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2011 JUN 22 AM to= 0 i
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
June 22, 2011
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VI OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
Jean Jewell
Idao Public Service Commission
472 W. Washigton Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
RE: Amendment to Order No. 32084, Case No. PAC-E-IO-05
First Revised and Restated Power Purchase Agreement between Power County
Wind Park, LLC and PacifiCorp, entered into June 2, 2011.
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing in the above captioned matter, pleas find the origin and seven (7) copies of
the First Revised and Restated Power Puchase agreements between Power County Wind Park,
LLC, and PacifiCorp, executed on June 2, 2011. Ths agreement amends the purchae power
agreement entered into by the paries on Augut 18,2010 and approved October 6,2010 by the
Idaho Public Utilties Commission, Order No. 32084, for the Nort and South Power County
Wind Parks.
The purse of the amendments are to revise the original contrcts for both the Power County
Wind Park Nort and South projects to replace twelve (12) Vesta V100, 1.8 megawatt, wind
tubines with nie (9) Nordex N100, 2.5 megawatt, wid tubines. Ths change will revise the
expected capacity rating from 21,780 kilowatt to 22,500 kilowatt. The average monthy output
for each facilty is stil expected to be below 10 average megawatt
The average anual net output of each of the facilties is also amended. The Power County Wind
Park Nort PPA average anual net output of 67,311,441 kWh is amended to 60,039,952 kWh.
The Power County Wind Park South PPA average anual net output of 60,523,733 kWh is
amended to 57,129,471 kWh.
Rocky Mountan Power respectfly requests that these revised and restate purchae power
agreements be approved in a miute-order by the Commssion.
However, if the Commssion feels ths matter deserves a more thorough examination the
Company has enclosed an application requesting tht these revisions to the purchae power
agreements be processed under Modified Procedure as Case No. P AC-E-11-16.
Idao Public Utilties Commssion
June 22, 2011
Page 2
Please contat Danel Solander at (801) 220-4014 if you have any questions.
Very try yours,
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Vice President, Regulation
Danel E. Solander
201 S. Mai, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Telephone (801) 220-4014
Fax: (801) 220-3299
dael.solander(gpacificorp.com
RECEIVED
2011 JUN 22 AM to: 0 I
Attorney for PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mounta Power
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAI )
POWER REQUESTING APPROVAL)
OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE ) CASE NO. PAC-E-11-16
PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS )
WITH POWER COUNTY WI )PAR, LLC. )
PacifiCorp, dba Rocky Mounta Power ("Rocky Mounta Power"), in
accordance with RP 52 and the applicable provisions of the Public Utilty Reguatory
Policies Act of 1978 ("PUR A"), hereby respetflly applies to the Idao Public Utilties
Commission (the "Commssion") for an Order approving amendments to two Power
Purchae Agreements ("PP As") entered into between Rocky Mounta Power and Power
County Wind Park Nort, LLC and Power County Wind Park South, LLC, respectively,
each dated June 2, 2011. In support of ths Application Rocky Mounta Power
represents as follows:
I. BACKGROUN
1. PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, is an electrcal corporation and public
utilty doing business as Rocky Mounta Power in the state of Idaho and is subject to the
jursdiction of the Commssion with regard to its public utilty operations. PacifiCorp
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - 1
also provides retal electrc service in the states of Uta Oregon, Wyoming, Washigton,
and Californa.
2. Power County Wind Park, LLC is a Delaware limted liabilty company
("Power County Wind") and manager and sole member of the LLC. On October 6, 2010,
the Commission's Order No. 32084 approved purchaed power agreements between
Rocky Mountai Power, Windland, and the LLC entered into Augu 16, 2010. The
Commssion found tht the agreements submitted in ths case contained acceptable
contract provisions and included the non-Ievelized published rates approved by the
Commission in Order No. 31025.
II. FIRST AMNDMENT
3. Submitted herein is the firs amendment to the two PP As between
PacifiCorp and Power County Wind for the purhae by PacifiCorp of all of the output
from two wid generating facilities owned by Power County Wind.
4. The origi contracts for both Power County Wind Nort and South ar
being amended to replace the twelve (12) Vesta V100, 1.8 megawatt, wind tubines with
nie (9) Nordex N100 2.5 megawatt wid tubines. Ths revision changed the expected
capacity rating from 21,780 kilowatt to 22,500 kilowatts. The average monthy output
for each wind park is stil expected to be below 10 average megawatts
5. Due to the tubine change the average anua net output of each of the
facilties chaged. The Power County Wind, Nort PP A average anua net output of
67,311,441 kWh chaged to 60,039,952 kWh. The Power County Wind, South PPA
average anual net output of 60,523,733 kWh chaged to 57,129,471 kWh.
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAI POWER - 2
6. A complete list of all amendments to the Purchase Power Agreements is
provided in the attched First Amendment to the PP As.
