Approved and Pending IM Tariff Through 1/27/2014
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Open Access Transmission Tariff
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Superseding
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1
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I.COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS
1Definitions
A - Definitions
B - Definitions
C - Definitions
D - Definitions
E - Definitions
F - Definitions
G - Definitions
H - Definitions
I - Definitions
J - Definitions
K - Definitions
L - Definitions
M - Definitions
N - Definitions
O - Definitions
P - Definitions
Q - Definitions
R - Definitions
S - Definitions
T - Definitions
U - Definitions
V - Definitions
W - Definitions
XYZ - Definitions
2Initial Allocation and Renewal Procedures
2.1Initial Allocation of Available Transfer Capability
2.2Reservation Priority For Existing Firm Service Customers
3Ancillary Services
4Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)
5Local Furnishing Bonds
5.1Transmission Owners That Own Facilities Financed by Local Furnishing Bonds or that are Tax Exempt Entities
5.2Alternative Procedures for Requesting Transmission Service
6Reciprocity
7Billing and Payment
7.1Billing Procedure
7.2Interest on Unpaid Balances
7.3Financial Security Held By SPP
7.4Customer Default
8Accounting for Use of the Tariff
8.1Study Costs and Revenues
9Regulatory Filings
10Force Majeure and Indemnification
10.1Force Majeure
10.2Liability
10.3Indemnification
10.4Further Limitation of Liability
10.5Transmission Provider Recovery
11Creditworthiness
12Dispute Resolution Procedures
12.1Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures
12.2External Arbitration Procedures
12.3Arbitration Decisions
12.4Costs
12.5Rights Under The Federal Power Act
II.POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE
13Nature of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
13.1Term
13.2Reservation Priority
13.3Use of Firm Transmission Service by the Transmission Owners
13.4Service Agreements
13.5Transmission Customer Obligations for Facility Additions or Redispatch Costs
13.6Curtailment of Firm Transmission Service
13.7Classification of Firm Transmission Service
13.8Scheduling of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
14Nature of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
14.1Term
14.2Reservation Priority
14.3Use of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service by the Transmission Owner(s)
14.4Service Agreements
14.5Classification of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
14.6Scheduling of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
14.7Curtailment or Interruption of Service
15Service Availability
15.1General Conditions
15.2Determination of Available Transfer Capability
15.3Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement
15.4Obligation to Provide Transmission Service that Requires Expansion or Modification of the Transmission System
15.5Deferral of Service
15.6Other Transmission Service Schedules
15.7Real Power Losses
16Transmission Customer Responsibilities
16.1Conditions Required of Transmission Customers
16.2Transmission Customer Responsibility for Third-Party Arrangements
17Procedures for Arranging Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
17.1Application
17.1aTime Requirements
17.2Completed Application
17.3Credit Arrangements
17.4Notice of Deficient Application
17.5Response to a Completed Application
17.6Execution of Service Agreement
17.7Extensions for Commencement of Service
17.8Designated Resources Using Long-Term Point-To-Point Transmission Service
17.9Interconnection of Delivery Points
18Procedures for Arranging Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
18.1Application
18.2Completed Application
18.3Timing of Requests and Responses Regarding Reservation of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
18.4Determination of Available Transfer Capability
19Additional Study Procedures For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Requests
19.1Notice of Need for System Impact Study
19.2System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement
19.3System Impact Study Procedures
19.4Facilities Study Procedures
19.5Facilities Study Modifications
19.6Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities
19.7Partial Interim Service
19.8Expedited Procedures for New Facilities
