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SPP RTO Compliance Forum
Western Area Power Administration
March 11, 2015
Mark Buchholz
WAPA Upper Great Plains Region
Compliance Manager
What is Western?
One of four Power Marketing Administration
within the U.S. Department of Energy
Wholesale electricity supplier for 14 Water Projects
Serve more than 690 customers long-term/firm
power preference customers
Serve 15 states in the central and western United
States, covering 1.3 million square miles.
Federal Power Marketing Administrations
What is Western?
1400 Employees
328 Substations
17,000 Circuit Miles of Transmission Line
300 Communication Sites
Over $4 Billion in Assets
Providing Reliable Power to 40 Million Americans
What is Western?
Western transmits hydro power from
56 Power Plants
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
International Boundary Water Commission
Installed Plant Capacity of 10,479 MW
What Exactly Does Western Do?
Where Our Energy Comes From..
Where Our Energy is Delivered..
Western Funding
Funded by
Power Sale Receipts
Revolving Funds
Customer Advances
Congressional Appropriations
Federal Investment Repaid with Interest
The Upper Great Plains Region
Covers Six North Central States - South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska
378,000 square mile Service Territory
7750 miles of Western transmission lines. Operate approx. 2200 miles of transmission owned by others.
200+ Western owned and Non Western owned Substations and Taps.
The Upper Great Plains Region
Three State Maintenance Offices
Huron, SD
Bismarck, ND
Fort Peck, MT
One System Operations Office
Watertown, SD
22 Duty Stations throughout the Region
Generation Resources
2610 MW of Hydro – COE & BuRec
2140 MW of Steam – Basin Electric Coop
600 MW of Gas/Combined Cycle – Basin
840+ MW Wind
85 MW NorthWestern Energy
255 MW Missouri River Energy Services
Watertown Operations Office
Watertown Operations Office
Systems Operations Staff
24 hours/day, 365 days/year
Rotating Shifts – 12/10/8’s
14 week rotation
28 System Operators
2 Outage Coordinators
3 Operation Support Specialists
2 Trainers
2 Supervisors (Transmission & Generation
Watertown Operations Office
Generation Dispatch
Presently a Balancing Authority in Two Control Areas
Upper Great Plains East (WAUE)
Upper Great Plains West (WAUW)
212 Control Area Interconnections
The SPP will become our BA in the East as part of our transition to SPP membership
Watertown Operations Office
Transmission Dispatch
Responsible for the Real Time Operation
of the Bulk Electric System (BES)
Transmission Operator for over 9800 miles of
Transmission Lines and over 200 Substations
Coordination with neighboring TOPs, GOs,
GOPs and the MISO, SPP, and the Peak
Reliability RCs
Upper Great Plains Compliance
Registered Entity with the Midwest
Reliability Organization (MRO) & the
Western Electricity Coordination Council
(WECC)
3-Year Audit Cycle
Audits Jointly Conducted On-Site & Off-Site by
MRO & WECC
Upper Great Plains Compliance
Currently Registered with NERC as:
Balancing Authority (BA)
Transmission Owner (TO)
Transmission Operator (TOP)
Transmission Planner (TP)
Load Serving Entity (LSE)
Purchasing Selling Entity (PSE)
Transmission Service Provider (TSP)
Resource Planner (RP)
Planning Authority (PA)
Interchange Authority (IA)
Upper Great Plains Compliance
After we become a member of SPP and
the approval of the proposed 2015 Changes
to the NERC Rules of Procedure…..
We will no longer be registered as a
Purchasing-Selling Entity (PSE)
Interchange Authority (IA)
Load-Serving Entity (LSE).
Upper Great Plains Compliance
SPP will become our Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority, Transmission Service Provider, and Planning Coordinator – WAUE
SPP will become our Planning Authority and Transmission Service Provider - WAUW
UGP will remain within the MRO & WECC Regional Reliability Organization Footprints.
Upper Great Plains Compliance
Our Future Registered Functions will be…
Balancing Authority (BA) (WAUW)
Transmission Owner (TO)
Transmission Operator (TOP)
Transmission Planner (TP)
Resource Planner (RP)
UGP Internal Compliance Program
UGP Internal Compliance Program
To Ensure the Bulk Electric System within the
Upper Great Plains Region is Operated in a
Reliable and Stable Manner Which is Compliant
with NERC and Regional Reliability Standards.
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Ensure the Upper Great Plains Region is
Prepared to Provide the Necessary Information
to NERC, MRO, and WECC to Support the
Position that the Region is in Compliance with all
Applicable Reliability Standards.
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Senior Vice President for UGP - Ultimately
responsible for our compliance and the
Program within the Region
Vice President for UGP Operations –
Delegated the responsibility for compliance
within the Region
Compliance Manager – Responsible for
administration of the Program within the
Region
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Emphasis is placed on….
Documentation and Compliance Evidence
Review
Compliance Monitoring
Investigation of Possible Compliance Issues
Prompt Mitigation of Compliance Violations
UGP Internal Compliance Program
In the event of an investigation by FERC,
NERC, MRO, or WECC, or an internal
investigation associated with a compliance
issue, our ICP requires full cooperation by
UGP personnel.
Employees reporting or providing information
related to a suspected or sustained
compliance violation are not subject to
retaliation in any manner.
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Compliance Program Staff consists of
Regional Compliance Manager
Reliability Standards Owners & SMEs
Operations
Maintenance
Transmission Planning
Information Technology
Maintenance Compliance Specialist
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Staff serve on various MRO Committees
Board of Directors
Operating Committee
Compliance Committee
Standards Committee
Planning Committee
NSRF
PROs
Standards Application Guide Teams
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Staff actively participate on various groups
MRO Compliance & Reliability Workshops
Mid-Continent Compliance Forum (MCCF)
WECC Compliance User Group (CUG)
WECC CIP User Group (CIPUG)
North American Transmission Forum (NATF)
UGP Internal Compliance Program
Western Reliability Standard Compliance
Team (RSCT)
Membership consists of the Compliance
Managers from each of Western’s four
Regional Offices.
Promote a Western-wide approach to
compliance policies and procedures
whenever possible.
Western Compliance Re-Organization
Decision made to re-frame the structure of
the Western Reliability Compliance
Program.
Centralized Framework administered from
Corporate Services Office.
Consolidates NERC Compliance into
Western’s Enterprise Risk Program
Questions
Mark Buchholz
Upper Great Plains Region
Compliance Manager
605-882-7550 (w)
605-461-1427 (c)