III. MODIFD PROCEDURE
7. Rocky Mounta Power believes that a hearng is not necessar to
consider the issues presented herein and respectfuly requests that ths Application be
processed under Modified Procedur, Le., by wrttn submissions rather th by hearng.
RP 201 et seq. If, however, the Commssion determes tht a techncal hearg is
requied, the Company stads ready to prepare and present its testimony in such hearg.
IV. COMMCATIONS AN SERVICE OF PLEADINGS
8. Communcations and service of pleadgs, exhbits, orders, and other
documents relating to this proceedig should be sent to the followig:
Ted Weston
201 South Mai Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Uta 84111
Telephone: (801) 220-2963
Fax: (801) 220-2798
ted. weston(ßpacificorp.com
and to:
Danel E. Solander
201 S. Main, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Telephone (801) 220-4014
Fax: (801) 220-3299
daniel.solander(ßacificorp.com
In addition, the Company respectfly requests that all data requests regarding ths
matter be addressed to one or more of the followig:
Bye-mail (preferred)dataequest(ßpacificorp.com
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - 3
By regular ma Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97232
v. REQUEST FOR RELIEF
9. Rocky Mounta Power respectflly request tht the Commission issue
an Order: (1) authorizing tht ths matter may be processed by Modified Procedure; (2)
accepting the First Amendment to the Sales Agrement beteen PacifiCorp and Power
County Wind, LLC without chage or condition.
DATED ths 22nd day of June, 2011
Respectfly submitted,
WOJiQ~
Danel Solander
IGW W-
Attorney for Rocky Mountain Power
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAI POWER - 4
FIRT AMNDMENT TO POWERPURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEN POWER COUNTY WI PAR NORm, LLC AN PACIFCORP
Recital
On August 18,2010, Power County Wind Park Nort, LLC, a Delawa limte liabilty
cOl'pany ("Seller") and PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, entered into their Power Purchae
Agreement Between Power County Wind Park North, LLC and PacifCorp. ("Power Purchase
Agreement") concerning the sale and purchase of net output from Seller's planed 21,780 kW
wid Qulifyg Facilty, to be located in Power County, Idao. On October 6, 2010, the Idao
Public Utilities Commssion, in Order No. 32084, approved the Power Puchase Agreement and
found payments made under the Power Puchase Agreement to be pruently incured expenses
for ratemag puroses.
The Power Puchae Agreement contemplates tht Seller's Facilty will include 12 Vestas
VLOO 1.8 MW tubines. However Seller desires to intead intal 9 Nordex NI00 2.5 MW
tubines. The proposed substitution wil result in chages to the Facilty's energy production
parete. PacifiCorp does not object to the substitution.
Seller also desires to amend the PP A to reflect its restrctug of ownersip of the
Interconnection Facilties used by Seller and Power County Wind Park South LLC and a change
in ownershp of Seller.
THREFORE, PACIFCORP AN SELLER HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
Ths First Amendment to Power Puchae Agreement (Renewable Energy) between
Pow~r Gounty W~d Park Nort, LLC and PacifiCorp (ths "First Amendment") is entered into
ths'~dayof ~'C , 2011, by and between Seller and PacifiCorp, and amends their
August 18, 2010 . er Puchae Agreement. Capitaized te used and not otherise defined
herin are defied in the Power Puchase Agreement In consideration of the mutu covenants
herein cotained, Seller and PacifiCoip amend the Power Puchase Agreement as follows:
i. Amendment to Facility Capacity Ratig. Recita A of the Power Puhae
Agreement is hereby revised by replacing "an expected Facility Capacity Ratig of 21,780
kiowatt" with "an expete Facilty Capacity Ratig of 22,500 kilowatts."
2. Amendment to Recita B. Inteconnection Facilities. Recita B of the Power
Puhae Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entiety:
B. Seller has secured rights to deliver output from its Facilty to
PacifiCoip across interconnection facilities owned by Power County Wind Parks,
LLC; Seller, Power County Wind Park South, LLC, and Power County Wind
Parks, LLC have agreed to allocate comigled line losses on those interconnection
facilities as set fort in Addendum L.
First Amendment to Power Purcase Agrement 1
3. Amendment to Recital D, Averge Anual Net Output. Recita D of the Power
Puchase Agreement ar hereby amended to replace the Average Anual Net Output of
67,311,441 kWh with 60,039,952 kWh.
4. Amendment to Section 1.68, Wind Turbine. Section 1.68 of the Power Puhae
Agreement is hereby amended to replace "Vesta V100, 1.8 megawatt wid tubine" with
"Nordex N100, 2.5 megawatt wid tubine" and to replace "12 Wind Turbines" with "9 Wind
Turbines" .
