Regional Dialogue (current contracts)

The conformed copies of the regional dialogue contracts incorporate all non-customer specific exhibit revisions prior to June 2023.

• Conformed Load Following Template (June 26, 2023)
• Conformed Slice/Block Template (June 26, 2023)
• Conformed Block Template (June 26, 2023)

Ongoing Contract implementation and Policy

• Final Requirements Slice Output Deeming Guidance Document (Jan. 14, 2013)
• Background Information on Requirements Slice Output Test Deeming Guidance (Feb. 3, 2014)
• Draft Requirements Slice Output Deeming Guidance Document
• Comments received on Draft Requirements Slice Output Deeming Guidance Document

Clark Public Utilities’ request for partial discontinuance of River Road

• Clark Public Utilities’ request letter (Sept. 7, 2021)
• Clark Public Utilities’ Slides (Nov. 30, 2021)

• BPA River Road Workshop Slides (Nov. 30, 2021)
• BPA decision letter (Sept. 29, 2022)

Transfer Service Costs

• Letter to Region (Apr. 17, 2018)
• Letter to Region (Mar. 1, 2018)

Pend Oreille Request for Block Service

• Letter to Region (Apr. 22, 2013)
• Letter to Region (Mar. 7, 2013)

Product Change

• 2024 Product Change Request
  
  • 2024 Product Change Letter
• 2022 Product Change Requests
  • 2022 Product Change Close-out Letter (July 1, 2022)
  • Public Comment Period Letter to the Region (June 10, 2022)
  • Product Change Analysis (June 10, 2022)
• 2016 Product Change
  
  • Early Product Change Close-out Letter (Aug. 25, 2016)
  • Updated Product Change Analysis (Aug. 25, 2016)
  • Letter announcing early comment period (July 18, 2016)
  • Letter to Region and Analysis (June 15, 2016)

Net Requirements Transparency    

• FY 2024
  • FINAL Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 26, 2023) 
    • Net Requirement Close-out (Sept. 27, 2023)
    • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 31, 2023)
    • Net Requirement Notice (Aug. 1, 2023)
• FY 2023
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (July 22, 2022)
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 30, 2022)
  FY 2022
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 30, 2021)
  • Net Requirement Notice (Aug. 3, 2021)

• FY 2021
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (Aug.7, 2020)
  • Final Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 30, 2020)
    • Net Requirement Close-out (Nov. 9, 2020)
    • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 30, 2020)
    • Net Requirement Notice (Aug. 3, 2020)

• FY 2020
  • FINAL Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 26, 2019)
    • Net Requirement Close-out (Sept. 26, 2019)
    • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 30, 2019)
    • Net Requirement Notice (July 30, 2019)
• FY 2019
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 14, 2018) 
    • Net Requirement Notice (July 31, 2018)
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (July 24, 2018)
• FY 2018
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data – Final (Sept. 15, 2017)
    • Net Requirements Transparency Documentation (Sept. 15, 2017)
    • Cowlitz Exhibit D Liquidated Damages Provision (Sept.15, 2017)
  • Public Notice for the Comment Period on FY 2018 Net Requirement Transparency Process (Aug. 15, 2017)
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Aug. 10, 2017)
  • 2017 Net Requirements Transparency Delay Letter (Aug. 1, 2017)
• FY 2017
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Oct. 3, 2016)
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (July 27, 2016)

  FY 2016

  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data - Final (Sept. 30, 2015)
    
  • Net Requirements Transparency Documentation (Sept. 30, 2015)
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 31, 2015)
• FY 2015
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data - Final (Sept. 30, 2014)
  • Net Requirements Transparency Data (Sept. 30, 2014)
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (July 31, 2014)
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (July 31, 2014)
• FY 2014
  • Slice/Block and Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 30, 2013)
    
  • Net Requirements Transparency Documentation (Sept. 30, 2013)
• FY 2013
  • Slice/Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 30, 2014)
    
  • Net Requirements Transparency Documentation (Sept, 24, 2012)
  • Load Following Net Requirements Transparency Data (July 30, 2012)
• FY 2012
  • Slice/Block Total Retail Load and Dedicated Resource Data (Sept. 28, 2011)
  • Net Requirements Transparency Documentation (Sept. 28, 2011)

Other Final Contract Templates

• Creditworthiness Agreement
• Slice Credit Application
• Requirements for Slice Legal Opinion
• NR Block Template 

• 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)

• Aug. 3, 2010 Contract and TRM Overview
• Customers' Products List (Apr. 1, 2024)
• Data Standards

• Resource support services election summary
• Above-RHWM Load Election Summary 
• RD Generation Schedule Break Out Tool 
• Timeline for Customer Choices 
• Timeline for HWMs and Above-RHWM Elections

• Final Billing Credit Policy
• Final Billing Credit Exhibit D Contract Language
• Conservation Billing Credits ROD
• Oct. 24, 2014 Billing Credits Public Meeting Presentation
• Billing Credit Calculator for Utilities 
• Billing Credit Factsheet
• Billing Credit Policy
• Billing Credit Exhibit D Draft Contract Language
• Federal Register Notice

• Current Contract Demand Quantities (CDQs) (Apr. 1, 2024)
• Contract Demand Quantity Close-Out of Comments (June 17, 2011)

Rate Period High Water Mark

See the Rate Period High Water Mark webpage. 

