensure acceptable power
system performance following electrical disturbances as determined by the
Transmission Provider power flows and/or stability studies. These may
include generator dropping and load tripping.
(h) Revenue Metering System (RMS)
A data collection system that electronically measures hourly demand and
energy quantities for both kilowatt (kW) and kiloVArs. The Transmission
Provider uses this data on a HDRM basis.
(i) Single Contingency
The loss of a single generator, transmission line, transformer, bus section or
DC monopole under any operating condition or anticipated mode of operation.
(j) Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission Lines and Loads
The detailed technical requirements generally applied to all new or modified
line or load connections regardless of type or size, are posted by the
Transmission Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/ores/opi/system news/index.shtm, and may
be modified from time to time.
(k) Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of Generation Resources
The detailed technical requirements generally applied to all new or expanded
generating resources, regardless of type or size, are posted by the
Transmission Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bl3a.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and may
be modified from time to time.
(1) Telemetry
A data collection system that provides the Transmission Provider with
kilowatt information on load, generation, and powerflow, on a continuous,
instantaneous basis.
(m) Transmission Customer Resource
Any Transmission Customer-owned resource, regardless of resource location,
and any Third Party (consumer or independent power producer) resource
directly connected to the Transmission Customer's transmission or
distribution system.
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
6. INTERCONNECTED FACILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Ownership
(1) Equipment or salvageable facilities owned by one Party and installed
on the property of the other Party shall remain the property of the
owner, except as noted in this Agreement.
(2) A Party must identify its facilities installed on the other Party's
property. Facilities include all movable equipment and other
salvageable facilities which said Party installed on the other Party's
property. Ownership of facilities must be made by affixing permanent
suitable markers with the owner's name. The Parties shall jointly
prepare an itemized list of the aforementioned equipment.
(3) Each Party agrees to be responsible for the cost of complying with all
applicable Federal, State, and local environmental laws for its own
facilities, regardless of where the facilities are located.
(b) Safety Design
The Transmission Provider requires clearance of equipment during
maintenance, modification, and testing. Facility interconnections between
the Transmission Provider and the Transmission Customer are to be
designed and constructed to allow clearance of equipment using isolation
devices. Isolation devices must produce a visible air gap between the
energized facilities and the equipment to be worked on. Operating
procedures associated with this interconnection must comply with the
Transmission Provider's Accident Prevention Manual and also with the
Transmission Customer's safety manual as specified in writing by the
Transmission Customer.
(c) Access to Interconnected Facilities
(1) Each Party agrees to grant permission to the other to enter its
property to perform operations and maintenance, meter reading,
inspection or removal of the other's equipment and facilities installed
on the first Party's property.
(2) In providing the above permission, the first Party waives no rights or
remedies with respect to any injury, loss, or damage resulting from
the other's activities on the first Party's property.
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
7. RESOURCE AND INTERCONNECTION PRINCIPLES AND
REQUIREMENTS
(a) Remedial Action Schemes
(1) The Transmission Customer may be required (at its cost), to provide
or assure the provision of its pro rata share of RAS required to support
the transmission capability of the transmission paths the
Transmission Customer uses.
(2) If the Transmission Customer is required to provide RAS, then the
Transmission Provider and the Transmission Customer shall jointly
plan and coordinate the implementation of the RAS. No Party shall
unduly withhold consent regarding the implementation of the RAS.
The Transmission Customer may implement the required RAS where
it chooses on its system, as long as the required level of ECA is
obtained. The level of reliability of the RAS design on the
Transmission Customer's system shall be at least equal to the level of
reliability employed in the design of the overall RAS required to
support the transmission capability of the transmission path the
Transmission Customer uses.
(A) The Transmission Customer's contribution to the total
operational responsibility for the RAS shall be the ratio of the
Transmission Customer's usage of the Transmission Provider's
share of the transmission path, to the total rating of the
Transmission Provider's share of the transmission path.
(B) The Transmission Provider shall provide the appropriate
control signals to the Transmission Customer.
(C) The Transmission Customer shall provide the necessary
equipment to receive and transmit control signals to and from
its transmission, generation, and control center facilities to
arm and initiate the appropriate ECA or actions determined by
the Transmission Provider.
(3) Additional information regarding RAS can be found in The Technical
Requirements for the Connection of Transmission Lines and Loads and
the Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of Generation
Resources posted by the Transmission Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm,
and may be modified from time to time.
