BPA Wind Integration Team BPA's Wind Integration Team projects help BPA and other utilities operate reliably and cost-effectively with large amounts of wind power. We welcome your involvement. Sign up for the WIT e-mailing list to be informed of involvement opportunities. Intra-Hour Scheduling/Supplemental Service business practice meeting Aug. 29, 2011. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. BPA Rates Hearing Room The five business practices can be accessed at: http://transmission.bpa.gov/ts_business_practices/ under Comments and Redline. WIT Update - November 2011 VERBS Supplemental Service Workshop WIT Proposed Work Plan 2.0 Presentation, Jan. 13, 2011 WIT 2.0 Workplan, December 2010 WIT 2.0 Work Plan cover letter, December 2010 WIT 2.0 Summary Fact sheet - BPA’s wind power pilots launched, working well - Oct. 2010 (pdf)

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Wind Integration Initiatives

Operational Controls for Variable Generators This initiative implemented operating protocols and communication tools to limit actual wind generation to schedule or curtail schedule to actual generation in response to the amount of balancing reserves deployed and was complete in fall 2009.

Customer Supplied Generation Imbalance This initiative will develop systems and processes to enable wind generators to supply their within-hour generation imbalance from their own and/or contracted dispatchable resources.

Dynamic Transfer Limits This iniative will identify transmission path/ flowgate limits and establish credible, repeatable, and timely methodology to allow dynamic scheduling on BPA's transmission network and interties.

Intra-Hour Scheduling Utilities schedule generation and transmission by the hour. Enabling within-hour schedule changes will help wind generators manage within-hour schedule changes in response to over generation.

Third-Party Supply In 2008, BPA received 18 responses to a Request for Information on possible sources of balancing reserves. This project is on hold.

Wind Forecasting More accurate wind generation forecasts could greatly reduce costs of wind integration services. BPA is working with other utilities and wind project owners to develop more accurate long-term and short-term wind forecasts.