Contract High Water Mark

• Final CHWM (May 19, 2011)

• Proposed Final CHWM (April 14, 2011) 
• CHWM Close Out Letter (April 14, 2011)
• Final Retained Provisional CHWM Calculations and Adjusted CDQs (April 7, 2014) 
• Draft Retained Provisional CHWM Calculations and Adjusted CDQs (March 7, 2014)

New Publics

Conservation Adjustment CHWM Summary (March 4, 2011)

Transition Period High Water Mark

Updated Transition Period High Water Mark Spreadsheet (June 2, 2009)

Other High Water Mark Information

Metering Estimating Procedures for 2010 Load Data

FY 2010 Resources

• Letter from Mark Gendron
• Close-Out Summary: Clarification on the Use of Customer Resource Amounts for High Water Mark Calculations

• 5(b)/9(c) Final Revised Policy
• 5(b)/9(c) Record of Decision
• Long-Term Regional Dialogue Contracts Record of Decision
• Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy
• Long-Term Regional Dialogue Record of Decision
• New Large Single Load (NLSL) Policy - April 2001
• New Large Single Load Policy Issue Review Record of Decision
• Policy on Determining Net Requirement of Pacific Northwest Utility Customer Under Sections 5(b)(1) and 9(c) of the Northwest Power Act
• Policy for Power Supply Role for Fiscal Years 2007 - 2011 Record of Decision 
• Policy for Section 6(c) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act
• Tiered Rate Methodology - July 2011 (Published in the BP-12 Rate Case)

Regional Dialogue Exhibit H Resources

Pursuant to section 2 of Exhibit H of the Regional Dialogue Agreements, BPA is providing the following as the list of resources with Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) associated with them that will be included in the Tier 1 REC inventory:

• Stateline
• Klondike III
• Grand Coulee Efficiency Upgrades (effective Nov. 2013)
• Bonneville Efficiency Upgrades (effective June 2014)
• Chief Joe (effective Jan. 1, 2015)
• Cougar (effective Jan. 1, 2015)
• Lookout Point (effective Aug. 1, 2016)
• Palisades (effective July 1, 2019)
• Hills Creek (effective Jan. 1, 2020)

Notes:

1. Ashland Solar, Foote Creek II and Foote Creek I were included on the version of the list above that appeared in Exhibit H of the Regional Dialogue Agreements as of the Effective Date of those Agreements.
2. Ashland Solar has been removed from the current list and will not be included in Tier 1 REC inventory until further notice because it is not metered separately from the host load, is not registered with WREGIS, and therefore does not have WREGIS RECs associated with it.
3. BPA's Foote Creek II contract expired June 2014, and its Foote Creek I contract was terminated early, on July 24, 2019.
   • Foote Creek Proposed Termination Letter to the Region
   • Foote Creek Response to Public Comments
4. Klondike 1 expired on May 31, 2022.
   
5. Condon expired on Sept. 30, 2022.

Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)

BPA joined WREGIS as Qualified Reporting Entity in May 2008 and as a Marketer in June 2008. 

Amendment Template: Bridge RPSA Amendment Incorporating AUPs

Avista Deemer Settlement

• Letter from Mark Gendron
• Overview of the Proposed Avista Deemer Settlement
• Draft Settlement Agreement
• Revised Schedule for Supplement WP-07 Rate Case

• REP Decision Document
• IOU Contract Template
• Public Contract Template
• Public Contract Language Clarification

• Final Slice/Block Exhibit D RSS Contract Language
• Final Load Following Exhibit D RSS Contract Language for 3rd Purchase Period
• Revised Illustrative Example for DFS
• RSS Election Timeline

Tier 2 Vintage Rate Offerings

• VR1-2014 - Draft confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement
• VR1-2016 - Final Vintage Tier 2 Statement of Intent
  • Tier 2 Vintage Rate Offering
  • Tier 2 Vintage PowerPoint
  • Tier 2 Vintage Rate FAQs
  • Above RHWM options
  • Vintage rate offering

Tier 2 Load Growth Opt-out

• NRU's Proposal Letter (Dec. 12, 2015)
• BPA Decision Letter to Customers (April 7, 2016)

• TSSA Template (Nov. 16, 2009)
• TSSA Non-Federal Resource Application (Jan 15, 2010)

• Redispatch vs. TCMS Diagram (Aug. 11, 2009)