5. Amendment to Section 4.3.1. Intial Year Energy Deliveiy Schedule. Section
4.3.1 of the Power Puchase Agreement is hereby amende to replace the Initial Yea Energy
Deliver Schedule with the followig:
July
August
September
October
November
December
Energ Delivery (kWh)
6,240,784
5,489,913
6,524,876
5,387,788
4,733,589
4,421,139
3,151,598
3,099,258
4,014,170
4,723,844
5,827,121
6,425,870
Month
Janua
Febru
Mah
April
May
June
6. Amendment to Section 23, Notices. Section 23 of the Power Puchae Agreement
is hereby amended to replace the Seller's contact inormtion for all tyes of corrspondence and
notices with the followig:
Power County Wind Park Nort LLC
Att: Moshe Bonder
c/o CG Power Solutions USA Inc
403 New Kaer Road
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 452-7718
Fax: (518) 452-7716
7. Amendment to Exhbit A. Description of Seller's Facilty. Exhbit A to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby replaced in its entiety with Attachment i to ths Firt
Amendment, atthed herto.
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 2
8. Amendment to Exhbit B. Single-line drawing of Facilitv. Exhbit B to the Power
Puhase Agrement is hereby amended to replace the single-line drawing of the Facilty in its
entity with the single-line drawig of the Facility in Attachment 2 to ths First Amendment,
attched hereto.
9. Amendment to Exhbit D. Energy Deliveiy Schedule. Exhbit D to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby amended to relace the Energy Delivery Schedule table with the
followig:
Power County Wind Park North, LLC
Scheduled Monthly Average kWMonthEnergy Delivery
per month
(kWh)
January 6,240,784 8,388
February 5,489,913 8,170
March 6,524,876 8,770
April 5,387,788 7,483
May 4,733,589 6,362
June 4,421,139 6,140
July 3,151,598 4,236
August 3,099,258 4,166
September 4,014,170 5,575
October 4,723,844 6,349
November 5,827,121 8,093
December 6,425,870 8,637
TOTAL 60,039,952 6,864
10. Amendment to Exhbit F-L. Motive Force Plan. Exhibit F-1 to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby amended to replace in the first sentence "Windland has collected
wind data" with "Wind data has been collected" and to replace the 12 x 24 production table with
the followig:
12 X 24 production (kWh) for Power County Wind Park North
(MST)Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
..
0 8438 8943 8931 7815 6702 6502 4993 4758 6793 7081 9052 9320
1 8757 8298 9101 7727 6420 6455 4649 4397 6611 6375 8874 9267
2 9000 8395 9242 7586 6432 6106 4340 4631 6192 6796 8382 8545
3 9022 8380 9145 7335 6312 5948 4068 4353 5898 6637 7687 8106
4 8824 8425 9074 7278 5962 5733 3751 3608 5638 6699 7105 8218
5 8928 8879 9463 7137 5835 5886 3083 3499 5515 6338 7204 8083
6 8581 8691 8946 6741 5307 5275 3492 3244 5230 6533 7596 8363
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agrement 3
(MST)Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5ep Oct Nov Dec
7 8569 8576 8429 6541 4914 5018 2902 3305 4541 5946 6961 8481
8 8511 8614 8136 6446 4777 4945 2401 2736 4064 5652 7128 8515
9 8658 8736 8091 6170 5352 5024 2696 2638 4016 5243 7459 8577
10 8230 8283 8984 7038 5827 5145 3134 2600 3780 5024 7231 8520
11 8021 7831 9716 7588 6299 5722 3074 2962 3872 5258 7569 8055
12 7726 7741 9636 7756 6540 5925 3439 3824 4301 5354 7670 8090
13 7599 7495 9551 7989 6665 6384 3986 3743 5183 6085 7598 7522
14 7113 7311 8940 7566 6981 6818 4504 4667 5472 6149 7654 7984
15 7417 6919 9102 7665 7207 7287 5177 4894 5705 6304 7404 7758
16 7705 6975 8804 7413 7169 7632 4971 5223 5500 6852 7666 8407
17 8304 7066 8076 7832 6719 7012 5166 4603 5173 6568 8278 9262
18 8052 7591 8205 7755 6464 6535 5151 4596 6086 7086 9030 9396
19 8283 7819 8087 7854 6817 5781 5086 4755 6501 7337 9275 9340
20 8631 8195 7931 7985 7220 6548 5597 5249 6959 6946 9074 9348
21 8790 8889 8136 7914 7480 6587 5480 5608 6908 7071 9357 9357
22 9381 8958 8451 8366 6905 6626 5278 5226 6694 6695 9545 9168
23 8777 9058 8305 8096 6390 6478 5248 4857 7173 6353 9438 9605
11. Amendment to Exhbit F-2. Engineer's Certfication. Exhbit F-2 to the Power
Puchase Agreement is herby replaced in its entiet with Attachment 3 to this Firt
Amendment, attched hereto.
12. Amendment to Exhibit H. Seller Authorition to Release Generation Data to
PacifiCom. Exhbit H to the Power Puhase Agrement is hereby replaced in its entiet with
Attachment 4 to ths First Amendment, attched hereto.