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
(b) Operation of Resources
(1) The Transmission Customer shall operate its generation resources
that interconnect with the Transmission Provider's Transmission
System or which are located in the Transmission Provider's Control
Area in a manner consistent with Good Utility Practice, and the
standards, criteria, and requirements of NERC, WSCC, NWPP, the
Transmission Provider, and any applicable RTA.
(2) The Transmission Customer shall pay the cost of necessary
communications installations, and modification of the Transmission
Provider's computer hardware and software, including accommodating
the Transmission Customer's decisions to change Control Areas.
(3) Any resources used by the Transmission Customer to meet its
Operating Reserve obligations to the Transmission Provider's Control
Area shall meet the same NERC, WSCC, NWPP, and other applicable
requirements, practices, and procedures as the Transmission
Provider's generating resources providing these same services
including, AGC capability, reserve availability, ramp rate, governor
response, random testing, and a monthly startup test.
(c) Interconnection with Third Parties
(1) Each Party shall cooperate with other interconnected systems in
establishing arrangements or mitigation measures to minimize
operational impacts on the other Party's system.
(2) Each Party recognizes that a Party's proposed new interconnection or
modification of an existing interconnection between its system and the
system of a Third Party, may cause adverse effects on the system of
the other Party. The Party making such interconnection or
modification shall minimize, or otherwise compensate for adverse
operational impacts to the other Party's system.
(d) Interconnection with the Transmission Provider
(1) The Transmission Customer shall plan, construct, operate, and
maintain its facilities and system that interconnect with the
Transmission Provider's Transmission System in accordance with
Good Utility Practice, including, but not limited to, all applicable
guidelines of NERC, WSCC, and NWPP, the Transmission Provider
and any applicable RTA, and generally accepted regional practices.
(2) Additional information regarding Interconnection Requirements can
be found in The Technical Requirements for the Connection of
Transmission Lines and Loads and the Technical Requirements for the
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
Interconnection of Generation Resources posted by the Transmission
Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system _news/index._shtm,
and may be modified from time to time.
(e) Generation Integration
(1) Resources connected directly to the Transmission Provider's
Transmission System or which are in the Transmission Provider's
Control Area are subject to compliance with the Transmission
Provider's generation integration requirements, Good Utility Practice,
and all applicable standards of NERC, WSCC, NWPP, the
Transmission Provider and any applicable RTA, and any generally
accepted regional practices that are adopted by the Transmission
Provider.
All resources integrated into a Transmission Customer's system
which, by virtue of their point of interconnection, are capable of
energizing the Transmission Provider's facilities, must comply with
safety requirements of the above standards, including those for relay
protection, insulation coordination, switchgear and safety. This
requirement typically applies to generators that are integrated into a
system that is connected radially from a tapped Transmission
Provider transmission line or Transmission Provider substation. With
respect to other resources integrated into a Transmission Customer's
network, all points of interconnection between the Transmission
Provider and the Transmission Customer must be operated and
maintained in a manner consistent with Good Utility Practice.
(2) The Transmission Customer agrees to notify the Transmission
Provider a minimum of eighteen (18) months prior to energization of a
resource if such resource is expected to impact the Transmission
Provider's Transmission System.
8. CUSTOMER INFORMATION REQUIREMENT
The Transmission Customer shall provide to the Transmission Provider load
forecasts, generation forecasts, schedules, and any other information necessary to
implement Curtailment, Load Shedding, and congestion management procedures,
and for ATC computations when requested by the Transmission Provider.
9. POWER QUALITY
Requirements and information regarding Power Quality can be found in The
Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission Lines and Loads and the
Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of Generation Resources posted by
the Transmission Provider at:
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
http://www.transmission.bpa. og v/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and may be
modified from time to time.
10. SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
(a) Temporary Load Shifts and Maintenance Notification
(1) The Parties may temporarily curtail, reduce, or shift deliveries of
electric power if any such Party determines that such Curtailment,
reduction, or load shift is necessary or desirable in case of system
emergencies or operational constraints on the system of either Party,
or to install equipment in, make repairs to, make replacement within,
conduct investigations and inspections of, or perform other
maintenance work on the Parties' facilities. To the extent reasonable
or appropriate, the Parties shall use temporary facilities or equipment
to minimize the effect of any such interruption, reduction, or load
shift.
