MEAG PowerOpen Access Transmission Tariff
Original Sheet No. 1
Effective: 05/20/04
OPEN ACCESS
TRANSMISSION TARIFF
OF
MEAG POWER
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MEAG PowerOpen Access Transmission Tariff
Contents Sheet No. 1
Effective: 05/20/04
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ICOMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS...... 1
1.Definitions...... 1
1.1Ancillary Services...... 1
1.2Annual Transmission Costs...... 1
1.3Application...... 1
1.4Commission...... 1
1.5Completed Application...... 1
1.6Control Area...... 1
1.7Curtailment...... 1
1.8Delivering Party...... 2
1.9Designated Agent...... 2
1.10Direct Assignment Facilities...... 2
1.11Eligible Customer...... 2
1.12Facilities Study...... 3
1.13Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 3
1.14Good Utility Practice...... 3
1.15Integrated Transmission System or ITS...... 3
1.16Interruption...... 3
1.17Load Ratio Share...... 3
1.18Load Shedding...... 3
1.19Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 3
1.20Native Load Customers...... 3
1.21Network Customer...... 4
1.22Network Integration Transmission Service...... 4
1.23Network Load...... 4
1.24Network Operating Agreement...... 4
1.25Network Operating Committee...... 4
1.26Network Resource...... 4
1.27Network Upgrades...... 4
1.28Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service...... 5
1.29Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)...... 5
1.30Part I...... 5
1.31Part II...... 5
1.32Part III...... 5
1.33Participants...... 5
1.34Parties...... 5
1.35Point(s) of Delivery...... 6
1.36Point(s) of Receipt...... 6
1.37Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 6
1.38Power Purchaser...... 6
1.39Pseudo Scheduling and Services Agreement or PSSA...... 6
1.40Receiving Party...... 6
1.41Regional Transmission Group (RTG)...... 6
1.42Reserved Capacity...... 6
1.43Revised and Restated Integrated Transmission System Agreement or ITSA...7
1.44Service Agreement...... 7
1.45Service Commencement Date...... 7
1.46Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 7
1.47System Impact Study...... 7
1.48Third-Party Sale...... 7
1.49Transmission Customer...... 7
1.50Transmission Provider...... 7
1.51Transmission Provider’s Monthly Transmission System Peak...... 7
1.52Transmission Service...... 8
1.53Transmission System...... 8
2.Reservation Priority for Existing Firm Customers...... 8A
2.1Reservation Priority for Existing SEPA Transmission...... 8A
2.2Service Agreements for Firm Transmission Service Provided by the Transmission Provider under its Open Access Transmission Tariff with a Contract Term of One Year or More 8A
2.3Reservation Priority for Existing Firm Service Customers...... 8A
3.Ancillary Service...... 9
4.Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)...... 10
5.Limitation on Service...... 10
5.1Tax Exempt Financing...... 10
5.2Statutory Authority...... 10
6.Reciprocity...... 11
7.Billing and Payment...... 11
7.1Billing Procedure...... 11
7.2Interest on Unpaid Balances...... 12
7.3Customer Default...... 12
7.4Notice of Termination...... 12
8.Accounting for the Transmission Provider’s Use of the Tariff...... 13
8.1Transmission Revenues...... 13
8.2Study Costs and Revenues...... 13
9.Force Majeure and Indemnification...... 13
9.1Force Majeure...... 13
9.2Indemnification...... 13
10.Creditworthiness...... 14
11.Resolution of Disputes...... 14
11.1Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures...... 14
11.2External Arbitration Procedures...... 14
11.3Decision-Making Standards...... 15
11.4Arbitration Decisions...... 15
11.5Costs...... 15
12.Transmission System and Control Area Operators...... 16
13.Changes to this Tariff by the Transmission Provider and
Tariff Availability...... 16
13.1Unilateral Right to Change...... 16
13.2Tariff Availability...... 16
14.Jurisdiction...... 17
14.1Jurisdiction Not Conferred...... 17
14.2Prevailing Law...... 17
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II.POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE...... 17
15.Nature of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 17
15.1Term...... 17
15.2Reservation Priority...... 17
15.3Use of Firm Transmission Service by the Transmission Provider...... 18
15.4Service Agreements...... 18
15.5Transmission Customer Obligations for Facility Additions or Redispatch Costs 18
15.6Curtailment of Firm Transmission Service...... 19
