Regional Dialogue Policy Implementation - Documents
Above-RHWM/THWM Load Elections (Top)
- Projected Customer Loads and Transition High Water Marks for RD Discussions
- Timeline for Customer Choices
- Timeline for HWMs and Above-RHWM Elections
- BPA Tier 2 Workshop Presentation
- Final TCMS Contract Language – Load Following
- TCMS Example Diagram - Load Following
- Final Transfer Service for Non-Federal Resources Language
- Final RSS Contract Language – Load Following
- Final RSS Contract Language – Slice
- RSS Election Timeline
- Calculator Tool for Illustrative DFS Charges
- Illustrative RSS Examples - Load Following
Transmission Curtailment Management Service (TCMS) (Top)
- Revised Exhibit F Transmission Scheduling Service Contract Language (10/2/09)
- Revised Contract Language (8/11/09)
- Revised Contract Language - Redline (8/11/09)
- Redispatch vs. TCMS Diagram (8/11/09)
Comments on TCMS
Transfer Service Support for Non-Federal Resources Agreement (TSSA) (Top)
- TSSA Template (11/16/09)
Service to Direct Service Industries (Top)
- Letter to the Region: Modified DSI contracts released for public review (10/30/09)
- Modified Alcoa contract (10/30/09)
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Equivalent Benefits Analysis for Alcoa Contract (10/30/09)
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Federal Surplus/Deficit - By Water Year (11/4/09)
BPA made available documents entitled Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price History and Price Forecasts and Federal Surplus/Deficit - By Water Year at a customer meeting on November 3rd. The document entitled Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price History and Price Forecasts has since been updated to clarify the source of the data for July through October 2009. There are also multiple links to these documents to ease navigation since the draft contracts (and related documents) for the smelters and Port Townsend are in different areas on this webpage. However, the files underlying the respective links are the same and pertain to BPA's Equivalent Benefit Analysis for each DSI.
- Modified CFAC contract (10/30/09)
- Equivalent Benefits Analysis for CFAC Contract (10/30/09)
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Redline draft of
modifications to the Aug. 19 draft (10/30/09)
- Letter to the region: Remaining payments to Alcoa, Inc. (9/17/09)
- Letter: Announcing draft seven-year contract (8/19/09)
- Attachment: Summary of changes BPA has made in the draft contract (8/19/09)
- Draft Contract: Alcoa (8/19/09)
- Draft Contract: CFAC (9/3/09)
- Letter: Announcing Term Sheet (7/17/09)
- Draft Term Sheet - Alcoa (7/17/09)
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Draft Term Sheet - CFAC
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) issued a letter July 17 regarding service to the aluminum direct-service industries (DSIs) commencing in FY 2010 that indicated BPA is proposing two separate options for the terms of the potential new service.
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) had expressed a desire for a shorter term option that, in return, could provide them a bit more flexibility. However, BPA and CFAC have not been able to agree on principles needed to release a term sheet for a shorter term.
BPA is now proposing only one option for a power sale at the Industrial Firm Power rate that is sufficient to meet a portion of the smelters' load. The proposed power sales would begin Oct. 1, 2009, and extend through Sept. 30, 2016. The proposed seven-year term sheet was made available for public review and comment beginning July 17, 2009, on BPA's Web site at http://www.bpa.gov/power/pl/regionaldialogue/implementation/documents/
BPA's "Summary of BPA's Use of the Regional Economic Study to Contemplate the Service Concept," which is BPA's update to the results of the "2006 Regional Employment and Economic Study," is also available now for public review on the Web site. The update demonstrates there is a small net gain in jobs from offering the new service constructs to the DSIs compared to the proposal that was under consideration earlier in January 2009.
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Summary of BPA's Use of the Regional Economic Study to Contemplate these
Service Concepts (8/28/09)
Note: this document was updated August 28, 2009, to reflect the draft contract.
