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single pool. However, there are no load aggregation benefits in this scenario since the regional<br />

loads have not been combined.<br />

The study team did not expect this scenario <strong>to</strong> be viable. The expectation was that SPP would not<br />

have sufficient reserves and flexible resources <strong>to</strong> be able <strong>to</strong> reliably balance this much additional<br />

wind generation. The scenario was defined simply as an extreme end of the balancing spectrum.<br />

A proxy case for Scenario 1, with wind forecasts assumed perfect and no additional reserves<br />

needed <strong>to</strong> cater for intra-hour variability and uncertainty in wind, is also examined, <strong>to</strong> quantify<br />

the additional balancing costs incurred by wind.<br />

Scenario 2: Dynamic Scheduling <strong>Wind</strong> <strong>to</strong> Each SERC BA<br />

Scenario 2 dynamically scheduled each SERC BA’s wind generation out of SPP and <strong>to</strong> the<br />

SERC BA. Each BA aggregates its wind with its load and uses its own internal resources <strong>to</strong><br />

balance the net BA variability and uncertainty. This scenario increases the size of the load that<br />

wind is aggregated with and increases the pool of responsive generation but looses the<br />

aggregation benefits associated with combining the variability and uncertainty of all of the wind<br />

fleet <strong>to</strong>gether.<br />

Scenario 4: Reserves Shared Throughout SPP and the SERC BAs Without Hurdle<br />

Rates<br />

Scenario 4 provides the largest aggregation benefit. All of the resources throughout SPP and the<br />

SERC BAs are available for balancing and the balancing obligation is reduced through<br />

aggregation of the footprint wide variability and uncertainty of both wind and load. The regional<br />

contingency reserves are also aggregated by using the maximum of the regional requirements.<br />

The day-ahead unit commitment is done based upon each BAs obligations and expectations but<br />

the real-time balancing is optimized over the footprint.<br />

Scenario 3: Reserves Shared Throughout SPP and the SERC BAs With Hurdle<br />

Rates<br />

Scenario 3 is similar <strong>to</strong> scenario 4 in its aggregation benefits and reserve requirements but there<br />

are hurdle rates between the BAs that increase the cost of inter-BA transactions.<br />

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