13. Amendment to Addendum L. Station Load. Losses. and Net Output Allocation.
Addendu L to the Power Puchase Agreement is hereby amended to relace each instace of
"Windland Power County Projects" with "Power County Projects".
All other term and conditions set forth in the Power Purchase Agreement shll remin
unchaged. This First Amendment may be executed in counterpar. This First Amendment
shall become effective afr execution by both Pares and aftr approval by the Commssion;
provided, however, ths Firt Amendment shall not become effective until the Commssion fids
tht the payments made under the Power Purchase Agrement (with chages under the Firt
Amendment) are prdently incured for ratemakg puroses and which payments the
Commission will allow PacifiCorp to recover in rates in Idao in. the event other jursdictions
deny recover of their proportonate shar of said expenses. PacifiCorp shall seek such
Commission approval promptly upon execution of this Firt Amendment.
With 30 days afer ths First Amendment becomes effective, PacifiCorp shal prear a
conformg drft of the Power Purchase Agreement incorporatig the chages set fort in ths
First Amendment and transmit a copy thereof to Seller for its records.
First Amendment to Power Purchae Agreement 4
IN WITNSS WHREOF, Seller and PacifiCorp hereto have caused ths First
Amendment to the Power Purchase Agrement to be executed by their duly authoried
represetatives as of the first date hereinabove set fort.
POWER COUN WI PAR NORTH, LLC (Seller) PACI
Title:
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agrement 5
By:
ATTACHMNT 1
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EXHIT A
DESCRITION OF SELLER'S FACILIT
,
Seller's Facility consists of nie (9) wind tubine generator(s) maufactued by Nordex. More
specifically, each generator at the Facilty is descnòed as:
Type (synchronous or inductive): Inductive
Model:
Number of Phases:
Rated Output (kW):
Nordex Nl 00, 2.5 MW
3
2,500
Rate Output (kVA): 2630 (2500kW, 822 kV AR), contiuous
Rated Voltage (le to lie):
Rated Current (A): Stator: _ A; Rotor: A
Maxium kW Output: 2,500 kW Maxium kVA Output: 2,630 kVA
Miimum kW Output: approxiately 100 kW (depds on wind speed)
Manufacturer's Guaranteed Cut-in Wind Speed: 3 mls
Manufacturer's Guaranteed Cut-out Wind Speed: 20 mls
Facilty Capacity Rating: 22,500 kW
Maxmum Facilty Delivery Rate: 22,500 kW at
Maxium GIA Delivery Rate: tbd kW (specify whether rate is instataeous or hour-averged)
Describe (1) any differences between the maxum output ofthè generator(s) and their Nameplate
Capacity Ratig(s) and (2) any differences between the Facilty Capacity Ratig, the Maxum Facilty
Deliver Rate, and the Maxum GIA Delivery Rate:
Station servce requirements, and other loads served by the Facilty, if any, are described as
follows: Station Service is estiate to be 220kW,lie losses and transformer losses ar estiated to be
1,100 kW.
Location of the Facilty: The Facilty is located in Power County, Idao. The location is more
parcularly described as follows:
Nort: T8S, R3IE, Section 13 and T8S, R3IE, Sections 6,7,8,17,18
Power factor requirements: tbd in GIA
Attch documentation of the power cure for the genertor (see below)
First Amendment to Power Pucha Agrement 6
Power Curves NordexN100l2500
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3.0 1 ~1 1 1 1
3.5 33 35 36 38 39 40
4.0 79 81 84 86 89 91
4.5 136 140 144 148 152 156
5.0 205 211 216 22 228 233
5.5 286 29 3Q 309 317 32
tI.o 381 391 401 411 421 432
8.5 490 50 517 530 543 556
7.0 618 634 651 667 68 700
1.:1M 18:)8U u:::U4 866
8.0 931 955 980 100 1028 105
8.5 1114 1143 1172 1200 122 1258
9.0 1312 1346 138 1414 1447 1481
9.5 1525 156 1603 164 1681 1720
10.0 1749 1794 1839 188 1928 1971
10.5 196 2024 2063 2101 2139 2175
11.0 2173 2207 227 22fr 227 235
11.5 2316 231 233 2385 2407 242
12.0 .2415 ~2446 2460 2414 Z4l
12.5 2476 24 2489 2494 249 250
13.0 249 25 2500 250 25 2500
13.5 250 ;000 ZliUU ;¿25 250
14.0 250 2500 2500 250 25 2500
14.5 2500 25 2500 250 25 2500
15.0 2tO 2500 250 25W .25 250
15.5 2500 2500 2500 250 250 2500
16.0 2500 25 2500 250 250 25
16.::2!l 25 2500 25W 25 2500
17.0 250 25 250 250 25 250
17.5 2500 25 25 250 25 250
18.U 250 2500 25 250 25 250
18.5 2500 2500 2500 250 250 250
19.0 250 2500 250 250 250 250
19.:2500 250 2500 250 250 25
20.0 2500 2500 2500 2500 250 250
20.5.250 2500 2500 250 25 25
21.09 25W 25 2500 250 250 250
21.59 2500 2500 250 250 250 2500
22.09 250 2S 250 250 2500 2500
ZZ.5W 250 2S 2500 250 2500 250
23.0.250 25 2500 2500 2500 250
23.59 250 2500 2500 250 2500 250
24.0"2500 2500 2500 2500 2500 2500
24.5"2500 2500 250 250 250 2500
25.0.250 2500 2500 250 250 250
· valid for N100100 lee lIa y¡Ît a cut-oWlnd spee d 25 mls only
The Nordex NIOO tubines used at Power County Wind Park Nort wil have a cut-out wind speed of20mls. .
