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Planning Tools RFI

Long Term Planning Tools Task Force

The Technical Advisory Subcommittee formed the Task Force to evaluate alternative tools that could analyze long-term (i.e. beyond 10 years) transmission expansion planning scenarios more efficiently than production cost simulation tools.  Studying long-term scenarios, and acquiring new tools to perform those studies, will be important components of WECC’s upcoming proposal to DOE to produce transmission plans for the Western Interconnection in accordance with the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

WECC has released a Request for Proposals and the Task Force has reviewed responses and recommended successful contractors.  WECC is working through the communication and contracting process to procure a Study Case Development Tool (SCDT) and a Network Expansion Tool (NXT) to develop and analyze long-term study cases and technically feasible network expansions.

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TC = Transmission Customer
TP = Transmission Provider
NameOrganizationTC/TP
Jamie AustinPacifiCorp  
Ron BelvalTucson Electric Power Company  
Jim BingamanEPIS, Inc. 
Ray BrushNorthWestern Energy  
Fred DepenbrockSiemens Energy, Inc. 
Eldin DizdarevicSalt River Project  
Long DuongSnohomish County Public Utility District No. 1 
Sedina EricFERC 
David HawkinsFacet Decision Systems 
Jeff HeinPublic Service Company of Colorado [Xcel]  
Carl HuppertVentyx 
Marvin LandauerColumbiaGrid  
Mark LaubyNERC 
Tom MillerPacific Gas and Electric Company  
Andrew MillsLivermore Berkley National Labs 
Kip MorisonBritish Columbia Hydro and Power Authority  
Matthew MuldoonOregon Public Utility Commission  
Arne OlsonE3 Consulting 
Walter ShortNREL Consultants 
Kip David SikesIdaho Power Company  
Jerry SmithSWRTA Class 2 Group  
Loren TooleLos Alamos National Labs 
Eric ToolsonPLEXOS Solutions LLC  
Devin Van ZandtGeneral Electric International, Inc 
Stan WlliamsBonneville Power Administration Power 
Jinxiang ZhuABB US, Inc. 
 
   
 

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