19.9Reporting Failure to Meet Study Deadlines
20Procedures if The Transmission Provider is Unable to Complete New Transmission Facilities for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
20.1Delays in Construction of New Facilities
20.2Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions
20.3Refund Obligation for Unfinished Facility Additions
21Provisions Relating to Transmission Construction and Services on the Systems of Other Utilities
21.1Responsibility for Third-Party System Additions
21.2Coordination of Third-Party System Additions
22Changes in Service Specifications
22.1Modifications On a Non-Firm Basis
22.2Additional Charge To Prevent Abuse
22.3Modification On a Firm Basis
23Sale or Assignment of Transmission Service
23.1Procedures for Assignment or Transfer of Service
23.2Limitations on Assignment or Transfer of Service
23.3Information on Assignment or Transfer of Service
24Metering and Power Factor Correction at Receipt and Delivery Points(s)
24.1Transmission Customer Obligations
24.2Transmission Provider Access to Metering Data
24.3Power Factor
25Compensation for Transmission Service
26Stranded Cost Recovery
27Compensation for New Facilities and Redispatch Costs
III.NETWORK INTEGRATION TRANSMISSION SERVICE
28Nature of Network Integration Transmission Service
28.1Scope of Service
28.2Transmission Provider and Transmission Owners Responsibilities
28.3Network Integration Transmission Service
28.4Secondary Service
28.5Real Power Losses
28.6Restrictions on Use of Service
29Initiating Service
29.1Condition Precedent for Receiving Service
29.2Application Procedures
29.3Technical Arrangements to be Completed Prior to Commencement of Service
29.4Network Customer Facilities
29.5Filing of Service Agreement
30Network Resources
30.1Designation of Network Resources
30.2Designation of New Network Resources
30.3Termination of Network Resources
30.4Operation of Network Resources
30.5Network Customer Redispatch Obligation
30.6Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically Interconnected With The Transmission Provider
30.7Limitation on Designation of Network Resources
30.8Use of Interface Capacity by the Network Customer
30.9Network Customer Owned Transmission Facilities
31Designation of Network Load
31.1Network Load
31.2New Network Loads Connected With the Transmission Provider
31.3Network Load Not Physically Interconnected with the Transmission Provider
31.4New Interconnection Points
31.5Changes in Service Requests
31.6Annual Load and Resource Information Updates
32Additional Study Procedures For Network Integration Transmission Service Requests
32.1Notice of Need for System Impact Study
32.2System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement
32.3System Impact Study Procedures
32.4Facilities Study Procedures
32.5Penalties for Failure to Meet Study Deadlines
32.6Facilities Study Modifications
32.7Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities
32.8Partial Interim Service
32.9Expedited Procedures for New Facilities
32.10Delays in Construction of New Facilities
32.11Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions
33Load Shedding and Curtailments
33.1Procedures
33.2Transmission Constraints
33.3Cost Responsibility for Relieving Transmission Constraints
33.4Curtailments of Scheduled Deliveries
33.5Allocation of Curtailments
33.6Load Shedding
33.7System Reliability
34Rates and Charges
34.1Monthly Demand Charge for all Zones except Zone 1
34.2Monthly Demand Charge – Zone 1
34.3Monthly Demand Change – Zone 11
34.4Determination of Network Customer's Monthly Network Load
34.5Determination of Transmission Provider's Monthly Zone Transmission Load
34.6Redispatch Charge
34.7Stranded Cost Recovery
34.8SPP Costs
35Operating Arrangements
35.1Operation under the Network Operating Agreement
35.2Network Operating Agreement
36Scheduling
IV.SPECIAL RULES ON USE OF TARIFF
37During Transition Period
37.1Service Not Required for Bundled Customers or Customers Under Retail Access Programs
37.2Availability of Network Integration Transmission Service
37.3Unbundled Wholesale
37.4Grandfathered Transactions
38After Transition Period
38.1Applicability to Retail Load Having Choice
38.2Applicability to All Retail Load Not Having Choice
38.3Grandfathered Agreements
39Applicability of Non-Rate Terms and Conditions
39.1Subject to State Laws and Regulations and Public Power Rate Schedules
39.2Bundled Retail and Grandfathered Load