BPA's proposed agreement with Port Townsend Paper Company (Top)
- Port Townsend Paper Company ROD (11/13/09)
- 14-month power sale agreement with Port Townsend Paper Company (11/13/09)
- Letter to the region regarding proposed contract for Port Townsend Paper Company (10/8/09)
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BPA's proposed agreement with
Port Townsend Paper Company (10/8/09)
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BPA's analysis of Block Contract for (October 2009)
Note: This document was updated on the afternoon of October 14, 2009 to reflect clarifying language in the section "Forecasted Revenues Obtained from the Market" and in footnote #4. The remainder of the document is unchanged.
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Federal Surplus/Deficit - By Water Year (11/4/09)
BPA made available documents entitled Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price History and Price Forecasts and Federal Surplus/Deficit - By Water Year at a customer meeting on November 3rd. The document entitled Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price History and Price Forecasts has since been updated to clarify the source of the data for July through October 2009. There are also multiple links to these documents to ease navigation since the draft contracts (and related documents) for the smelters and Port Townsend are in different areas on this webpage. However, the files underlying the respective links are the same and pertain to BPA's Equivalent Benefit Analysis for each DSI.
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BPA's analysis of Block Contract for (October 2009)
- Letter to the region regarding proposed contract for Port Townsend Paper Company (6/22/09)
- BPA's proposed agreement with Port Townsend Paper Company (6/22/09)
Resource Support Services (Top)
Final Slice/Block RSS Contract Language
- Final Body and Exhibit C Language (6/1/09)
- Final Exhibit D Language (6/1/09)
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Final Exhibit F Language (6/1/09)
- Final Exhibit F Language – REDLINED (6/1/09)
Revised Final Load Following RSS Contract Language
- Final Load Following Clean-up (6/1/09)
- Revised Final Load Following Resource Support Services Contract Language (6/1/09)
Supporting Documents (Top)
- Final Load Following Resource Support Services Contract Language (5/15/09)
- Revised Illustrative Example for DFS (4/29/09)
- Revised Load Following Language (4/29/09)
- RSS Clean
- RSS - Comparison between 04/17/09 and 04/03/09 versions
- RSS Election Timeline – Version 1
- RSS Election Timeline – Version 2
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Calculator Tool for Illustrative
DFS Charges
(12 MB Excel File).
At the 3/13 RSS workshop, customers requested that BPA share the spreadsheet that staff has been using for illustrative purposes to price the DFS and RSC for a particular resource or resource portfolio. Information determined through this model should only be viewed as illustrative as market prices forecasts and values are subject to change and, when applicable to rates, will be determined in each 7(i) rate proceeding. In addition, BPA has not yet officially adopted in a 7(i) rate proceeding all aspects of the specific rate design reflected in this model. - Revised Schedule of Workshops (updated 4/13/09)
- Revised RSS Section of RD Product Guidebook
- Draft RSS Contract Language for RD Load Following Contract
Slice Percentage (Top)
20-year Regional Dialogue Contracts (Top)
June 2009 Regional Dialogue 'Clean-up' Amendment
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Background Information
Sheet
RD Amendment Templates and Companion Documents
(Companion Documents show revisions in redline format)- Load Following Amendment Template (updated 7/21/09)
- Slice/Block Amendment Template (updated 7/21/09)
- Slice Creditworthiness Amendment Template (updated 8/13/09)
- RD RPSA Amendment Template (IOUs)
- NR Block Amendment Template
Public Exchange Clarification (PEC) Tools
- Public Exchange Clarification PowerPoint Presentation
- Public Exchange Clarification Record of Decision
- RPSA Template with PEC Revisions for Public Utilities (This Regional Dialogue RPSA template with the PEC revisions for public utilities should be read together with the optional PEC language in Exhibit D of the Load Following and Slice/Block Amendment Templates)
