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RTO, Other Regional Market and Transmission Organizations
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Alberta Regional Transmission
Organization
- Alliance GridCo
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American Public Power Association
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American Transmission Company LLC, ATC
- 1/1/2001 began operating
transmission assets formerly owned by a number of Wisconsin utility
companies, cooperatives and municipal utilities in the MAIN Reliability
Region referred to as Wisconsin Upper Michigan System, WUMS.
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Arrowhead-Weston Transmission
Project
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10 Year Assessment
- expect an update in March 2006
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Ten Year Transmission System
Assessment, July 2002
- Assets formerly owned by
- Alliant-Wisconsin Power &
Light
- Edison Sault Electric
- Madison Gas & Electric
- South Beloit Water Gas
and Electric
- Wisconsin Electric
- Wisconsin Public Service
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ATC Facts
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ATC Map
- Wisconsin Public Power Inc
provided cash in lieu of assets.
- municipal utilities and
retail electric cooperatives plan to contribute either cash and/or
transmission assets under separate approvals
- Adams-Columbia Electric
Cooperative
- Algoma Utilities
- Badger Power Marketing
- Central Wisconsin Electric
Cooperative
- Kaukauna Electric
- Manitowoc Public
Utilities
- Marshfiled Electric and
Water Dept
- Menasha Utilities
- Oconto Falls Municipal
Utilities
- Plymouth Utilities
- Reedsburg Electric and
Water
- Rock County Electric
Cooperative
- Sheboygan Light and Water
- Sturgeon Bay Utilities
- Sun Prairie Water and
Light
- Wisconsin Rapids
Waterworks and Lighting
- See also Midwest ISO
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American Transmission Systems Inc
- Transmission subsidiary of
FirstEnergy
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Arizona Corporation Commission
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Arizona Independent Scheduling Administrator Association, AZisa
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AZ Power - an SRP website
on Arizona transmission planning
- Babcock & Brown (Sydney
Australia)
- 11/9/2005: Purchased ownership of
Cross Sound Cable between New York and New England from TransEnergie and UIL
Holdings
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British Columbia Transmission
Corporation
- CapX 2020 -
Capacity Expansion by 2020
- CapX 2020 (Capacity Expansion by 2020) is a joint
initiative of transmission-owning electric utilities in Minnesota
and the surrounding region formed to expand the electric
transmission grid to ensure electric reliability for years to come.
The project began as a collaborative planning effort by the
utilities (including cooperatives, municipal utilities and
investor-owned utilities) to assess the current system and project
the growth in customer demand for electricity through 2020.
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Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets, CAEM
- Chesapeake Transmission LLC
- FERC accepted a proposal by merchant transmission company, Chesapeake
Transmission LLC, to makes sales of transmission rights at negotiated rates
for the 400-MW Chesapeake Transmission Line project, consisting of an
overhead and submarine alternating-current 230-kV line, intended to relieve
congestion between the southwest portion of PJM and the Dalmarva Peninsula.
Docket No. ER03-1311-000, 105 FERC [paragraph] 61,088, Oct. 22, 2003 (FERC).
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ColumbiaGrid
- to improve operational
efficiency, reliability and planned expansion of the Northwest
interconnected electric transmission system.
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04/14/2006: Bylaws name members
- Avista
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Chelan County PUD
- Grant County PUD
- Puget Sound Energy
- Seattle City Light
- 4/10/2006:
ColumbiaGrid Transmission Group Incorporates as Washington Nonprofit
Corporation
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ColumbiaGrid,
a non-profit
membership corporation with a footprint covering Washington, Oregon, and
northern Idaho, formed in March 2006 with the following members: Avista,
Bonneville Power Administration, Chelan County Public Utility District,
Grant County Public Utility District, Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light
and Tacoma Power. ColumbiaGrid will operate through Functional Agreements
entered into by its members and interested non-members. The board approved
the first agreement, Planning and Expansion, in December 2006. Functional
Agreements for reliability and for a common queue for transmission service
requests are under development
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Colorado Coordinated Planning Group,
CCPG
- The CCPG was a result of the
Colorado- Ute bankruptcy and subsequent reorganization between Public
Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Tri-State Generation & Transmission
Association, (Tri-State), and PacifiCorp. As part of the compliance
filing, the State of Colorado required an electric transmission service
policy statement and joint transmission access principles. These were
signed on December 23, 1991. The principles called for having a
coordinated planning process, procedures for requesting transmission
service, procedures for ownership in new facilities, and a rate
calculation method. Most of these items have been rolled into individual
Tariff’s. The CCPG continues to meet three times annually and continues
to do coordinated studies mostly to meet WECC and NERC guides.