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 7
ATTACHMNT 2
Replacement single line drwing of Facilty is attched.
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 8
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ATTACHMNT 3
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EXHmITF-2
ENGINER'S CERTIFICATION
(1) THT THE WID DATA SUMRIS IN EXITF-1 ARE ACCURTE;
(Licensed Professional Engiee's cerfication)
(2) THT TH AVERAGE ANAL NET OUTPUT ESTITE is 60,039,952 KWH PER YEAR
IN EACH FUL CALENDAR YEAR OF THIS AGREEMENT BASED ON THE MOTIVE FORCE
PLAN IN EXHIT F-1;
(Licensed Professional Engieer's certfication)
(3) THT THE FACILIT, UNER AVERAGE DESIGN CONDITIONS, LIKLY WIL
GENERATE NO MORE THAN 10 aM IN AN CALENAR MONTH.
(Licensed Professional Enginee's cerfication)
First Amenent to Power Purchase Agreement 9
ATTACHMNT 3
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(Licensed Professional Engineer's certfication)
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First Amendnt to Power luhae Agrement F2 - 1
ATTACHMNT 4
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EXHITH
SeDer Authoriation to Release Generation Data to PacifCorp
PacifiCor
Trasmission Services
Att: Director, Trasmission Serices
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1600
Portand, OR 97232
RE: Power County Wind Park Nort LLC Interconnection Request
Dear Sir:
Power County Wind Park Nort, LLC hereby voluntaly authonzes PacifiCorp's Tramission business
unt to share Power County Wind Par Nort, LLC's generator inteconnection inormation and genertor
meter data relating to Power County Wind Park Nort, LLC Qulifyg Facilty locate nea the town of
American Fals, Power County, Idao with Marketig Afliate employees ofPacifiCorp Energy,
includig, but not limited to those in the Commercial and Trading group. Power County Wind Park
Nort LLC acknowledges tht PacifiCorp did not provide it any preferences, either operationa or rate-
related, in exchange for this voluntary conent
Date:~/8¡'(~l
David Klein
President, Power County Wind Par Nort, LLC
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agrement 10
FIRT AMNDMENT TO POWER PURCHAE AGREEMENT
BETWEN POWER COUNY WI PAR SOUTH, LLC AN PACIFCORP
Recitals
On Augut 18, 2010, Power County Wind Par Sout, LLC, a Delaware limted liability
company ("Seller") and PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, ented into their Power Purchase
Agreement Between Power County Wind Park South, UC and PacifCorp. ("Power Purchase
Agreement") concerning the sale and purchase of net output from Seller's planed 21,780 kW
wid Quifyng Facilty, to be located in Power County, Idao. On October 6,2010, the Idao
Public Utilities Commssion, in Order No. 32084, approved the Power Puchase Agreement and
found payments made under the Power Puchase Agrement to be pruently incured expenses
for ratemag puroses.
The Power Puchase Agreement contemplates that Seller's Facilty wil include 12 Vestas
V100 1.8 MW tubines. However Seller desires to instead intal 9 Nordex Nl00 2.5 MW
tubines.' The proposed substitution will result in chages to the Facilty's energy production
pareters. PacifiCorp'does not object to the substitution.
Seller also desires to amend the PP A to reflect its restrctug of ownership of the
Interconnection Facilties used by Seller and Power County Wind Park Nort LLC and a change
in ownership of Seller.
THEREFORE, PACIFICORP AN SELLER HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
Ths Firt Amendment to Power Puchase Agreement (Renewable Energy) betwee
Power f¡unty !JP~o.,Uth, LLC and PacifiCorp (this "First Amendment") is enteed into
ths 2t day of ~ 2011, by and between Seller and PacifCorp, and amends their
Augut 18, 201 wer Puchase Agrement Capitalized tes used and not otherwise defied
herein.are defied in the Power Puchase Agreement In consideration of the mutul covenats
herein contained, Seller and PacifCorp amend the Power Puchase Agreement as follows:
1. Amendment to Facility Capacity Ratig. Recita A of the Power Purhase
Agreeent is hereby revised by replacing "an . expecte Facility Capacity Ratig of 21,780
kilowatt" with "an expected Facilty Capacity Rating of 22,500 kilowatt."