(2) The Transmission Customer must submit a report concerning any
such curtailment, reduction, or load shift on its transmission system
to the Transmission Provider within four (4) days of such curtailment,
reduction, or load shift. Reports may be made by telephone, mail, or
other electronic processes. The point of contact for each Party shall be
designated pursuant to the Service Agreement. On receipt of the
Transmission Customer's report, the Transmission Provider shall
adjust the Transmission Customer's billing determinants pursuant to
the Transmission Provider's billing procedures. If the Transmission
Customer does not submit the report within four (4) days of the
curtailment, reduction, or load shift, the Transmission Provider shall
assess charges based on available data.
(b) Additional information regarding Service Interruptions can be found in The
Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission Lines and Loads
and the Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of Generation
Resources posted by the Transmission Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and may
be modified from time to time.
11. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND OPERATION
(a) The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for planning, coordinating,
and implementing emergency operation schemes. Examples of such schemes
include the NWPP underfrequency Load Shedding program, the undervoltage
Load Shedding program, and the system restoration plan. There may be
additional schemes that meet the NWPP, WSCC, and RTA reliability
planning objectives. If the Transmission Provider identifies reliability
objectives beyond the NWPP, WSCC, and RTA objectives, they shall be
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
communicated to the Transmission Customer(s). The need to identify
additional objectives may involve anticipated reduction in system restoration
time following blackout or brownout emergencies.
(b) The Transmission Customer shall:
(1) participate in the development and implementation of Load Shedding
programs for system security;
(2) install and maintain the required Load Shedding relays, including
underfrequency and undervoltage relays; and
(3) participate in system restoration planning. Disputes with any of the
requirements specified by the Transmission Provider shall be resolved
through the dispute resolution process described in the Tariff.
(c) Additional information regarding Emergency Planning and Operation can be
found in The Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission
Lines and Loads and the Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of
Generation Resources posted by the Transmission Provider at:
htty://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and may
be modified from time to time.
12. INFORMATION AND METERING REQUIREMENTS
Requirements and information regarding Information and Metering Requirements
can be found in The Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission
Lines and Loads and the Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of
Generation Resources posted by the Transmission Provider at:
http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and maybe
modified from time to time.
13. METERING COSTS
(a) Metering of Existing Facilities
The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for costs of all Transmission
Provider-required new meter installation or meter replacements at a
Transmission Customer facility existing on the Effective Date of this Service
Agreement.
The Transmission Customer shall be responsible for the costs of.
(1) Any meter replacement or new installation at points of delivery which
are not required to achieve the best overall plan of service
(convenience points of delivery); and
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
(2) Any meters needed because the Transmission Customer changes
Control Areas or is displacing transmission from the Transmission
Provider; and/or meters requested by the Transmission Customers.
(b) Metering of New Transmission Customer Facilities
The Transmission Provider shall be responsible for costs associated with
installation of the Transmission Provider-approved metering at new facilities
established after the Effective Date of this Service Agreement that are
connected to the Transmission Provider's Transmission System.
The Transmission Customer shall be responsible for the costs of the
Transmission Provider approved metering for:
(1) all points of generation (resource) integration;
(2) all AGC interchange points; and
(3) all other points of electrical interconnection, including convenience
points of delivery.
14. COMMUNICATIONS
Requirements and information regarding Communications can be found in The
Technical Requirements for the Connection of Transmission Lines and Loads and the
Technical Requirements for the Interconnection of Generation Resources posted by
the Transmission Provider at:
httl)://www.transmission.bpa.gov/orgs/opi/system news/index.shtm, and maybe
modified from time to time.
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Exhibit C, Network Operating Agreement
QP~~~ENT 0,,- Department of Energy
Bonneville Power Administration
Q P.O. Box 491
Vancouver, Washington 98666-0491
OgTES
OF P TRANSMISSION BUSINESS LINE
July 3, 2001
In reply refer to: TM
Mr. Dick Wanderscheid, Acting Director
Power and Telecommunications
City of Ashland
90 North Mountain Avenue
Ashland, OR 97520
Dear Mr. Wanderscheid:
Enclosed for your execution are two original, signed copies of Contract No. 01TX-10524, the
Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement, between the Bonneville Power
Administration and the City of Ashland. Please sign both copies of this contract and return one
original, signed copy to me in the enclosed, self addressed envelope.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at (360) 418-8284.
Sincerely,
Antony T. Rodrigues
Senior Account Executive
Transmission Marketing and Sales
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