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Colorado Long Term Transmission
Plan, April 27, 2004
- Arkansas River Power
Authority
- Basin Electric Power
Cooperative
- City of Colorado Springs
- Colorado Association of
Municipal Utilities
- Municipal Energy Agency of
Nebraska
- Platte River Power Authority
- Public Service Company of
Colorado
- Tri-State Generation and
Transmission
- Utah Associated Municipal
Power Systems
- West Plains Energy
- Western Area Power
Administration
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Compete
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Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions, CERTS
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Crescent Moon RTE
- spearheaded by Basin Electric
Cooperative of ND and municipal and public power companies in MAPP.
- Intend to use "postage stamp"
rates with rebates to smaller low cost utilities.
- MOU signers:
Basin Electric Cooperative ND
Corn Belt Coop IA
Heartland Consumers Power District SD
Manitoba Hydro
Minnkota Power Coop MN and SD
Montana-Dakota Utilities
NorthWestern Public Service SD
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Sunflower Electrci Power Coop KS
Western Area Power Administration CO
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Regional Map
- MAPP Power Point Presentation
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RTO Development
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Desert Star
- to form WestConnect RTO, FERC
filing 10/16/2001
- Arizona Public Service
- El Paso Electric Co
- Public Service Co of New
Mexico
- Tucson Electric Power Co
- Salt River Project in
Arizona
- Tucson Electric --
Desert Star
- Southwest Regional
Transmission Assoc --
Desert Star
- Diné Power Authority
- Diné Power Authority (DPA) is an
enterprise of the Navajo Nation established under Title 21 §201 of the
Navajo Nation Code, created in 1985 by the Navajo Tribal Council for the
purpose of developing electric transmission and generation projects within
the Navajo Nation.
- In 1991, Diné Power Authority (DPA),
was given the responsibility to develop the NTP in order to address the
opportunity and need for additional transmission in this region. DPA began
development of the NTP to close the Nation’s largest electric transmission
gap between the generation-rich Four Corners region and the load demand
areas in the Southwest and Southern California. This process included
identifying different alternative route corridors for a 500 kV transmission
line that would extend from the Four Corners area in New Mexico, across
northern Arizona and into southern Nevada and have the least environmental
impact on the surrounding lands.
- The Diné Power Authority is a tribal enterprise whose
sole mission is to get a new power plant - known as the Desert Rock Energy
Project - and transmission lines built by private, off-reservation
companies.
- The plant, to be located south of Kirtland near the
Burnham Chapter, would either utilize existing power lines or have new ones
built to reach Las Vegas, Phoenix and other locations throughout the
Southwest.
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Navajo Transmission Project, NTP
- EEI
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Electric Power Group
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Electric Transmission Texas
- joint venture between American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MidAmerican), which will build
transmission projects within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
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CREZ Transmission Plan (ERCOT Scenario 2) map
-
Empire Connection transmission
project (within NY state)
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FERC -- RTO Activity
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Florida Transco
(GridFlorida)
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GridAmerica
- 4/27/2005: GridAmerica
announces it will cease operations effective November 1, 2005
- August 2002: Ameren Corp,
Amercian Transmission System Inc subsidiary of FirstEnergy and Northern
Indiana Public Service unit of NiSource propose formation of a regulated
for-profit transmission company to be named GridAmerica. National Grid
to serve as managing member of GridAmerica
- November 2002: filed
agreement with FERC between MISO and GridAmerica
- GridCo East
- On June 25, 2002, PJM entered
into a Memorandum of Understanding with National Grid, AEP, ComEd, DP&L,
Illinois Power, and DVP that AEP, ComEd, DP&L, Illinois Power, and DVP
would join PJM either directly or through an ITC arrangement with
National Grid as the managing member. This ITC, if it is formed, would
be known as GridCo East.