2. Amendment to Recital B. Interconnection Facilities. Recital B of the Power
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety:
B. Seller has secured rights to deliver output from its Facilty to
PacifiCorp across interconnection facilities owned by Power County Wind Parks,
LLC; Seller, Power County Wind Park Nort, LLC, and Power County Wind
Parks, LLC have agreed to allocate comingled line losses on those interconnection
facilties as set fort in Addendum L.
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agrement 1
3. Amendment to Recital D, Average Anua Net Ou1¡ut. RecitalD of the Power
Puchse Agrement are hereby. amended to replace the Average Anual Net Output of
60,523,733 kWh with 57,129,471 kWh.
4. Amendment to Section 1.68, Wind Turbine. Section 1.68 of the Power Puhase
Agreement is hereby amended to relace "Vesta Vi 00, 1.8 megawatt wid tubine" with
"Nordex NI00, 2.5 megawatt wind tubine" and to replace "12 Wind Turbines" with "9 Wind
Turbines".
5. Amendment to Section 4.3.1. Intial Year Energy Deliveiy Schedule. Section
4.3.1 of the Power Puchae Agreement is herby amended to replace the Intial Year Energy
Deliver Schedule with the followig:
Month
Janua
Februar
March
Aprl
May
June
Energy Delivery (kWh)
6,029,766
5,249,424
6,268,001
5,114,634
4,493,293
4,165,849
2,935,185
2,882,123
3,788,842
4,463,382
5,599,675
6,139,296
July
August
Septeber
October
November
December
6. Amendment to Section 23. Notices. Section 23 of the Power Puhase Agrement
is hereby amended to replace the Seller's contact informtion for all tyes of correspondence and
notices with the followig:
Power County Wind Park South, LLC
Att: Moshe Bonder
c/o CG Power Solutions USA Inc
403 New Kaer Road
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 452-7718
Fax: (518) 452-7716
7. Amendment to Exhibit A. Description of Seller's Facilty. Exhbit A to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with Attachment 1 to ths Firt
Amendment, attched hereto.
First Amendmt to Power Purchase Agreement
8. Amendment to Exhibit B. Single-line drawig ofFacii1ty. Exhbit B to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby amended to replace the single-line drawig of the Facilty in its
entiet with the single-line drwig of the Facilty in Attachment 2 to ths First Amendment,
attched hereto.
9. Amendment to Exhbit D,. Energy Delivery Schedule. Exhbit D to the Power
Puchase Agrèement is hereby amende to replace the Energy Delivery Schedule table with the
followig:
Power County Wind Park South, LLC
Scheduled Monthly AveragekWMonthEnerg Delivery
per month (kWh)
January 6,029,766 8,105
February 5,249,424 7,812
March 6,268,001 8,425
April 5,114,634 7,104
May 4,493,293 6,039
June 4,165,849 5,786
July 2,935,185 3,945
August 2,882,123 3,874
September 3,788,842 5,262
October 4,463,382 5,999
November 5,599,675 7,777
December 6,139,296 8,252
TOTAL 57,129,471 6,532
10. Amendment to Exhibit F-L. Motive Force Plan. Exhibit F-1 to the Power
Puchse Agreement is hereby amended to replace in the fit sentence "Windland has collected
wid data" with "Wind data has been collected" and to replace the 12 x 24 production tablewith
the following:
12 x: 24 production (kWh) for Power County Wind Park South
(MST)Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0 8080 8547 8546 7383 6344 6093 4677 4426 6454 6702 8698 8903
1 8426 7923 8710 7282 6220 6044 4362 4098 6260 6041 8530 8834
2 8684 8023 8844 7160 6198 5708 4063 4318 5870 6454 8062 8125
3 8867 8058 8736 6928 6056 5560 3787 4030 5602 6316 7364 7718
4 8650 8086 8713 6886 5586 5369 3475 3319 5334 6380 6951 7827
5 8572 8532 9083 6940 5460 5548 2854 3230 5217 6019 6865 7683
6 8239 8351 8547 6389 4953 4961 3251 2991 4925 6211 7257 7936
First Amedment to Power Purchase Agreement 3
(MST)Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
7 8252 8222 8059 6199 4604 4744 2683 3069 4290 5651 6645 8067
8 8498 8223 7794 6116 4486 4670 2212 2518 3831 5360 6815 8128
9 8333 8314 7759 5854 5075 4750 2484 2424 3777 4954 7140 8166
10 7914 7873 8659 6675 5509 4860 2905 2381 3550 4747 7073 8102
11 7705 7448 9311 7245 5968 5399 2841 2707 3637 4992 7255 7686
12 7421 7366 9221 7387 6209 5600 3175 3512 4033 5036 7512 7884
13 7296 7155 9149 7598 6344 6038 3683 3452 4881 5701 7432 7188
14 6802 6932 8916 7170 6653 6451 4193 4329 5158 5774 7297 7780
15 7114 6592 8688 7437 6839 6893 4826 4540 5375 5924 7059 7567
1.6 7417 6665 8389 7015 6801 7223 4652 4859 5169 6462 7484 8002
17 8012 6919 7680 7454 6376 6652 4820 4526 4851 6157 7875 8850
18 7719 7233 7802 7333 6143 6161 4828 4290 5710 6675 8627 8982
19 7969 7470 7883 7436 6467 5437 4737 440 6114 6916 8860 8928
20 8464 7801 7730 7540 6831 6169 5218 4902 6573 6512 8699 8922
21 8629 8482 7760 7482 7101 6192 5104 5218 6523 6679 8936 8886
22 9029 8602 8068 7917 6541 6237 4943 4873 6349 6337 9137 8731
23 8416 8663 8148 7662 6183 6105 4910 4519 6811 5981 9083 9145
11. Amendment to Exhbit F-2. Engineer's Cerification. Exhbit F-2 to the Power
Puchase Agreement is hereby replaced in its entiety with Attachment 3 to this Firt
Amendment, atthed hereto.
