20171020Utah_OCS-Redacted 17-035-40.pdf

1407 W.North TempleROCKYMOUNTAINSaltLakeCity,UT 84116POWER
A DMSION OF PACIFICOMP
October 20,2017
Béla Vastag
Office of Consumer Services
l 60 East 300 South
Salt Lake City,Utah 84111
[e-mail] (C)
RE:UT Docket No.17-035-40
OCS 1*Set Data Request (1-60)
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power's 1"Revised Confidential and Redacted Responses
to OCS 1"Set Data Requests 1.9 and 1.10.Please replace the original Redacted and
Confidential responseswith these responses and destroy the originals.Confidential information
is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah (UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.
If you have any questions,please call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
3ana Saba
Manager,Regulation
Enclosures
C.c.Erika Tedder/DPU [e-mail] [e-mail] (C)
Dan Kohler/DPU [e-mail] (C)
Dan Peaco/DPU [e-mail] (C)(W)
Aliea Afnan/DPU [e-mail] (W)
[e-mail] (W)
Philip Hayet/OCS phavet ikenn.com (C)
Gary A.Dodge/UAE [e-mail] (C)
Kevin Higgins/UAE [e-mail] (C)
Neal Townsend/UAE [e-mail] (C)(W)
Sophie Hays/UCE [e-mail] (C)
Kate Bowman/UCE [e-mail] (C)(W)
Emma Rieves/UCE emma utahcleanenerav.ore (C)(W)
Lisa Tormoen Hickey/[e-mail] (C)
Mitch Longson/Interwest [e-mail] (C)
Nancy Kelly/[e-mail] (C)
Jennifer Gardner/[e-mail] (C)
Penny Anderson/WRA [e-mail] (W)
17-035-40 /Rocky Mountain Power
October 20,2017
OCS Data Request l.9 -16'Revised
OCS Data Request 1.9
Teolv
CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST -CAT-1-14 is an Interconnections Facilities Study
Re ort for Ekola Flats,which specifies a Commercial Operation date of
(Pa e 1,
first ara h),and states the
projects are assumed to be in
service in (Page 2,7th bullet).The Study report further notes (at that same bullet)
that the in-service dates of these two transmission ero ects is inconsistent with the
date that is requested
for the Ekola Flats facilities.Also note pa e 12,in which the Schedule indicates that
Commercial O eration would have to be
.Given these inconsistencies,how was it reasonable for the
Company to have used the Ekola Flats project as a benchmark that would be online by
the end of 2020?
l"Revised Confidential Response to OCS Data Request 1.9
Confidential information was provided in the Company's August 4,2017,response to
OCS Data Request 1.9 but was not marked accordingly.The Company now provides this
lst Revised response,which replaces the Company's original response in its entirety.
Confidential Exhibit RMP (CAT1-14)was provided to summarize the assessed
transmission system scope of work,and reliability impacts of the Ekola Flats project on
PacifiCorp's transmission system.The referenced commercial operation date (COD)in
the study was provided by the oro ect develo.er as .art of its original interconnection
reuests (assigned as
The
request was made on September 4,2015.The Company is confident that any schedule
inconsistencies /updates in interconnection queue documents can be fully resolved if the
Ekola Flats proxy project was to emerge as the best choice for the Company's customers
from the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)request for proposals (RFP)process (2017R
RFP).
Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah
(UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.
17-035-40 /Rocky Mountain Power
October 20,2017
OCS Data Request 1.10 -1"Revised
OCS Data Request 1.10
Teolv
CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST -CAT-2-14 is an Interconnection Facilities Study Report
TB Flats,which specifies a Commercial O eration date of November 1,2024 (Pa e 1,
first ara h),and states the
projects are assumed to be in
service before TB Flats comes online (Page 2,7*bullet).Given these facts,how was it
reasonable for the Company to have used the TB Flats project as a benchmark that would
be online by the end of 2020?
1"Revised Confidential Response to OCS Data Request 1.10
Confidential information was providedin the Company's August 4,2017,response to
OCS Data Request 1.10 but was not marked accordingly.The Company now provides
this lst Revised response,which replaces the Company's original response in its entirety.
Confidential Exhibits RMP_(CAT2-14)and RMP_(CAT2-l5)were provided to
summarize the assessed transmission system scope of work,and reliability impacts of the
TB Flats projects on PacifiCorp's transmission system.The referenced commercial
operation dates in the studies were provided by the roject develo er as art of its
ori inal interconnection requests (assi ned as
The request was made on September 4,2015.The
Company is confident that any schedule inconsistencies /updates in interconnection
queue documents can be fully resolved if the TB Flats I and TB Flats II proxy projects
were to emerge as the best choices for the Company's customers from the Integrated
Resource Plan (IRP)request for proposals (RFP)process (2017R RFP).
Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah
(UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.
17-035-40/Rocky Mountain Power
October 20,2017
OCS Data Request 1.9 -166 Revised
OCS Data Request 1.9
Teply
CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST-CAT-1-14 is an Interconnections Facilities Study
Report for Ekola Flats,which specifies a Commercial Operation date of
(Page 1,
first paragraph),and states the
projects are assumed to be in
service in (Page 2,7th bullet).The Study report further notes (at that same bullet)
that the in-service dates of these two transmission projects is inconsistent with the
date that is requested
for the Ekola Flats facilities.Also note page 12,in which the Schedule indicates that
Commercial Operation would have to be -
.Given these inconsistencies,how was it reasonable for the
Company to have used the Ekola Flats project as a benchmark that would be online by
the end of 2020?
1"Revised Confidential Response to OCS Data Request 1.9
Confidential information was provided in the Company's August 4,2017,response to
OCS Data Request 1.9 but was not marked accordingly.The Company now provides this
1st Revised response,which replaces the Company's original response in its entirety.
Confidential Exhibit RMP_(CATl-14)was provided to summarize the assessed
transmission system scope of work,and reliability impacts of the Ekola Flats project on
PacifiCorp's transmission system.The referenced commercial operation date (COD)in
the study was provided by the project developer as part of its original interconnection
request was made on September 4,2015.The Company is confident that any schedule
inconsistencies /updates in interconnection queue documents can be fully resolved if the
Ekola Flats proxy project was to emerge as the best choice for the Company's customers
from the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)request for proposals (RFP)process (2017R
RFP).
Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah
(UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.
17-035-40 /Rocky Mountain Power
October 20,20 17
OCS Data Request 1.10 -13'Revised
OCS Data Request 1.10
Teoly
CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST-CAT-2-14 is an Interconnection Facilities Study Report
TB Flats,which specifies a Commercial Operation date of November 1,2024 (Page 1,
service before TB Flats comes online (Page 2,7th bullet).Given these facts,how was it
reasonable for the Company to have used the TB Flats project as a benchmark that would
be online by the end of 2020?
1"Revised Confidential Response to OCS Data Request 1.10
Confidential information was provided in the Company's August 4,2017,response to
OCS Data Request 1.10 but was not marked accordingly.The Company now provides
this 1st Revised response,which replaces the Company's original response in its entirety.
Confidential Exhibits RMP_(CAT2-14)and RMP_(CAT2-15)were provided to
summarize the assessed transmission system scope of work,and reliability impacts of the
TB Flats projects on PacifiCorp's transmission system.The referenced commercial
Company is confident that any schedule inconsistencies /updates in interconnection
queue documents can be fully resolved if the TB Flats I and TB Flats II proxy projects
were to emerge as the best choices for the Company's customers from the Integrated
Resource Plan (IRP)request for proposals (RFP)process (2017R RFP).
Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah
(UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.