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GridSouth Transco LLC
(for profit)
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Grid West
- now terminated - see the new
but smaller ColumbiaGrid
- Formerly RTO West
- 5/4/2005: BPA and PNW
Utilities seek FERC review of Grid West Plans
- Among issues on which the Grid West petitioners seek clarity from FERC
are:
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Grid West will not be required to meet all of
the requirements for a regional transmission organization as defined
in FERC orders.
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Grid West's governance structure and bylaws will
meet FERC independence requirements.
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Nothing would prevent BPA from withdrawing from
Grid West if its policies violated BPA's statutory requirements, and
BPA would not become regulated by FERC.
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Grid West would not be required to adopt
Standard Market Design features, some of which do not fit the unique
contractual and operating circumstances of the region.
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Nothing would prevent the preservation of
existing contracts.
- 4/8/2004:
RTO West becomes Grid West
- 12/10/2004: Creation of Grid
West begun
- sponsored by nine Pacific
Northwest utilities
BPA
PacifiCorp
Idaho Power
Portland General Electric
Puget Sound Energy
Northwestern Corp
Avista
BC Hydro
Sierra Pacific/Nevada Power
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BPA on Potential RTO West Flowpaths, Feb 15, 2001
- RTO West, AKA
Northwest Regional Transmission
Organization, NWRTO
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TransConnect LLC
- for profit Independent Transmission Company (ITC) operating within RTO
West
- Transmission
Improvement Group, TIG [Pacific Northwest]
- to identify effective, low-cost solutions to known
transmission issues within the general geographic area covered by the
Northwest Power Pool. The Northwest can take concrete steps now to
improve access to and the efficiency of the region’s transmission system
that can be implemented within the next two-to-three years. These
improvements fall into four areas:
- Common OASIS
- Regional transmission planning and expansion
- Reliability and security
- Market monitoring
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Harvard Electricity Policy Group
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ISO/RTO Council, IRC
- The IRC is an industry organization that includes 10 Independent System
Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations that serve two-thirds of
electricity consumers in the United States and just over 50% of Canada's
population. The members are:
- Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
- California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO)
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
- Independent Electricity System Operator, Ontario (IESO)
- ISO New England (ISO-NE)
- Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (Midwest ISO)
- New Brunswick System Operator (NBSO)
- New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)
- PJM Interconnection (PJM)
- Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP)
- The IRC's mission is to work collaboratively to develop effective
processes, tools, and standard methods for improving competitive electricity
markets across North America. In fulfilling this mission, the IRC's goal is
to balance reliability considerations with market practices resulting in
efficient, robust markets that provide competitive and reliable service to
electricity users. IRC-member communications representatives are:
- AESO: Ally Sutherland, (403) 539-2726
- CAISO: Stephanie McCorkle, (916) 351-2238
- ERCOT: Dottie Roark, (512) 225-7024
- IESO: Lisa Pearson, (416) 506-2806
- ISO-NE: Ellen Foley, (413) 535-4139
- Midwest ISO: Carl Dombek, (317) 249-5205
- NBSO: Kevin Roherty, (506) 458-4289
- NYISO: John Cordi, (518) 356-6044
- PJM: Ray Dotter, (866) 756-6397
- SPP: Emily Pennel, (501) 614-3337
- ITC Holdings Corp
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Hoovers on ITC Holdings Corp
- ITC Great Plains
- ITC Grid Development
- ITC Midwest
- ITC Panhandle Transmission
- Interstate Power and Light acquisition from Alliant
Energy to be final in 2007.
- ITCTransmission
{MISO}
- 3/16/2006: name change, formerly
International Transmission Company,
ITC
- based in Detroit MI, part of
Michigan Electric Coordinated System, MECS
- participates in Midwest ISO
via Appendix I membership category.
- Dec 3, 2002: To close first
quarter 2003, DTE Energy sold International Transmission Co for $610
million cash to affiliates of:
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service area map
- Michigan Electric Transmission was acquired
from Trans-Elect
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ISO Memorandum of Understanding,
ISOMOU
- website for inter-regional
issues
- Lake Erie Emergency Redispatch
Agreement, LEER
- On August 12, 2002, the
Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC), on behalf of the member
Systems of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and
joined by Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
(Midwest ISO), Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (Michigan
Transco LLC), International Transmission Company (International
Transmission), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP), FirstEnergy
Corp (FE), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), and with the support of
the Independent Electricity Market Operator in Ontario (IMO)
(collectively the LEER Participants) filed a revision to the Lake Erie
Emergency Redispatch Agreement (LEER).