12. Amendment to Exhibit H. Seller Authoriation to Release Generation Data. to
PacifiCorp. Exhbit H to the Power Puchase Agreement is hereby relaced in its entiety with
Attchment 4 to ths Firt Amendment, attched hereto.
13. Amendment to Addendum L. Station Load. Losses. and Net Output Allocation.
Addendu L to the Power Puchase Agrent is hereby amended to relace each instace of
"Windland Power County Projects" with "Power County Projects".
All other terms and conditions set fort in the Power Puchase Agreement shall rema
unchaged. Ths Firt Amendment may be executed in counterar. This First Amendment
shall become effective aftr execution by both Paries and after approval by the Commission;
provided, however, this First Amendment shall not become. effective until the Commission fids
tht the payments made under the Power Puchase Agreement (with changes under the Firt
Amendment) are prudently incued for ratemakg puroses and which payments the
Commission wil allow PacifiCorp to recover in rates in Idao in the event other jursdictions
deny recovery of their proportionate share of said expenses. PacifiCorp shall seek such
Commission approval promptly upon execution of ths Firt Amendment.
With 30 days after this First Amendment becomes effective, PacifCorp shall prepar a
conformg draft of the Power Puchase Agreement incorporating the changes set fort in ths
First Amendment and trsmit a copythereofto Seller for its records.
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 4
IN WITNSS WHREOF, Seller and PacifiCorp hereto have caused ths First
Amendment to the Power Puchase Agreement to be executed by their duly authori
representatives as of the fit date hereinabove set fort.
POWER COUN WI PAR SOUTH, LLC (Seller) PACIFICORP
By:B
First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 5
ATTACHMNT 1
Replacement
EXHIT A
DESCRITION OF SELLER'S FACILITY
Seller's Facilty consists of nie (9) wid tubine generator(s) manufactued by Nordex. More
specificaly, each generator at the Facility is descrbed as:
Type (synchronous or inductive): Inductive
Model:
Number of Phases:
Rated Output (kW):
Nordex Nloo, 2.5 MW
3
2,500
Rated Output (kVA): 2630 (2500kW, 822 kV AR), contiuous
Rated Voltage (le to line):
Rated Current (A): Stator: _ A; Rotor: A
Maxum kW Output: 2,500 kW Maxium kVA Output: 2,630 kV A
Mium kW Output: appoxiately 100 kW (depends on wid speed)
Manufacturer's Guaranteed Cut-in Wind Speed: 3 m/s
Manufacturer's Guaranteed Cut-out Wind Speed: 20 m/s
Facilty Capacity Ratig: 22,500 kW
Maxium Facilty Delivery Rate: 22,500 kW at
Maxum GIA Delivery Rate: tbd kW (specify whether rate is instataeous or hour-averged)
Descnbe (1) any differences between the maximum output of the genertor(s) and their Nameplate
Capacity Ratig(s) and (2) any differences between the Facilty Capacity Ratig, the Maxum Facilty
Delivery Rate, and the Maxum GIA Deliver Rate:
Station servce requirements, and other loads served by the Facilty, if any, are descnbed as
follows: Station Serice is estiate to be 220kW, lie losses and tranformer losses are estiated to be1,100kW. .
