Economic Planning – 2013
ATC utilizes two methods to determine which projects have the potential for economic benefits:
- Stakeholder Input and Analyses
- Reliability Project Screening
These methods are described below.
Stakeholder Input and Analyses
In March 2008, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 890-A took effect. Order 890-A requires a coordinated, open, and transparent transmission planning process on both a local and regional level. To comply with these requirements, ATC submitted a compliance filing on Order 890-A that provides a timeline of actions to ensure that the economic planning process is both coordinated and open. ATC has also submitted a compliance filing on Order 1000 that incorporates public policy requirement needs into its economic planning analysis.
Annually, ATC will use a process with consistent timelines that combines stakeholder input, historical data, future line flow forecasts, and updated information on the electric system to identify transmission upgrades for economic evaluation.
Each year:
- During February, we hold an initial stakeholder meeting to review the market congestion summary and potential fixes and to discuss economic study scenarios, drivers, ranges, and assumptions.
- By March 1, we work with stakeholders to request and prioritize new/other economic studies and recommend study assumptions.
- By April 15 – we identify preliminary areas of economic study, study assumptions, and models and solicit further comments from stakeholders, including soliciting stakeholders for public policy requirements that drive transmission needs.
- By May 15 – we finalize areas of economic study, study assumptions, and models to be used in analysis, including a determination as to why or why not public policy requirements were included in the assumptions.
- By November 15 – we provide a summary of the results of the economic analyses to our stakeholders.
ATC conducts analyses of the projects identified for study over several months’ time and posts the key results, including the extent to which these savings offset project costs. When the expected benefits of a studied project are high enough to justify its costs, the process of developing it as a formal proposal is begun.
As a result of the 2021 ATC/stakeholder collaborative process, we are performing economic analyses on the following ATC facilities:
Economic Planning Study Areas
- North Lake Geneva 138-kV Area
- De Pere 138-kV Area
Studies are performed and results shared with stakeholders over the course of the year. In addition, customers and stakeholders who would like to request specific economic studies can do so if they are willing to pay for the studies and are willing to have the results posted publicly.
Reliability Project Screening
Economic analyses were performed on 14 projects from the 2020 10-Year Assessment project list to determine whether those projects were candidates for acceleration or deferral based on economic considerations. Please refer Table EP-1 for the list of projects screened. The list of 14 projects was based primarily on the availability of redispatch and capital costs of the projects; however, lower cost projects specifically identified by the ATC planning department were also included in the study. Generation interconnection and distribution interconnection projects were not eligible for inclusion in this list. Further, capacitor bank projects were not considered since the voltage benefits provided were not captured by the PROMOD software analysis. Finally, projects with in-service dates prior to 2024 were not considered since development of those projects was too far underway to make scheduling changes. As a result of this screening, none of the projects showed significant economic savings to ATC customers. This may change depending on assumptions or modeling of the system. Economic planning will continue to work with reliability planning, if any further analysis needs to be completed.
A similar analysis will be performed in the 2022 10-Year Assessment based upon the 2021 Assessment project list.
Table EP-1
| Project # | Project | Planning Zone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Central WI Reliability Project | 1 |
| 2 | Harrison Tap – Iola 69-kV (Y-70), Rebuild & OPGW | 1 |
| 3 | Groenier – Rosholt (ALTE) Tap, 69-kV (Y-71), Partial Rebuild and Rerate | 1 |
| 4 | Pine Hy Tap – Pine Hy 69-kV (ASPY31-1), Rebuild & OPGW | 2 |
| 5 | 9 Mile SW STA – Pine River 69-kV (6921/23) Partial Rebuild | 2 |
| 6 | Cornell Tap – Watson Tap 69-kV (Chandler), Partial Rebuild | 2 |
| 7 | Chandler-Delta 69-kV (Delta1 and Escanaba1), Partial Rebuild and OPGW | 2 |
| 8 | Pine River - Mich Limestone Loading Dock 69-kV (ESE_6906), Rebuild | 2 |
| 9 | Gran Grae SS, Install a second 161/69-kV transformer Replacement | 3 |
| 10 | Hillman - Darlington 138kV (X-14/X-101), Rebuild | 3 |
| 11 | South Fond du Lac - Spring Brook 69-kV (Y-133), Partial rebuild | 3 |
| 12 | South Beaver Dam - Hubbard, (Y-134), 69-kV Rebuild & OPGW | 3 |
| 13 | South Beaver Dam – North Beaver Dam, 69-kV (Y-59) Line Rebuild | 3 |
| 14 | Waupun - South Fond du Lac 69-kV, (Y-25) Partial Rebuild | 4 |
2014 Meetings, Materials and Announcements
October 15, 2014 Stakeholder Meeting
ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on October 15, 2014, scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (CDT), via web and teleconference. ATC will discuss a summary of the 2014 10-Year Assessment, as well as the 2015 10-Year Assessment Study Design. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to participate.
The following materials will be discussed at the meeting.