15.7Classification of Firm Transmission Service...... 20
15.8Scheduling of firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 21
16.Nature of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 22
16.1Term...... 22
16.2Reservation Priority...... 22
16.3Use of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service by the Transmission Provider 23
16.4Service Agreements...... 23
16.5Classification of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 23
16.6Scheduling of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 24
16.7Curtailment or Interruption of Service...... 24
17.Service Availability...... 25
17.1General Conditions...... 25
17.2Determination of Available Transmission Capability...... 26
17.3Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement....26
17.4Obligation to Provide Transmission Service that Requires Expansion or Modification of the Transmission System 26
17.5Deferral of Service...... 27
17.6Other Transmission Service Schedules...... 27
17.7Real Power Losses...... 27
18.Transmission Customer Responsibilities...... 27
18.1Conditions Required of Transmission Customers...... 27
18.2Transmission Customer Responsibility for Third-Party Arrangements....28
19.Procedures for Arranging Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 28
19.1Application...... 28
19.2Completed Application...... 29
19.3Deposit...... 30
19.4Notice of Deficient Application...... 30
19.5Response to a Completed Application...... 31
19.6Execution of Service Agreement...... 31
19.7Extensions for Commencement of Service...... 32
20.Procedures for Arranging Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission
Service...... 32
20.1Application...... 32
20.2Completed Application...... 32
20.3Reservation of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 33
20.4Determination of Available Transmission Capacity...... 33
21.Additional Study Procedures For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Requests 34
21.1Notice of Need for System Impact Study...... 34
21.2System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement...... 34
21.3System Impact Study Procedures...... 35
21.4Facilities Study Procedures...... 36
21.5Facilities Study Modifications...... 37
21.6Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities...... 37
21.7Partial Interim Service...... 37
21.8Expedited Procedures for New Facilities...... 37
22.Procedures if the Transmission Provider is Unable to Complete New Transmission Facilities for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service 38
22.1Delays in Construction of New Facilities...... 38
22.2Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions...... 38
22.3Refund Obligation for Unfinished Facility Additions...... 39
23.Provisions Relating to Transmission Construction and Services on the Systems of Other Utilities 39
23.1Responsibility for Third-Party System Additions...... 39
23.2Coordination of Third-Party System Additions...... 40
24.Changes in Service Specifications...... 40
24.1Modifications on a Non-Firm Basis...... 40
24.2Modifications on a Firm Basis...... 41
25.Sale or Assignment of Transmission Service...... 41
25.1Procedures for Assignment or Transfer of Service...... 41
25.2Limitations on Assignment or Transfer of Service...... 42
25.3Information on Assignment or Transfer of Service...... 42
26.Metering and Power Factor Correction at Receipt and Delivery Point(s)....42
26.1Transmission Customer Obligations...... 42
26.2Transmission Provider Access to Metering Data...... 43
26.3Power Factor...... 43
27.Compensation for Transmission Service...... 43
27.1Rates for Firm and Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service.....43
27.2Other Charges...... 43
28.Stranded Cost Recovery...... 43
29.Compensation for New Facilities and Redispatch Costs...... 44
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III.NETWORK INTEGRATION TRANSMISSION SERVICE...... 44
30.Nature of Network Integration Transmission Service...... 44
30.1Scope of Service...... 44
30.2Transmission Provider Responsibilities...... 45
30.3Network Integration Transmission Service...... 45
30.4Secondary Service...... 45
30.5Real Power Losses...... 46
30.6Restrictions on Use of Service...... 46
31.Initiating Service...... 46
31.1Condition Precedent for Receiving Service...... 46
31.2Application Procedures...... 46