Customers' Suggested Changes
- 1 - NRU/PNGC (8/29/08)
- 2 - Columbia River PUD (11/24/08)
- 3 - Seattle City Light (11/25/08)
- 4 - Centralia City Light (11/26/08)
- 5 - Puget Sound Energy (12/1/08)
- 6 - Customer Tracking Group (12/2/08)
BPA's proposed agreement with aluminum smelter Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) (Top)
- Leter re: proposed amendment to power block sales agreement with CFAC (2/13/09)
- Attachment: proposed amendment to power block sales agreement with CFAC (2/13/09)
- Letter to the Region regarding Amended 2007 Block Contract with CFAC (3/3/09)
- Amended 2007 Block Contract with CFAC (3/3/09)
Long-term contract with aluminum smelter Alcoa (Top)
- Letter to the Region Announcing Delay to the DSI Lookback Process (7/24/09)
- Letter to the Region on DSI Lookback Issue (6/10/09)
- Alcoa's Workshop Presentation (6/8/09)
- DSI Workshop Meeting Materials (6/8/09)
- Letter to the region regarding possible modifications to draft contract (5/29/09)
- Last version of Regional Dialogue contract with Alcoa (1/23/09)
- Joint Alcoa/BPA letter to NW delegation (1/23/09)
BPA’s proposed agreement with aluminum smelter Alcoa (Top)
- Letter to Region (amendment to Block Power Sales Agreement) (1/13/09)
- Amendment to Block Power Sales Agreement (1/9/09)
- Letter to the region (12/31/08)
- Draft Amendment to Alcoa power block sales agreement (12/31/08)
- DSI Draft Contract (blackline) - Bonneville (12/24/08)
- DSI Draft Contract (redline) - Bonneville (12/24/08)
- Summary of BPA's Use of the Regional Economic Study to Contemplate the Proposed Framework (12/19/08)
- DSI Workshop materials and agenda (12/16/08)
- DSI Letter on Draft Contract - Bonneville (12/5/08)
- DSI Draft Contract - Bonneville (12/5/08)
- DSI Workshop Materials (10/20/08)
- Draft agenda / Letter for DSI workshop
- Memorandum of understanding between Bonneville Power Administration and Alcoa
- EXHIBIT A, Framework for Negotiation
- Customer letter (10/10/08)
Proposed Modifications to 5(b)/9(c) (Top)
- Letter from Paul Norman (3/25/09)
- 5(b)/9(c) Record of Decision
- 5(b)/9(c) Final Revised Policy
- 5(b)/9(c) Final Revised Policy - Redline
- Letter from Mark Gendron
- Proposed Modifications to 5(b)/9(c) Policy
Reference Documents
- Policy on Determining Net Requirement of Pacific Northwest Utility Customer Under Sections 5(b)(1) and 9(c) of the Northwest Power Act
- Clarification on policy for determining BPA's net requirements
- June 6, 2008 letter announcing public comment opportunity
- Letter enclosure: Clarification on the Use of Customer Resource Amounts for High Water Mark Calculations
- June 16 Letter Updating Comment Period
- Letter from Mark Gendron
- Close-Out Summary: Clarification on the Use of Customer Resource Amounts for High Water Mark Calculations
Regional Dialogue Records of Decision (Top)
- Long-Term Regional Dialogue Contract ROD (10/31/08)
- RPSA ROD (9/4/08)
Final Contract Templates (Top)
- Creditworthiness Agreement (10/29/08)
- Slice Credit Application (10/24/08)
- Requirements for Slice Legal Opinion (10/24/08)
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Load Following Template (8/18/08)
- Load Following Redline (7/25 vs 8/8/08)
- Slice/Block Template (updated 11/10/08)
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Bridge NR Template
(9/5/08)
- Close out letter for Bridge NR (9/8/08)
- Bridge RPSA Template (10/6/08)
- PF Block Template (updated 11/05/08)
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NR Block Template
(updated 11/14/08) - RPSA Template (9/24/08)
Draft Contract Templates (Top)
August 19, 2008 Contract Templates
- Slice Template Redline (8/19/08)
August 14, 2008 Contract Templates
- Draft RPSA Contract Template (8/14/08)
August 08, 2008 Contract Templates
- Load Following Redline (8/8/08)
July 31, 2008 Contract Templates (Top)
- Draft NR Block Template (7/31/08)
- Draft RPSA Template (7/31/08)
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Master Template
(7/25/08)
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Master Template
Redline
(7/18/08 version vs 7/25/08 version)
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Master Template
Redline
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Load