2014 10-Year Assessment – Summary
2015 10-Year Assessment – Study Design
ATC Planning Criteria Change Summary
As a part of the 2015 10-Year Assessment Study Design discussion, ATC will review Public Policy Requirements* of which it is aware and also solicit information from stakeholders including federal, state, and local regulators regarding needs driven by Public Policy Requirements and potential Transmission Facilities to address those needs. ATC requests that stakeholders provide ATC with information regarding needs driven by Public Policy Requirements and/or potential Transmission Facilities to address those needs.
* As set forth in MISO Tariff Attachment FF-ATCLLC, “Public Policy Requirements” means “enacted statutes (i.e., passed by the legislature and signed by the executive) and regulations promulgated by a relevant jurisdiction, whether within a state or at the federal level, including duly enacted laws or regulations passed by a local governmental entity, such as a municipal or county government.”
Please indicate your participation plans by Monday, October 13th.
Plans to participate and any comments or inquiries can be sent to Ryan Solberg, Transmission Planning Engineer, at rsolberg@atcllc.com.
May 15, 2014 Posting
ATC has reviewed comments and feedback received from our stakeholders and has finalized its Futures Matrix and Project List for our 2014 economic analysis. The following materials provide greater detail regarding ATC’s study assumptions and study areas.
ATC 2014 Futures Matrix and Study Assumptions
ATC 2014 Economic Project Study Areas
Additionally ATC has requested feedback on Public Policy Requirements that may drive transmission needs. No feedback was submitted as a part of this study process. ATC has performed its own inquiry regarding Public Policy Requirements and determined that no additional Public Policy Requirements exist to incorporate into this study.
We appreciate your participation in this process and look forward to continued communication as we proceed through the 2014 analysis. Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com
April 14, 2014 Stakeholder Meeting
ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on April 14, 2014. This meeting will be a hosted at ATC headquarters in Pewaukee and by webcast. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to attend.
In compliance with FERC Orders 890 and 1000, topics of discussion will include:
- 2014 Economic Planning Study Assumptions and Study Areas
In addition to potential study areas and assumptions updates linked to market congestion, ATC also requests feedback in areas where Public Policy Requirements may drive transmission needs. Public Policy Requirements are enacted statutes (i.e., passed by the legislature and signed by the executive) and regulations promulgated by a relevant jurisdiction, whether within a state or at the federal level, including duly enacted laws or regulations passed by a local governmental entity, such as a municipal or county government. Stakeholders are encouraged to provide ATC with Public Policy Requirements. ATC utilizes transmission needs driven by Public Policy Requirements in its assumptions when performing economic analysis of study areas. The transmission needs driven by Public Policy Requirements that will be included in ATC’s finalized assumptions will be posted prior to May 15th.
The following materials will be discussed at this meeting:
ATC 2014 Economic Planning Futures
ATC 2014 Potential Study Areas
MISO MTEP15 Demand and Energy Review
ATC 2014 10-Year Assessment Preliminary Needs and Solutions
ATC 2014 10-Year Assessment Preliminary Network Project List
ATC Distributed Resources Primer
Please indicate your participation plans to Erik Winsand at ewinsand@atcllc.com by noon on April 9, 2014.
Any comments or inquiries can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com.
March 7, 2014: 10-Year Assessment Preliminary Needs Summary
This is a preliminary summary of needs from the 2014 10-Year Assessment studies. Additional information will be included later in the Spring discussion of preliminary solutions. Generally, we do not expect any major changes to the needs that will be identified in ATC’s 10-Year Assessment.
2014 10-Year Assessment Preliminary Needs Summary
Any comments or inquiries regarding the preliminary needs can be submitted to David Smith, Manager – Reliability Group, at dsmith@atcllc.com
February 13, 2014 Stakeholder Meeting
ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on February 13, 2014. This meeting will be a hosted at ATC headquarters in Pewaukee and by webcast. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to attend.
In compliance with FERC Order 890 and 1000, topics of discussion will include:
- 2013 ATC Economic Analysis Results and Next Steps
- 2014 ATC Economic Planning Study Kickoff
The following materials will be discussed at this meeting:
ATC 2013 Economic Study Results
ATC 2014 Economic Study Kickoff
Please indicate your participation plans to Erik Winsand at ewinsand@atcllc.com by noon on February 11, 2014.
Any comments or inquiries can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com.
2013 Meetings, Materials and Announcements
November 15, 2013: ATC Economic Analysis Update
In open stakeholder meetings on February 26 and May 7, 2013, ATC collected input on study assumptions and the project list for analysis. Later, ATC finalized these assumptions and the project list and posted this information on May 15, 2013. Another meeting was held September 26 to keep stakeholders updated on the current status of the 2013 economic planning study.
Since then ATC has continued to refine its study methods, develop analytical models, and study the projects listed. At this point, ATC is in the process of finalizing the analysis and will be able to discuss results in an open stakeholder meeting towards the beginning of 2014. The exact meeting date will be announced at a later time and meeting materials will be posted to the Economic Planning page of the ATC 10-Year Assessment website.
Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com.