V.RECOVERY OF COSTS FOR BASE PLAN UPGRADES AND APPROVED BALANCED PORTFOLIOS
40Base Plan Zonal Charge and Region-wide Charge
41Applicability to Resident Load
42Applicability to Point-To-Point Transmission Service
SCHEDULE 1
Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service
SCHEDULE 1-A
Tariff Administration Service
SCHEDULE 2
Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation or Other Sources Service
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation and Frequency Response Service
SCHEDULE 4
Energy Imbalance Service
SCHEDULE 5
Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve Service
SCHEDULE 6
Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service
SCHEDULE 7
Long-Term Firm and Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
SCHEDULE 8
Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
SCHEDULE 9
Network Integration Transmission Service
SCHEDULE 10
Wholesale Distribution Service
SCHEDULE 11
Base Plan Zonal Charge and Region-wide Charge
SCHEDULE 12
FERC Assessment Charge
ATTACHMENT A
Form Of Service Agreement For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT A-1
Form Of Service Agreement For The Resale, Reassignment Or Transfer Of Point-To- Point Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT B
Form Of Service Agreement For Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT C
Methodology To Assess Available Transfer Capability
ATTACHMENT D
Methodology for Completing a System Impact Study
ATTACHMENT E
Index Of Point-To-Point Transmission Service Customers
ATTACHMENT F
Service Agreement For Network Integration Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT G
Network Operating Agreement
ATTACHMENT H
Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for Network Integration Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT I
Index Of Network Integration Transmission Service Customers
ATTACHMENT J
Recovery Of Costs Associated With New Facilities
ATTACHMENT K
Redispatch Procedures and Redispatch Costs
ATTACHMENT L
Treatment Of Revenues
ATTACHMENT M
Loss Compensation Procedure
ATTACHMENT N
[Reserved for Future Use]
ATTACHMENT O
Transmission Planning Process
ATTACHMENT P
Transmission Service Timing Requirements
ATTACHMENT Q
Form of Application For Short-Term Firm and Non-Firm Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT R
North American Electric Reliability Council Transmission Loading Relief (“TLR”) Procedure
ATTACHMENT R-1
North American Energy Standards Board Business Practices
ATTACHMENT S
Procedure for Calculation of MW-Mile Impacts for Use in Revenue Requirements, Revenue Allocation and Determination of Losses
ATTACHMENT T
Rate Sheets For Point-To-Point Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT U
Rate Schedule For Compensation For Rescheduled Maintenance Costs
ATTACHMENT V
Coordinated Generation Interconnection Procedures
ATTACHMENT W
Index of Grandfathered Agreements
ATTACHMENT X
Credit Policy
ATTACHMENT Y
Reserved for Future Use
ATTACHMENT Z1
Aggregate Transmission Service Study Procedures and Cost Allocation and Recovery for Service Upgrades
ATTACHMENT Z2
Revenue Crediting for Upgrades
ATTACHMENT AA
Reserved for Future Use
ATTACHMENT AB
Reserved For Future Use
ATTACHMENT AC
Reservation Processing Method For Short Term Firm Transmission Service
ATTACHMENT AD
Southwestern Power Administration Agreement Between United States Of America and Southwest Power Pool, Inc
ATTACHMENT AE
Integrated Marketplace
ATTACHMENT AF
Market Power Mitigation Plan
ATTACHMENT AG
Market Monitoring Plan
ATTACHMENT AH
Market Participant Service Agreement
ATTACHMENT AI
Transmission Definition
ATTACHMENT AJ
Reserved for Future Use
ATTACHMENT AK
Treatment of Reserve Sharing Charges and Revenues
ATTACHMENT AL
Form of Non-Disclosure Agreement for Authorized Requestors
ATTACHMENT AM
Meter Agent Services Agreement
ATTCHMENT AN
Balancing Authorities Agreement
ATTACHMENT AO
Agreement Establishing External Generation Non-Physical Electrical Interconnection Point
ATTACHMENT AP
Allocation of Cost Associated with Reliability Penalty Assessments
ATTACHMENT AQ
Delivery Point Addition Process
ATTACHMENT AR
Screening Study
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B - Definitions
Balanced Portfolio: A set of transmission upgrades that provides economic benefits across the SPP Region that meet the requirements in Sections IV.3 and IV.4 of Attachment O.
