Western Energy Imbalance Market NW Hydro Association Kurt Miller Meeting Organizational Change Manager, February 23, 2018 EIM Readiness Program
A Balancing Act • Roughly 15% of PGE’s generation comes from RPS- MW qualifying 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 renewables like wind and solar • By 2040, 50% of Balancing PGE’s generation Resources must come from Output RPS-qualifying renewables • Load & generation must balance at Biglow Canyon all times, so PGE Windfarm Output must flex its resources to match renewables outputs Hours : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Balancing Wind: A Simplified Look 2
PGE’s Journey to Self-Integration & EIM • Starting in 2013, Generation Power Balancing Market PGE made Plants Operations Authority Participation incremental system improvements to prepare for EIM Plant Optimization Reliability Based Improved Cycling Participant in the System Control Capabilities EIM Implementation & Policy Forum (IPF) • The EIM project Upgrades to Wind ACE Diversity Forecasting Tools Interchange Automated Generation was a cross- Control (AGC) Participant in CAISO Implemented functional effort Stakeholder Process 15 Minute Scheduling BA Authorization resulting in Management System & Wind Integration improved Consolidation of Revenue Quality Regional communications Metering Transmission Plant Information (PI) Outage Management Planning and work flow Consolidation Reporting System Organizations processes NW vs. CAISO Cost Generation Excellence Benefit Analysis and Reliability Wind Integration Monitoring Market Interfaces Tariff Jim Piro Co-Chaired NWPP MC Initiative In Process Completed 3
Nearly 400 employees received EIM training 4
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