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Opportunities
for Collaboration
May 1, 2006
Utah Association of Energy Users
Northwest Independent
Power Producers Coalition
Agenda Items
 Overview of Northwest Independent Power
Producers Coalition (NIPPC)
 Opportunities for Collaboration
 Questions & Discussions
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NIPPC Membership
Full Members
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TransAlta Energy Marketing (Centralia & Big Hanaford power plants)
Suez Energy North America (Chehalis power plant)
Calpine Corporation (Goldendale & Hermiston power plants)
EPCOR (Fredrickson power plant)
NESCO (Sumas 1 cogeneration power plant)
Transcanada
BP Energy
Constellation Control and Dispatch
Associate Members
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Davis Wright Tremaine
Heller Ehrman
Sea Breeze Power Corp.
Van Ness Feldman
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NIPPC’s Mission Statement
NIPPC will actively pursue informal and formal (i.e.,
laws, policies, rules and regulations) avenues and
forums to ensure a competitive electric power supply
marketplace in the Pacific Northwest.
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NIPPC’s Principles
NIPPC supports a fully competitive electric power supply marketplace in
the Pacific Northwest based on the following principles:
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Ensure that adequacy and reliability of electric supply is supported and not
compromised.
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Ensure that all market and transmission access, pricing, and regulatory
structures allow all market participants to operate under the same terms and
conditions in the regional marketplace.
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Ensure efficient and transparent pricing signals are sent to all market
participants facilitating investment in electric power supply and transmission
infrastructure.
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Ensure cost effective environmental, safety and security best practices are put
in place and maintained.
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NIPPC’s Current Activities
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Intervenor & advocate in response to BPA’s reactive power tariff
take back
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Advocate for solutions to congestion on BPA’s CSM Steering
Committee
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Filed comments in DOE’s EPAct Section 1221
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Intervenor in FERC’s Order 888-889 NOI
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Promoting concept of rate-based IOU “call option” for
generators
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Organizing effort to reform WA natural gas tax
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Conducting overall public relations/constituency building for
generators
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Advocated for Grid West discontinued
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Utah, Wyoming & Idaho Industrial
Energy Consumer Activities in 2006
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PacifiCorp Rate Case
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PacifiCorp 2006 Integrated Resource Plan
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Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism
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PacifiCorp RFP for 2011 Resources
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MEHC Acquisition
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Multi-State Process
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Avoided Costs
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Energy Tax Issues
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2006 General and Interim Legislative Sessions
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Common Activities
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PGE Competition Rules
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Utah Debt Equivalency – Sempra Assistance
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GRID West Advocacy
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Healthy Computation – MECH Acquisition
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UAE Competitive Roles & RFP’s
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Major Issues in
Western Energy Markets
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Western Transmission Interconnection – WECC
Expansion
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Coal – PC vs. Supercritical vs. IGCC
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Resource Procurement – Coal – Natural Gas –
Renewables/Wind
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Frontier & Transwest Transmission Lines
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California Greenhouse Gas Policies
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Price Relationships in Energy Markets – Oil to
Natural Gas to Electricity
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Immediate Expansion
Opportunities
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Push for fair treatment & sensible planning at
WECC
Insist upon on Transco-led development of
Frontier Line
Protect PURPA; fight PacifiCorp’s market
power
Push for compensation of ancillary services
at FERC, state commissions
Contest at state commissions PacifiCorp’s
push to self-build resources
Intensify advocacy for least-cost,
competitively procured power generation
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Advantages of Collaboration
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Enhance credibility of competitive power’s value in face of
retrenchment
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Reinforce political influence by extending geographic reach
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Raise visibility of operating cogenerators & IPPs’ value to
region
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Buttress arguments for cost-effective, sensible transmission
development
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Strengthen representation at key venues: FERC, WECC,
NGA, BPA
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Engage PacifiCorp across its entire system
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Now…
let’s discuss…
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