Balanced Portfolio Region-wide Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement: The annual transmission revenue requirement for an approved Balanced Portfolio determined in accordance with Attachment J to this Tariff.
Balancing Authority: The responsible entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time, maintains load-interchange-generation balance within a Balancing Authority Area, and supports Interconnection frequency in real time in order to:
(1)Match, at all times, the power output of the generators within the electric power system(s) and capacity and energy purchased from entities outside the electric power system(s), with the load within the electric power system(s);
(2)Maintain scheduled interchange with other Balancing Authority Areas, within the limits of Good Utility Practice;
(3)Maintain the frequency of the electric power system(s) within reasonable limits in accordance with Good Utility Practice; and
(4)Provide for sufficient generating capacity to maintain operating reserves in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
Balancing Authority Area: The collection of generation, transmission, and loads within the metered boundaries of the Balancing Authority. The Balancing Authority maintains load-resource balance within this area.
Base Plan Region-wide Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement: The sum of the annual transmission revenue requirement for each Base Plan Upgrade and of the Accredited Revenue Requirement(s), if any, that are allocated to the SPP Region in accordance with Attachment J to this Tariff.
Base Plan Upgrades: Those upgrades included in and constructed pursuant to the SPP Transmission Expansion Plan in order to ensure the reliability of the Transmission System. Base Plan Upgrades shall also include: (i) those Service Upgrades required for new or changed Designated Resources to the extent allowed for in Attachment J to this Tariff, (ii) ITP Upgrades that are approved for construction by the SPP Board of Directors, and (iii) high priority upgrades, excluding Balanced Portfolios, that are approved for construction by the SPP Board of Directors. For Zones 1 through 15, all such upgrades shall specifically exclude planned Transmission System facilities identified in the SPP Transmission Expansion Plan that are: (i) placed in service during the 2005 calendar year or (ii) required to be in service to meet the SPP Criteria and the NERC Reliability Standards for the summer of 2005. For Zones 16, 17, and 18, all such upgrades shall specifically exclude planned Transmission System facilities in those zones identified in the SPP Transmission Expansion Plan Report (2009 – 2018) that are required to be in service to meet the SPP Criteria and the NERC Reliability Standards for the summer of 2008 or which are in operation prior to January 1, 2009, except for those upgrades that are in service prior to January 1, 2009 and are components of Phase 1 of the NPPD 345kV Norfolk to Lincoln (ETR) project or OPPD Sub 1255/3455 Transformer project. Network Upgrades that are components of Phase 1 of the NPPD 345kV Norfolk to Lincoln (ETR) project or OPPD Sub 1255/3455 Transformer project that are in service prior to January 1, 2009 will be Base Plan Upgrades, however, the Zonal component of the costs shall be 100% allocated to the respective host zone.
Base Plan Zonal Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement: For each Zone, the sum of the annual transmission revenue requirement for each Base Plan Upgrade and of the Accredited Revenue Requirement(s), if any, that are allocated to the Zone in accordance with Attachments J and S to this Tariff.
Base Plan Zonal Charge: Zonal component of the charge assessed by the Transmission Provider in accordance with Schedule 11 to recover the revenue requirement of facilities classified as Base Plan Upgrades.
Base Plan Zonal Load Ratio Share: Ratio of a Network Customer's or Transmission Owner’s Resident Load in a Zone to the total load in that Zone computed in accordance with Section II.A. to Schedule 11 of this Tariff and calculated on a calendar year basis, for the prior calendar year.
Base Plan Zonal Rate: Zonal component of the rate (per kW of Reserved Capacity for Point-To-Point Transmission Service) assessed by the Transmission Provider in accordance with Schedule 11 to recover the revenue requirement of facilities classified as Base Plan Upgrades.
Business Day: A day on which the Federal Reserve System is open for business.
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C - Definitions
Calendar Day: Any day including Saturday and Sunday.