31.3Technical Arrangements to be Completed Prior to Commencement of Service 49
31.4Network Customer Facilities...... 50
31.5Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement.....50
32.Network Resources...... 50
32.1Designation of Network Resources...... 50
32.2Designation of New Network Resources...... 51
32.3Termination of Network Resources...... 51
32.4Operation of Network Resources...... 51
32.5Network Customer Redispatch Obligation...... 51
32.6Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically Interconnected with the ITS 51
32.7Limitation on Designation of Network Resources...... 52
32.8Use of Interface Capacity by the Network Customer...... 52
32.9Network Customer Owned Transmission Facilities...... 52
33.Designation of Network Load...... 52
33.1Network Load...... 52
33.2New Network Loads connected with the Transmission Provider...... 53
33.3Network Load Not Physically Interconnected with the Transmission Provider 53
33.4New Interconnection Points...... 53
33.5Changes in Service Requests...... 54
33.6Annual Load and Resource Information Updates...... 54
34.Additional Study Procedures for Network Integration Transmission Service Requests 54
34.1Notice of Need for System Impact Study...... 54
34.2System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement...... 55
34.3System Impact Study Procedures...... 55
34.4 Facilities Study Procedures...... 56
35.Load Shedding and Curtailments...... 57
35.1Procedures...... 57
35.2Transmission Constraints...... 57
35.3Cost Responsibility for Relieving Transmission Constraints...... 58
35.4Curtailments of Scheduled Deliveries...... 58
35.5Allocation of Curtailments...... 58
35.6Load Shedding...... 58
35.7System Reliability...... 59
36.Rates and Charges...... 59
36.1Monthly Demand Charge...... 59
36.2Determination of Network Customer’s Monthly Network Load...... 59
36.3Determination of Transmission Provider’s Monthly Transmission System Load 60
36.4Redispatch Charge...... 60
36.5Stranded Cost Recovery...... 60
36.6Other Charges...... 60
37.Operating Arrangements...... 60
37.1Operation Under the Network Operating Agreement...... 60
37.2Network Operating Agreement...... 61
37.3Network Operating Committee...... 62
SCHEDULE 1
Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service...... 63
SCHEDULE 2
Reactive Supply and Voltage control from Generation Sources Service...... 65
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation and Frequency Response Service...... 66
SCHEDULE 4
Energy Imbalance Service...... 67
SCHEDULE 5
Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve Service...... 68
SCHEDULE 6
Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service...... 69
SCHEDULE 7
Long-Term Firm and Short-term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 70
SCHEDULE 8
Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 72
ATTACHMENT A
Form of Service Agreement for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 72
ATTACHMENT A-1
Form of Service Agreement for Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 74
ATTACHMENT B
Form of Service Agreement for Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...... 76
ATTACHMENT C
Methodology to Assess Available Transmission Capability...... 78
ATTACHMENT D
Methodology for completing a System Impact Study...... 79
ATTACHMENT E
Index of Point-To-Point Transmission Service Customers...... 80
ATTACHMENT F
Service Agreement for Network Integration Transmission Service...... 81
ATTACHMENT G
Standard Form of Network Operating Agreement...... 82
ATTACHMENT H
Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for Network Integration Transmission Service.....83
ATTACHMENT I
Index of Network Integration Transmission Service Customers...... 83
ATTACHMENT J
Real Power Loss Calculation...... 84
MEAG PowerOpen Access Transmission Tariff
Original Sheet No. 1
Effective: 05/20/04
I.COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS
1Definitions
1.1Ancillary Services: Those services that are necessary to support the transmission of capacity and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation of the Transmission Provider's Transmission System in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
1.2Annual Transmission Costs: The total annual cost of the Transmission System for purposes of Network Integration Transmission Service shall be the amount specified in Attachment H until amended by the Transmission Provider.
