Trans lta RELIABILITY STANDARDSCOMPLIANCE MANUAL

Compliance Directive:

NERCReference Number:

FAC-001Standard Effective Date:

61412007Document Name:

Facility Connection Requirements

Plant Name: TransAIta Centralia Generation

Reference Name:

Facility Connection RequirementsCurrent Version: Current Version Date:

0 6/18/2007

Rev. Date

8/19/2013

10/23/2013

10/28/2013

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Contents

1. PURPOSE ................................................................................................................ 2

2. PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................ 2

3. REFERENCES ....................................................................................................... 3

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1. PURPOSE

1.1 The purpose of this Facility Connection Requirements Procedure is toestablish facility connection and performance requirements to avoidadverse impacts on reliability of the Bulk Electric System (BES), inaccordance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation(NERC) standard FAC-001.

= PROCEDURE

2.1FAC-001 requires Transmission Owners (TO) to document, maintain,and publish facility connection requirements to ensure compliance andaddress connection requirements for Generation facilities,Transmission facilities, and End-user facilities. The 500kV transmissionlines owned by TransAIta Centralia Generation (TACG) are utilized forinterconnection between existing generation facilities, owned andoperated by TACG, and the Transmission Operator (TOP) BonnevillePower Administration (BPA). There are no other facilities thatinterconnect to TransAIta's High Voltage (HV) system.

2.2 In the event any generation facility, transmission facility, or end-userfacility desired to interconnect to TransAIta's HV system, they would berequired to satisfy BPA's Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).The OATT and, more specifically, the documents that are incorporatedas attachments, or by reference, within the OATT establish thenecessary requirements for interconnection to the BES. Thosedocuments include:

• Attachment J-Interconnection Procedures.

• Attachment L-Standard Large Generator InterconnectionProcedures (L G IP) including Standard Large GeneratorInterconnection Agreement (L GIA).

• Attachment N-Standard Small Generator InterconnectionProcedures (SGIP) including Standard Small Generatorinterconnection Agreement (SGIA).

• Technical Requirements for Interconnection to the BPATransmission Grid S TD-N-O00001.

2.3Coordination of the application for point-to-point transmission service,related system impact studies, and interconnection procedures wouldbe coordinated through TransAIta's Centralia Plant EngineeringManager. Contact information for the Engineering Manager is:

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Email-

Centralia Power Plant

Engineering Manager913 Big Hanaford RoadCentralia, WA. 98531360-736-9901

Centralia@transalta.com

The published link for the interconnection procedure is located at theTransAIta USA website:

www. t ra nsa Ita. co m/u s/co ntact

2.4 The application and system impact study shall include as a minimumthe following information to ensure compliance with the requirementsof standard FAC-001:

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Voltage level and MW and MVAR capacity or demand at point ofconnection.

Breaker duty and surge protection.

System protection and coordination.

Metering and telecommunications.

Grounding and safety issues.Insulation and insulation coordination.

Voltage, Reactive Power, and power factor control.

Power quality impacts.Equipment Ratings.Synchronizing of facilities.

Maintenance coordination.

Operational issues (abnormal frequency and voltages).Inspection requirements for existing or new facilities.

Communications and procedures during normal and emergencyoperating conditions.

2.5To access the OATT and STD-N-000001 utilze the following link:• http:llwww.bpa.govltransmissionlDoing%20Businessllnterconne

ction/Pages/defau It. aspx

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3. REFERENCES

3.1 Open Access Transmission Tariff (OA TT); BPA Transmission BusinessLine.

3.2 STD-N-O00001, Technical Requirements for Interconnection to the BPATransmission Grid; BPA Transmission Services Standard.

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