Economic Planning – 2012 | ATC 10 Year Assessment

Economic Planning – 2012

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

List of 10-Year Assessment 2021 Economically Screened Projects

2013 Meetings, Materials and Announcements

September 26, 2013: Stakeholder Meeting

ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on September 26, 2013. This meeting will be a web-hosted meeting and conference call. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to attend or call-in for this meeting.

The following materials will be discussed at this meeting:

Meeting Agenda

ATC 2013 Economic Study Update

ATC 2014 10-Year Assessment Preliminary Study Design

Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative Study Update

Meeting Questions and Answers

We appreciate your participation in this process and look forward to continued communication as we proceed through the 2013 analysis.

Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com, or David Smith, Manager – Reliability Planning, at dsmith@atcllc.com

May 15, 2013 Posting

ATC has reviewed comments and feedback received from our stakeholders and has finalized its Futures Matrix and Project List for our 2013 economic analysis. The following materials provide greater detail regarding ATC’s study assumptions and study areas.

ATC 2013 Futures Matrix and Study Assumptions

ATC 2013 Economic Project

We appreciate your participation in this process and look forward to continued communication as we proceed through the 2013 analysis. Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Plan, at dburmester@atcllc.com

May 7, 2013 Stakeholder Meeting

ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on May 7, 2013. This meeting will be a hosted at ATC headquarters in Pewaukee and via webcast. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to attend.

Meeting materials are posted below.

Meeting Agenda

2013 10-Year Assessment – Preliminary Solutions Presentation

2013 10-Year Assessment – Preliminary Project list

2013 10-Year Assessment – Retirements Study Update

Reinforcement Guidelines Impacts Update

2013 ATC Economic Study Assumptions Presentation

2013 ATC Economic Study Futures Matrix

2013 Potential Study Areas

We appreciate your participation in this process and look forward to continued communication as we proceed through the 2013 Economic Planning Analysis. Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com

April 15, 2013 ATC Economic Planning Update

As a continuation of our 2013 Economic Planning Process, ATC has posted the following files for your review and feedback. ATC is seeking feedback from stakeholders regarding the study information posted below.

2013 Preliminary Futures Matrix

This document details the preliminary drivers and assumptions that ATC is planning to utilize for the 2013 PROMOD development and analysis.

ATC Potential Economic Study Area

This document details the several potential study areas ATC is considering for economic analysis as part of the 2013 Economic Planning process.

Public Policy Requirements

In addition to potential studies area linked to market congestion, ATC is also seeking 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.

We look forward to your involvement in this process and appreciate your input and feedback as we proceed with our 2013 TYA and Economic Planning process. We will continue to work with you and plan to finalize our economic analysis plan and assumptions by May 15, 2013.

Any comments or inquiries related to these studies can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com.

February 26, 2013 Stakeholder Meeting

ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on February 26, 2013. 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, topics of discussion will include:

2013 ATC Economic Analysis Preliminary Study Design and Discussion

The following materials will be discussed during this meeting:

Meeting Agenda

Updated 2012 ATC Order 890 Study Results

2012 Market and PROMOD Congestion Report

2013 10-Year Assessment – Preliminary Needs

2013 10-Year Assessment Reinforcement Guidelines – Preliminary Needs

2013 ATC Order 890 Economic Study Kickoff

ATC Order 890 Study Info – ATC LMP Information

Please indicate your participation plans to Erik Winsand at ewinsand@atcllc.com by noon on February 22, 2013.

Any comments or inquiries can be submitted to Dale Burmester, Manager – Economic Planning, at dburmester@atcllc.com.

2012 Meetings, Materials and Announcements

November 27, 2012 Stakeholder Meeting

ATC is planning to host a customer/stakeholder meeting on November 27, 2012. This meeting will be a hosted at ATC headquarters in Pewaukee. Please hold this date on your calendars if you plan to attend.

In compliance with FERC Order 890, topics of discussion will include: