Transcript MB Meeting 10/3/2007 - RIGO Update

RIGO Update
Xcel Energy
Jason Standing
Jeffrey Norman
October 3, 2007
Updates Since Last Meeting

Options 1,2,3, and 4 (western options) have
been dismissed as possible options.
 Focus instead on the southeastern portion of
Minnesota.
 Created a few combination options.
Option 5: Owatonna-Austin
Corner 161 kV

53 MW of outlet
 Option 5b
– Second Pleasant Valley
345/161 kV line
– 308 MW of outlet
Option 8: Blue Earth-Loon
Lake 161 kV

220 MW of outlet
Option 9: Pleasant Valley-Blue
Earth 161 kV

43 MW of outlet
 Option 9b
– Second Pleasant Valley
345/161 kV line
– 330 MW of outlet
Option 11: Loon Lake-Jackson
161 kV

130 MW of outlet
 Option 11a
– Reconductor of the
Lakefield-Triboji 161 kV
line
– 255 MW of outlet
Option 5b9

Option 5b9:
– Owatonna-Austin
Corner 161 kV
– Pleasant Valley-Blue
Earth 161 kV
– Pleasant Valley
345/161 kV tx


268 MW of outlet
Option 5b9a
– Second Maple Leaf-Byron
circuit
– 412 MW of outlet

Option 5b9ab
– Option 5b9a with tripping
of new generation for loss
of Pleasant Valley 345/161
tx
– 617 MW of outlet
Option 89: Pleasant ValleyBlue Earth-Loon Lake 161 kV

47 MW of outlet
 Option 89a
– Second Pleasant Valley 345/161 kV tx
– 365 MW of outlet

Option 89ab
– Second Maple Leaf-Byron circuit
– 572 MW of outlet
Where to go from here?

Run a few more sensitivity cases.
 Determine which option to go forward with.
 Write up a draft report and send it out for
review.
 Write the final report.