1.3Application: A request by an Eligible Customer for transmission service pursuant to the provisions of the Tariff.
1.4Commission: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
1.5Completed Application: An Application that satisfies all of the information and other requirements of the Tariff, including any required deposit.
1.6Control Area: An electric power system or combination of electric power systems to which a common automatic generation control scheme is applied in order to:
1.6.1match, 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);
1.6.2maintain scheduled interchange with other Control Areas, within the limits of Good Utility Practice;
1.6.3maintain the frequency of the electric power system(s) within reasonable limits in accordance with Good Utility Practice; and
1.6.4provide sufficient generating capacity to maintain operating reserves in accordance with Good Utility Practice.
A Control Area may be operated by an agent on behalf of the Transmission Provider.
1.7Curtailment: A reduction in firm or non-firm transmission service in response to a transmission capacity shortage as a result of system reliability conditions.
1.8Delivering Party: The entity interconnected to the Transmission System or the ITS through which arrangements have been made by the Transmission Customer to deliver capacity or energy to the Transmission Provider for transmission to the Transmission Customer.
1.9Designated Agent: Any entity that performs actions or functions on behalf of the Transmission Provider, an Eligible Customer, or the Transmission Customer required under the Tariff.
1.10Direct Assignment Facilities: Facilities or portions of facilities that are constructed by the Transmission Provider for the sole use/benefit of a particular Transmission Customer requesting service under the Tariff. Direct Assignment Facilities shall be specified in the Service Agreement that governs service to the Transmission Customer.
1.11Eligible Customer: (i) Any electric utility (including the Transmission Provider and any power marketer), Federal power marketing agency, or any person generating electric energy for sale for resale is an Eligible Customer under the Tariff. 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 state requirement that the Transmission Provider offer the unbundled transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by the Transmission Provider, (ii)Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2, any retail customer taking unbundled Transmission Service pursuant to a state requirement that the Transmission Provider offer the transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by the Transmission Provider is an Eligible Customer under the Tariff.
1.12Facilities Study: An engineering study conducted by the Transmission Provider to determine the required modifications to the Transmission Provider's Transmission System, including the cost and scheduled completion date for such modifications, that will be required to provide the requested transmission service.
1.13Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Transmission Service under this Tariff that is reserved and/or scheduled between specified Points of Receipt and Delivery pursuant to Part II of this Tariff.
1.14GoodUtilityPractice: Any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region.
1.15IntegratedTransmission System or ITS: The transmission facilities built or acquired by the Transmission Provider and others pursuant to the Revised and Restated Integrated Transmission System Agreement.
1.16Interruption: A reduction in non-firm transmission service due to economic reasons pursuant to Section 16.7.
1.17LoadRatioShare: Ratio of a Transmission Customer's Network Load to the Transmission Provider's total load computed in accordance with Sections 36.2 and 36.3 of the Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff and calculated on a rolling twelve month basis.
1.18Load Shedding: The systematic reduction of system demand by temporarily decreasing load in response to transmission system or area capacity shortages, system instability, or voltage control considerations under Part III of the Tariff.
1.19Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service under Part II of the Tariff with a term of one year or more.
1.20Native Load Customers: The Participants and firm wholesale requirements customers of the Transmission Provider on whose behalf the Transmission Provider by contract has undertaken an obligation to provide network transmission service to meet the reliable electric needs of such Participants and customers.
1.21Network Customer: An entity receiving transmission service pursuant to the terms of the Transmission Provider's Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff.
1.22Network Integration Transmission Service: The transmission service provided under Part III of the Tariff.