- NPCC coordinates Lake Erie
Emergency Redispatch activities and posts all LEER-related information
on the NPCC web site.
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Mid-Continent Energy Marketers
Association
- Midwest Municipal Transmission Group
- formation of
Midwest Municipal Transmission Group
- members:
- The Iowa Association
of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) is a nonprofit organization of 550 Iowa
communities, including 137 communities that operate public power systems.
- The Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) is a nonprofit association, which
represents the interests of the 126 Minnesota communities that operate
municipal electric utilities.
- The Central Minnesota
Municipal Power Agency (CMMPA) is a municipal corporation and a political
subdivision of the State of Minnesota and is empowered to engage in the
business of generating and transmitting electric power and energy.
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Midwesterm Governors Association
- 7/16/2005: committed to regional cooperation in
permitting and locating interstate and international electric transmission
lines
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Minnesota Electric Transmission
Planning
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MISO-PJM
-joint and common market (replaces MISO-PJM-SPP)
- Mountain West Independent
Scheduling Administrator, MWISA
- National Energy Board (Canada)
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National Energy Marketers Association
- National Governors Association
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National Grid Transco
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National Grid USA
- National Grid
Transmission USA represents the combined electricity transmission
interests of our U.S. subsidiaries, Niagara Mohawk, Massachusetts
Electric, Narragansett Electric, Granite State Electric and
Nantucket Electric
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OASIS Document Reference
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Neptune Regional Transmission System
LLC
- see also Atlantic Energy
Partners LLC - see Multi-National Energy Companies
- 5/23/2001 filed with FERC for
tariff approval to provide electric transmission services
- A marine network linking the
northeast and mid-Atlantic USA with Atlantic Canada. When completed, the
4,800 MW marine network to have three 1,200 MW transmission lines from
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Maine connected to markets in Boston,
Connecticut Shore and New York City. Another segment most likely to be
constructed first is planned to link New Jersey with New York City and
Long Island, possibly as early as 2003. The first Canadian link for the
network is scheduled for late 2004 with a transmission line connecting
New Brunswick with New York, which would be New York's first direct
interconnection with Atlantic Canada. Neptune Regional Transmission
System is working jointly with NB Power of New Brunswick to pursue the
development. Other links are contemplated for 2005 and 2006 that would
connect Nova Scotia and Maine with the Boston area and Connecticut and,
through the original New Brunswick link, to New York. Along with the
FERC tariff, the project also requires review by U.S. and Canadian
agencies with respect to various technical, environmental and
international aspects of the project. The entire project comprising the
various Canadian and U.S. segments making up the Neptune system
represents a potential investment of U.S. $2-3 billion.
- Energy Security Analysis,
ESAI
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National Wind Coordinating Committee
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New England Regional Transmission
Organization, NERTO
- New Mexico - Renewable Energy Transmission Authority,
RETA - see New Mexico page
- New
York Regional Interconnection Project
- North American Electric
Reliability Council -
RTO Coordination
- North American Energy Standards Board, NAESB
- North American Energy Working
Group - North American energy cooperation.
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North Carolina Transmission Planning
Cooperative, NTPC
- Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, NMISA
- Northern Tier Transmission Group, NTTG
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Northwest Power Pool, NWPP
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Northwest Transmission Assessment
Committee, NTAC
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Northwest Power Pool Area
Assessment of Reliability and Adequacy 2003-2004 Winter Operating
Conditions September 17, 2003
- Northwest Operational
Planning Study Group (NOPSG)
- The Northwest
Operational Planning Study Group (NOPSG) coordinates seasonal
inter-area transmission transfer capability studies. Daily
studies to determine transfer capabilities during planned outage
conditions are coordinated by the operators of the individual
operating paths.
- Pacific Northwest
Security Coordinator (PNSC)
- The Pacific Northwest
Security Coordinator (PNSC) is in place and is responsible for
monitoring, advising, and directing action when necessary, in
order to preserve the reliability of transmission
service between and within the interconnected systems of the
control areas in the Power Pool area. Also, Coordination occurs
between the PNSC and the two other WECC Reliability Centers.
