John P Buechler NYISO Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor. NPCC Governmental and Regulatory Affairs Advisory Group Meeting Albany, NY

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1 Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative Update John P Buechler NYISO Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor NPCC Governmental and Regulatory Affairs Advisory Group Meeting Albany, NY November 30, 2010

2 EIPC Status Concept initiated Spring 2009 Began through discussions among regional planning authorities Structure devised Summer Planning Authorities (U.S. and Canada) now participating Approximately 95% of the Eastern Interconnection customers covered 2

3 North American Interconnections 3

4 Planning Authorities i the th E t in Eastern Interconnection ATC E.ON FPL 4

5 DOE Interconnection Studies EIPC applied for funding of interconnection-wide studies in September 2009 DOE awarded EIPC funding - $16M DOE also funded Eastern Interconnection States Planning Council (EISPC) - $14M Awards also made for WECC and ERCOT 5

6 DOE Project Study Results Roll-up and integration of regional plans for 2020 Eight Macroeconomic futures Input assumptions determined by states/stakeholders Up to 9 sensitivities of input variables on each future Three Future resource scenarios With fully developed d transmission i build-out options that meet reliability requirements Two Project reports October 2011 (may shift to December 2011) October

7 Project Tasks Status SSC Formed! 7

8 EIPC Structure Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) (Open Collaborative Process) EIPC Analysis Team Principal Investigators Planning Authorities Stakeholder Steering Committee (SSC) Stakeholder Work Groups Executive Leadership Technical Leadership & Support Group Stakeholder States Provinces Federal Groups Owners Operators Users 8 8

9 Stakeholder Steering Committee Three Transmission Owners and Developers Three Generation Owners & Developers (minimum one renewable and one nonrenewable) Three Other Suppliers e.g. Power Marketers, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage (minimum one demand-side resources representative) Three Transmission Dependent Utilities (TDUs), Public Power & Co-ops e.g. Municipal utilities, Rural Co-ops, Power Authorities (minimum one Public Power or Coop TDU) Three End Users e.g. Small consumer advocates, large consumers (minimum one state consumer advocate agency) Three NGOs e.g. climate change & energy, land and habitat conservation Ten State representatives One Canadian Provincial representative Ex Officio Members: US DOE, US EPA 9 TOTAL: 29 members 9

10 Recent Stakeholder Activities iti Task 1 SSC formed Early July First SSC meeting July Three stakeholder work groups established: Focus on roll-up and integration of 2020 case Focus on modeling Focus on scenario development Task Force on governance 10

11 Recent Stakeholder Activities iti (Cont d) Second SSC meeting October Elected Chair & Vice Chair Approved Charter Approved Work Group Scopes Webinars Scenario planning August 17 CRA modeling tools August 30 Roll-Up Case October 4 th CRA models & data inputs Nov 8-9 th Revised Roll-UP Case Nov 30 th 11 11

12 Recent Stakeholder Activities iti (Cont d) Weekly work group conference calls during August-November EIPC will clear individuals to receive CEII data through regional processes Third SSC Meeting December th Criteria for Baseline Infrastructure 1 st Future for model definition High-level narrative of 8 Futures Work Plan for finalization of model inputs for all futures 12

13 Project Tasks High Level Deliverables Work Started Data Collection Model Solution Initial Report 13

14 Integrate Regional Plans Task 2 AKA the Roll-Up Case Starting point -- Regional plans for 2020 Allow updates based on new information Integrate/resolve seams issues Analysis of potential ti improvements Revised draft Report provided to Stakeholders SSC developing a baseline infrastructure for macro analysis 14

15 Project Tasks High Level Deliverables SSC Focus During Next 6-9 Months 15

16 Determining What Resource Futures to Study Tasks 4 & 5 Economic analysis on a macro scale to develop possible resource futures Model of the overall economy coupled with a resource expansion optimization i model SSC to determine policy inputs SSC to determine economic drivers Results define a future resource mix Includes a high-level transmission review 16 16

17 Determining What Scenario to Study Task 6 SSC will choose 3 scenarios, based on: Results from macro studies Review of the roll-up case for 2020 Any other information they wish to consider In Phase II, transmission options developed for each scenario Meet reliability requirements Production cost analysis completed Provide high-level generation and transmission costs estimates 17

18 How EIPC Work Will Mesh with Regional Planning Policy Discussions Analysis Team Refines Existing Models for EIPC Use Determine Scenario Proposals Workshop Study Scenarios Analysis Team Completes Work Develop Draft Summaries and Reports Public Input on Draft Reports Publish Final Reports Sub- Process Regional Planning Processes 18

19 For More Information 19

Northeast Coordinated System Plan and Other Interregional Activities

Northeast Coordinated System Plan and Other Interregional Activities IPSAC10 November 6, 2009 Michael I. Henderson and John Buechler Background on Interregional Planning Order 890 requires regional coordination