1.23Network Load: The load that a Network Customer designates for Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff. The Network Customer's Network Load shall include all load served by the output of any Network Resources designated by the Network Customer. A Network Customer may elect to designate less than its total load as Network Load but may not designate only part of the load at a discrete Point of Delivery. Where an Eligible Customer has elected not to designate a particular load at discrete points of delivery as Network Load, the Eligible Customer is responsible for making separate arrangements under Part II of the Tariff for any Point-To-Point Transmission Service that may be necessary for such non-designated load.
1.24Network Operating Agreement: An executed agreement that contains the terms and conditions under which the Network Customer shall operate its facilities and the technical and operational matters associated with the implementation of Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff.
1.25Network Operating Committee: A group made up of representatives from the Network Customer(s) and the Transmission Provider established to coordinate operating criteria and other technical considerations required for implementation of Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of this Tariff.
1.26Network Resource: Any designated generating resource owned, purchased, or leased by a Network Customer under the Network Integration Transmission Service Tariff. Network 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 Network Customer's Network Load on a non-interruptible basis.
1.27Network Upgrades: Modifications or additions to transmission-related facilities that are integrated with and support the Transmission Provider's overall Transmission System for the general benefit of all users of such Transmission System.
1.28Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Point-To-Point Transmission Service under the Tariff that is reserved and scheduled on an as-available basis and is subject to Curtailment or Interruption as set forth in Section 14.7 under Part II of this Tariff. Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service is available on a stand-alone basis for periods ranging from one hour to one month.
1.29Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS): The information system and standards of conduct consistent with Part 37 of the Commission's regulations, and all additional requirements implemented by subsequent Commission orders dealing with OASIS, to the extent permitted by law.
1.30Part I: Tariff Definitions and Common Service Provisions contained in Sections 2 through 14.
1.31Part II: Tariff Sections 15 through 29 pertaining to Point-To-Point Transmission Service in conjunction with the applicable Common Service Provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments.
1.32Part III: Tariff Sections 30 through 37 pertaining to Network Integration Transmission Service in conjunction with the applicable Common Service Provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments.
1.33Participants: the Cities of Adel, Albany, Barnesville, Blakely, Brinson, Buford, Cairo, Calhoun, Camilla, Cartersville, College Park, Commerce, Covington, Doerun, Douglas, East Point, Elberton, Ellaville, Fairburn, Fitzgerald, Forsyth, Fort Valley, Grantville, Griffin, Hogansville, Jackson, LaFayette, LaGrange, Lawrenceville, Mansfield, Marietta, Monroe, Monticello, Moultrie, Newnan, Norcross, Oxford, Palmetto, Quitman, Sandersville, Sylvania, Sylvester, Thomaston, Thomasville, Washington, West Point, Whigham, Georgia, all municipal corporations organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, and the Crisp County Power Commission, Crisp County, Georgia.
1.34Parties: The Transmission Provider and the Transmission Customer receiving service under the Tariff.
1.35Point(s) of Delivery: The interconnection(s) between the Transmission System or the ITS and the transmission system of an adjoining utility or entity at which the Transmission Provider is to deliver capacity or energy pursuant to this Tariff and which shall be specified in a Service Agreement for Point-To-Point Transmission Service.
1.36Point(s) of Receipt: The interconnection(s) between the Transmission System or the ITS and the transmission system of an adjoining utility or entity at which the Transmission Provider is to receive capacity or energy pursuant to this Tariff and which shall be specified in a Service Agreement for Point-To-Point Transmission Service.
1.37Point-To-Point Transmission Service: The reservation and transmission of capacity and energy on either a firm or non-firm basis from the Point(s) of Receipt to the Point(s) of Delivery under Part II of the Tariff.
1.38Power Purchaser: The entity that is purchasing the capacity and energy to be transmitted under the Tariff.
1.39Pseudo Scheduling and Services Agreement or PSSA: The Pseudo Scheduling and Services Agreement between MEAG Power and Georgia Power Company dated April 8, 1997, or any successor arrangement to the PSSA.