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Northwest Power Planning Council,
NWPPC
- Northwest Regional Transmission Assoc., NRTA
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Organization of MISO States, OMS
- Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center, PSERC
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description
- National Science Foundation Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center
- Public Power Initiative of the
West, PPIW
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Sacramento Area Transmission Planning
Group
- Sea Breeze Regional Transmission
System Inc
- Seams Steering Group - Western Interconnection, SSG-WI
- SeTrans Grid Company LLC
- SERC South RTO
- failed attempt to form RTO
- October 9, 2002, FERC
provisionally approved RTO, to include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.
- Southwest Regional Transmission
Association
- see WECC. WSCC, SWRTA, WRTA
merged to become WECC.
- Southern Co proposed for-profit
RTO, 9/8/2000
- Southern Co subsidiaries (5)
- MEAG Power (Municipal
Electric Authority of Georgia)(48 municipals)
- Oglethorpe (39 electric
coops)
- Dalton municipal utility
- Alabama Electric Corp - to be
contacted
- Southern Mississippi Electric
Power Authority - to be contacted
- Southern States Energy
Board
- Southwest Reserve Sharing Group
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Southwest Transmission Cooperative
- SPP -
Inter-RTO Seams Collaborative
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Tonbridge Power
- Toronto based developer of
electric transmission assets
- 100% equity owner of MATL
- 11/28/2007:
Alberta Board
Concludes Hearing on Tonbridge Power's MATL Line
- 03/20/2006:
Tonbridge Power Inc. Enters into Purchase Agreements to Acquire Remaining
35% Interest of MATL; Will Increase Interest to 100%
- 12/12/2005:
TBZ Tonbridge places order for ABB transformer [Montana Alberta Tie Ltd,
MATL]
- 07/20/2005:
Tonbridge Power approves MATL $5.2 million project
development plan for Stage 2
Stage 1, now complete, involved studies, reports and tariff designs and
concluded with the Open Season auction for power from the line conducted on
April 15, 2005. As previously announced, regulatory approval of that Open
Season process was obtained from US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
on July 5th. This process was a 75-day auction that secured MATL long term
contracts with credit-worthy bidders for more than half (53%) of the line's
capacity. These contracts provide for sufficient revenue to make the project
economically viable. Sales of the remaining capacity continue.
Backed by funding
commitments from Tonbridge Power, the project is now in Stage 2 in which
MATL anticipates completing all regulatory, permitting and rights-of-way,
and technical design work required for construction. The Phase 2 budget is
for $5.2 million and includes significant resources for project management
and risk management. An initial tranche of $2.5 million has been released by
Tonbridge Power with subsequent tranches to be released as required.
- Montana Alberta Tie Ltd,
MATL
- Private investors led by
Rocky Mountain Power,
LECTRIX LLC, and
Tonbridge Power
are proposing to construct a new "Merchant" transmission line from
Lethbridge, Alberta to Great Falls, Montana - Alberta's first power
transmission inter-connection with the United States. The new transmission
line will be 300 km/190 mile, 230 kV AC line with a phase shifting
transformer and up to 300 MW of transfer capacity. The line will be a
synchronous bi-directional interconnection.
- Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.
Suite 400B, 1040 7th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G9
- Trans Bay Cable LLC
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TransCanada
- NorthernLights Transmission
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Transmission Access Policy Study
Group, TAPS
- Trans-Elect - 12/20/2006: now a
wholely owned subsidiary of AES, see Multi Regional Utilities page.
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TranServ International Inc
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TRANSLink
(for profit, transmission only) {MISO member}
- members
- MAPP Fall Presentation -
TransLink
- Midwest Municipal
Transmission Group
- Public Power Daily -
news release
- TransWest Express Project
- TSIN.com
= Transmission Services Information Network
- US Federal Government
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WestConnect RTO
- Western Regional Transmission
Association
- see WECC: WSCC, SWRTA, WRTA
merged to become WECC.
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Western Interconnection Coordination
Forum, WICF
- Western Governors' Association
- Western Power Trading Forum
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Western Resource Advocates
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Western Systems Power Pool, WSPP
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WesTTrans.net
- Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
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