Commission: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Completed Application: An Application that satisfies all of the information and other requirements of the Tariff, including a Credit Application and any required Financial Security.
Credit Policy: The Credit Policy set forth in Attachment X to the Tariff.
Curtailment: A reduction in firm or non-firm transmission service in response to a transmission capacity shortage as a result of system reliability conditions.
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D - Definitions
Day-Ahead Market: The market for Energy and Operating Reserve that is conducted on the day prior to the Operating Day.
Delivering Party: The entity supplying capacity and energy to be transmitted at Point(s) of Receipt.
Delivery Point Transfer: The transfer of responsibility for serving an existing delivery point from one Network Customer or Transmission Customer to a different Network Customer or Transmission Customer.
Designated Agent: Any entity that performs actions or functions required under the Tariff on behalf of the Transmission Provider, a Transmission Owner, an Eligible Customer, or the Transmission Customer.
Designated Resource: Any designated generation resource owned, purchased or leased by a Transmission Customer to serve load in the SPP Region. Designated Resources do not include any resource, or any portion thereof, that is committed for sale to third parties or otherwise cannot be called upon to meet the Transmission Customer's load on a non-interruptible basis.
Directly Assigned Upgrade Costs: An Eligible Customer’s share of the cost of a Service Upgrade or a Project Sponsor’s share of the cost of a Sponsored Upgrade, determined in accordance with Attachments J and Z1, including: (i) any costs directly assigned to an Eligible Customer for a Service Upgrade in excess of the normally applicable transmission access charges for the associated transmission service; (ii) any costs directly assigned to an Eligible Customer that are in excess of the Safe Harbor Cost Limit for Service Upgrades associated with new or changed Designated Resource; and (iii) any costs directly assigned to a Project Sponsor for a Sponsored Upgrade.
Direct Assignment Facilities: Facilities or portions of facilities that are constructed by any Transmission Owner(s) for the sole use/benefit of a particular Transmission Customer or a particular group of customers or a particular Generation Interconnection Customer requesting service under the Tariff. Direct Assignment Facilities shall be specified in the Service Agreements that govern service to the Transmission Customer(s) and Generation Interconnection Customer(s) and shall be subject to Commission approval.
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E - Definitions
Effective Date: For Short-Term Firm and Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service the Effective Date of this Tariff is June 1, 1998. For Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service the Effective Date of this Tariff is April 1, 1999. For Network Integration Transmission Service the Effective Date of this Tariff is February 1, 2000.
Eligible Customer: (i) Any electric utility (including the Transmission Owner(s) and any power marketer), Federal power marketing agency, or any person generating electric energy for sale for resale. Electric energy sold or produced by such entity may be electric energy produced in the United States, Canada or Mexico. However, with respect to transmission service that the Commission is prohibited from ordering by Section 212(h) of the Federal Power Act, such entity is eligible only if the service is provided pursuant to a state requirement that a Transmission Owner offer the unbundled transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by a Transmission Owner. (ii)Any retail customer or eligible person taking unbundled transmission service pursuant to a state requirement that a Transmission Owner offer the transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by a Transmission Owner, is an Eligible Customer under the Tariff.
Emergency Condition: A condition or situation determined by the Transmission Provider that is imminently likely to cause a material adverse effect on the security of, or damage to the Transmission System.
Energy and Operating Reserve Markets: The Day-Ahead Market and Real-Time Balancing Market, including the Reliability Unit Commitment processes.
External Resource: A Resource, other than a Designated Resource, located outside of the SPP Balancing Authority that is included in the SPP Balancing Authority through an External Resource Pseudo-Tie.
External Resource Pseudo-Tie: A non-physical electrical interconnection point between Balancing Authorities, whereby all or a portion of an External Resource is electronically moved from a Balancing Authority external to the SPP Balancing Authority. Energy delivered from an External Resource to the SPP Balancing Authority is treated as a Balancing Authority interchange from the source Balancing Authority to the SPP Balancing Authority.