TEPPC Meeting February 4, 2016 Salt Lake City, UT Thomas Carr Western Interstate Energy Board...

TEPPC MeetingFebruary 4, 2016Salt Lake City, UT

Thomas CarrWestern Interstate Energy Board

CREPC/SPSC/ WIRAB Update

CREPC/SPSC/WIRAB

• Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC)• CREPC formed over 30 years ago as an information sharing entity

among states/provinces on western energy issues • State-Provincial Steering Committee (SPSC)

• Created and organized in 2009 by states/provinces to implement tasks under the DOE ARRA grant

• Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB)• Provide advice to WECC, NERC and FERC pursuant to Section 215 of

the Federal Power Act2

Spring Meeting

• SPSC/CREPC/WIRAB spring meeting• Date – TBD• Location – TBD

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Clean Power Plan Update

• States engaged in their respective stakeholder processes for CPP• Face critical threshold issues:

• Rate-based v. mass-based• Point of regulation: EGUs v. state measures• Trading systems: ERCs v. allowances, partners

• State plan deadlines• Preliminary plan – Sept. 2016• Final plan – Sept. 2018 4

WIEB CPP Webinars

• In February, 2 webinars on Clean Power Plan compliance• Webinar 1: Allowance Distribution Options under a Mass

Based Approach to CPP Compliance• Wednesday, February 3• Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future

• Webinar 2: Potential linkage to existing trading platforms such as the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) or Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).• Later in February

• Both webinars will be recorded and posted on the WIEB Clean Power Plan webpage 5

2024/2026 Common Case and CPP Analysis

• 2024 Common Case used to derive these initial CPP gaps

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Interim Step 1 Mass Gap Final 2030 Mass Gap

Timeline for CPP studies

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Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2018

States - Initial Plan Sept. 2016

States - Final Plan

Sept. 2018

2015 2016 2017

States - Initial Plan Sept. 2016

States - Final Plan

Sept. 2018

Round 2 AnalysisRound 1 Analysis

Reliability Analysis 1

Expected final state plans

New 2026 Common

Case

Round 2 AnalysisRound 1 Analysis

State Scenarios

Reliability Analysis 1

Reliability Analysis 2

New 2026 Common

Case

Questions?Thomas Carr

Western Interstate Energy Board303-573-8910tcarr@westernenergyboard.org