Following Template (7/25/08)
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Load
Following Redline
(7/18/08 version vs 7/25/08 version)
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Load
Following Redline
- Slice Template Redline (7/28/08)
July 2, 2008 Contract Templates
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July 18, 2008 Templates
- Slice/Block Template (7/18/08)
- Redlined Load Following Template (7/18/08)
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Changes to Load Following and Master Templates on July 9, 2008
- Master Template (7/9/08)
- Load Following Template (7/9/08)
- Updated Letter from Mark Gendron (7/2/08)
- Summary of Changes (7/2/08)
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Contract Templates:
- Master Template (7/2/08)
- Redline Comparison (6/17/08 vs. 7/2/08 Master)
- Load Following Template (7/2/08)
- Load Following Template for Transfer Customers with NT Agreements (7/2/08)
- PF Block Template (7/2/08)
- RPSA Template (7/3/08)
- NR Block Template (7/3/08)
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Summary Timeline for Customer
Choices
(updated 7/22/08) - Timeline for HWM & Above HWM Elections (07/21/08)
- Timeline for Net Requirements & Resource Choices (6/17/08)
- Timeline for Conservation & Renewable Activities (6/17/08)
Comments received on contract templates through June 17, 2008 release (Top)
- Con-001 - Canby Utility
- Con-002 - Mason County PUD No. 1
- Con-003 - NIPPC
- Con-004 - PUD No. 1 of Skamania County
- Con-005 - Public Utility Commission of Oregon
- Con-006 - Benton PUD
- Con-007 - City of Ellensburg
- Con-008 - Avista Corporation
- Con-009 - Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
- Con-010 - Springfield Utility Board
- Con-011 - Snohomish County PUD
- Con-012 - Benton PUD
- Con-013 - Yakama Power
- Con-014 - PPC, NRU, PGP, PNGC Power and its member utilities and WPAG
- Con-015 - NRU
- Con-016 - Cowlitz County PUD
- Con-017 - DOE-Richland
- Con-018 - Franklin PUD
- Con-019 - PUD No. 2 of Pacific County
- Con-020 - PUD No. 1 of Skamania County
- Con-021 - Snohomish County PUD
- Con-022 - Slice Customer Group
- Con-023 - Mason County PUD No. 3
- Con-024 - Grays Harbor PUD
- Con-025 - Lakeview Light & Power
- Con-026 - PNGC Power
- Con-027 - Idaho Falls Power
- Con-028 - Wells Rural Electric Company
- Con-029 - United Electric
- Con-030 - City of Burley
- Con-031 - Wells Rural Electric Company
- Con-032 - Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative
- Con-033 - Paul Murphy; Murphy and Buchal LLP
- Con-034 - Yakama Power
- Con-035 - NRU
- Con-036 - Benton Rural Electric Association
Comments received on contract templates since June 17, 2008 release (Top)
- Con-037 - Benton Rural Electric Association
- Con-038 – D. Hittle and Associates
- Con-039 – PNGC Powers
- Con-040 – City of Port Townsend
- Con-041 – Public Utility District #1 of Jefferson County
- Con-042 – Benton PUD
- Con-043 – PUD #1 of Skagit County
- Con-044 – Benton Rural Electric Association
- Con-045 – Western Public Agencies Group
- Con-046 – Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities
- Con-047 – Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
- Con-048 – Canby
- Con-049 – Slice Customers
- Con-050 – Cowlitz County PUD
- Con-051 – Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative
- Con-052 – Snohomish County PUD No. 1
- Con-053 – Clark Public Utilities
- Con-054 – Investor Owned Utilities
- Con-055 – Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
- Con-056 – Northwest Requirements Utilities
- Con-057 – PNGC Power
- Con-058 – PNGC Power
- Con-059 – Public Power Council
- Con-60 – Public Power Council
- Con-61 – Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association
- Con-62 – Northwest Requirements Utilities
- Con-63 – Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
- Con-64 – Inland Power & Light Company
- Con-65 – Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative
- Con-66 – United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Con-67 – Slice Customers
- Con-68 – Slice Customers
- Con-69 – NRU
- Con-70 – Slice Customers
- Con-71 – Benton REA
- Con-72 – Snohomish
- Con-73 – RNP
- Con-74 – PPC
- Con-75 – SUB
- Con-76 – Slice Group
- Con-77 – Slice Group
- Con-78 – BPA
June 17, 2008 Contract Templates (Top)
- Letter from Mark Gendron (6/17/08)
- Summary of Changes (6/17/08)
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Contract Templates:
- Master Template (6/17/08)
- Load Following Template (6/17/08)
- Load Following Template for Transfer Customers with NT Agreements (6/17/08)
- Block Template (6/17/08)
- Summary Timeline for Customer Choices (6/17/08)
- Timeline for HWM & Above HWM Elections (6/17/08)
- Timeline for Net Requirements & Resource Choices (6/17/08)
- Timeline for Conservation & Renewable Activities (6/17/08)
May 16, 2008 Contract Templates (Top)
April 2008 Contract Templates (Top)
- BPA Regional Dialogue Product Guidebook
- March 7th Draft TRM
- July 2007 Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy
- July 2007 Long-Term Regional Dialogue Record of Decision
October 2007 Contract Templates (Top)
- Introduction
- Draft Master Contract Template
- Summary of changes from Subscription to Regional Dialogue Contract Templates
- "Redline" Comparison of Subscription vs. Regional Dialogue Template
- Applicability of Master Template Clauses to Other Templates
Regional Dialogue Product Guidebook (Top)
Feedback on BPA's TRM Discussion Paper (Top)
- Alcoa Inc.
- Springfield Utility Board
- Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
- Benton Public Utility District
- Emerald Public Utility District
- Lower Valley Energy
- Northwest Irrigation Utilities
- Northwest Requirements Utilities
- Public Power Council
- Renewables Northwest Project
- Seattle City light
- Tacoma Power
- Cowlitz County Public Utility District
- PNGC Power
- Slice Customers
- Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1
- Western Montana G&T
- Western Public Agencies Group
Residential Exchange Program (Top)
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Avista Deemer Settlement
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Letter from Mark Gendron
When BPA released information about its proposed settlement with Avista, the agency stated the deemer balance was adjusted using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the inflation index. BPA staff actually used a different inflation index--the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) price deflator--for this purpose. BPA staff will explain and discuss this difference with interested parties at the Feb. 11 public meeting, 1 to 4 p.m., in the Rates Hearing Room.
- Overview of the Proposed Avista Deemer Settlement
- Draft Settlement Agreement
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Letter from Mark Gendron
- Interim Agreements
- September 23, 2008 Forecast High Water Mark Announcement
- September 23, 2008 Projected Customer Loads and Forecast High Water Marks
- Updated Transition Period High Water Mark Spreadsheet(05-29-09)- Rev 06-02-09
- Updated Transition Period High Water Mark Release Letter (05-29-09)
- Transition High Period High Water Mark Response to PPC Letter (05-29-09)
- Transition High Period High Water Mark Letter from PPC (5-28-09)
- Transition Period High Water Mark Fact Sheet(05-06-09)
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Transition Period High Water Mark
Spreadsheet
(05-06-09)
Unofficial Forecast High Water Mark Information
- BPA Unofficial Forecast High Water Mark Data
- BPA Unofficial Forecast High Water Mark Table
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Contract High Water Mark (CHWM) Tool
This is a tool intended to demonstrate the Contract High Water Mark determination process and is not intended to provide an actual HWM determination and should not be relied upon for planning purposes by any utility. Public feedback is invited regarding this initial (beta) design and the functionality of this spreadsheet. Please direct comments to your BPA Account Executive or to Larry Stene, BPA Policy Development at (503) 230-4704. - Metering Estimating Procedures for 2010 Load Data
- Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy
- Long-Term Regional Dialogue Record of Decision
- Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy paves the way for a reliable electrical future
- Policy on Determining Net Requirement of Pacific Northwest Utility Customer Under Sections 5(b)(1) and 9(c) of the Northwest Power Act
- Clarification on policy for determining BPA's net requirements
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