Location of the Facil: The Facilty is located in Power County, Idao. The location is more
parcularly descnbed as follows:
South: T8S, R31E, Sections 19,20,29 & 30
Power factor requirements: tbd in GIA
Attch documentation of the power cure for the generator (see below)
First Amendt to Power Purchase Agrement 6
Poer Curves NordexN100l2500
~3.0 1 1 1 1
3.5 33 35 36 38 39 40
4.0 79 81 84 86 89 91
4.5 136 140 144 148 152 156
5.0 205 211 216 22 228 233
5.5 286 29 302 309 317 32
6.0 381 391 40 411 421 432
6.5 490 504 517 530 543 556
7.0 618 634 651 667 684 700
7.5 764 785 80 825 84 868
8.0 931 95 98 100 102 1052
8.5 1114 1143 1172 1200 122 1258
9.0 1312 1346 1380 1414 1447 1481
9.5 1525 156 1603 1642 1681 172
10.0 1749 1794 1839 188 1928 1971
10.~198 204 2063 2101 2139 2.175
11.0 2173 2207 22 2267 22 235
11.5 2316 231 2363 2385 2407 ~12.0 2415 2433 2446 246 2474
12.5 2476 248 2489 2494 2498 2500
13.0 249 25 2500 250 250 2500
13.5 2:iO 250 2500 2f ..~.250
14.0 250 250 250 2500 25 2500
14.5 250 2500 2500 250 2500 250
15.0 2500 2500 2500 25 250 2500
15.5 250 25 250 2500 2500 2500
16.0 250 250 2500 250 2500 2500
16.5 2500 25 2500 25 2500 2500
17.0 2500 250 2500 2500 2500 2500
17.5 250 250 2500 250 250 250
18.0 2500 25 2500 250 25 250
18.5 250 2500 2500 250 25 2500
19.0 250 250 2500 250 2500 250
19.5 2WO 25 2500 250 2500 2500
20.0 250 25 2500 2500 2500 2500
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22.0.250 250 2500 2500 2500 2500
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24.0-2500 250 2500 250 2500 2500
24.5-2500 2500 2500 2500 2500 2500
25.0.2500 2500 2500 2500 2500 2500
.. valid for N100100 lEe lIa wit a cut-ot wind spee d 25 mls only
The Nordex NIOO tubines used at Power County Wind Park South wil have a cut-out wid spee of20
mls.
First Amenment to Power Purchase Agreement 7
ATTACHMNT 2
Replacement single line drwing of Facilty is attched.
First Amendment to Power Puchase Agrement 8
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EXHITF-2
ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATION
(1) THT TH WIND DATA SUMS IN EXHIT F-1 ARE ACCURTE;
(Licensed Professional Engineer' s cerfication)
(2) THT TH AVERAGE ANAL NET OUTUT ESTITE is 57,129,471 KWH PER YEAR
IN EACH FUL CALENDAR YEAR OF THIS AGREEMENT BASED ON TH MOTI FORCE
PLAN IN EXHIT F-l;
(Licensed Professional Engineer's cerfication)
(3) THT THE FACILITY, UNER AVERAGE DESIGN CONDmONS, LIKLY WIL
GENRATE NO MORE TH 10 aM IN ANY CALENDAR MONT.
(Licensed Professiona Engineer's cerfication)
First Amendment to Pawer Purchase Agreement 9
ATTACHMENT 3
Replacement
EXHBITF-2
ENGINER'S CERTIFICATION
(1) THT THE WID DATA SUMMES IN EXHffIT F-1 ARE ACCURA IE;
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(Licensed Professiona Engieer's certification)
(2) THT THE AVERAGE ANAL NET OUTPUT ESTIMTE is 57,129,471 KWH
PER YEAR IN EACH FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF THIS AGREEMENT BASED ON
TH MOTIVE FORCE PLAN IN EXHffIT F-1;
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(Licensed Professiona Engineer's certfication)
(3) THT THE FACILITY, UNER AVERAGE DESIGN CONDITIONS, LIKELY WILL
GENERATE NO MORE THAN 10 aMW IN ANY CALENDAR MONTH.
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(Licensed Professiona Engineer's certfication)
First Amendnt to Powr Purchase Agrement F2 - 1
ATTACHMNT 4
Replacement
EXHBITH
Seller Authoriation to Release Generation Data to PacifCorp
PacifiCorp
Transmission Servces
Att: Director, Trasmission Servces
825 NE Mu1moma, Suite 1600
Portand, OR 97232
RE: Power County Wind Park South LLC Interconnecon Request
Dear Sir:
Power County Wind Park South, LLC hereby voluntaly authories PacifiCorp's Trasmission business
unt to shar Power County Wind Park South, LLC's generator interconnection information and geertor
meter data relating to Power County Wind Park South, LLC Qualifyg Facilty located near the town of
Amercan Falls, Power County, Idao with Marketig Affliate employees of PacifCorp Energy,
including, but not limted to those in the Commercial and Trag group. Power County Wind Park
South, LLC acknowledges that PacifiCorp did not provide it any preferences, either opertiona or rate-
relaed, in exchange for ths volunta consent.
~"1~ Date:
Name: DavidKlein .r=
Title: President, Power County Wind Park South, LLC
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First Amendment to Power Purchase Agreement 10