PacifiCorp 2007 Integrated Resource Plan (May 30, 2007)

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PacifiCorp – 2007 IRPChapter 2 – IRP Components, Planning Principles,Objectives, and ApproachPacifiCorp and its parent company, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MEHC), alsoparticipated in numerous organizations and working groups that address regional planning issuesin the areas of supply, system coordination, energy management, and transmission resources.Table 2.2 lists a number of these organizations by focus area.Table 2.2 – Participation in Regional Planning Organizations and Working GroupsOrganizationWestern Electricity Coordinating Council/Seams Steering Group– Western Interconnection (SSG-WI)Northwest Power PoolNorthwest Power and Conservation CouncilPacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (PNUCC)Northwest Wind Integration Technical WorkgroupBig Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership Energy Future CoalitionGlobal Climate Change Working Group (MEHC commitment)Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Working Group (MEHCcommitment)Northwest Energy Efficiency AllianceConservation Advisory Council (Energy Trust of Oregon)Utah DSM Advisory GroupWashington DSM Advisory GroupNorthwest Transmission Assessment Committee (NTAC)Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study (RMATS)Northern Tier Transmission Group (NTTG)Western Regional Transmission Expansion PartnershipEly Energy Center / Robinson Summit – Harry Allen 500 kVTransmission Project Regional Planning Review GroupUtah Resource ForumFocus AreaSystem reliability and adequacySystem reliability and adequacyRegional power systemRegional power systemWindClimate changeClimate changeClean coal technologyEnergy efficiencyEnergy efficiencyEnergy efficiencyEnergy efficiencyTransmissionTransmissionTransmissionTransmissionTransmissionPeak power demand issuesFinally, PacifiCorp provided IRP participants the opportunity to critique the draft IRP documentin April 2007.STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTPacifiCorp maintains a strong commitment to improve the value of the IRP public process toexternal stakeholders as well as the company. This is evidenced by a number of initiatives takenby PacifiCorp during 2005 and 2006. First, PacifiCorp instituted a stakeholder satisfaction surveyin the spring of 2005. The purpose of this survey was to determine if the company was onthe right track with respect to execution of the IRP public process, and to solicit recommendationson improvements to better support stakeholder needs. 2 PacifiCorp implemented severalrecommendations for the 2007 IRP, as detailed in Table 2.3.2 A presentation summarizing the survey results can be found on PacifiCorp’s Web site. The link to the presentationis http://www.pacificorp.com/File/File52811.pdf.18
PacifiCorp – 2007 IRPChapter 2 – IRP Components, Planning Principles,Objectives, and ApproachTable 2.3 – Public Process Recommendations Implemented for the 2007 IRPPublic Process RecommendationDistribute model run results during thecourse of the IRP modeling phase ratherthan waiting to distribute them at the publicmeetings.Distribute appendices for review alongwith the main draft IRP document.Work to ensure that the participant base ismore evenly balanced as far as representationis concerned; issue personal invitationsto stakeholders as necessary.Send information out earlier to prepare formeetings.OutcomePacifiCorp distributed via e-mail a document packageto participants on October 4, 2006 with updatedCEM modeling results and other documentation,including an updated paper that describes the planningscenarios and associated input assumptions.The company also distributed a paper on candidateportfolio development on October 12, 2006 andFebruary 5, 2007.PacifiCorp distributed for review the draft appendicesto support the review of the main document.PacifiCorp expanded its meeting invitation andcontact list from about 80 individuals for the 2004IRP to 135 for the 2007 IRP. PacifiCorp also addeda video-conference site in Cheyenne, Wyoming, tofacilitate meeting attendance. This list expansionalso encompasses IRP meeting invitations to MEHCtransaction stakeholders per Commitment #48, describedin the next section.PacifiCorp maintains a policy of distributing meetinghandouts at least two days in advance of a meeting.Exceptions may occur due to the need for lastminutemanagement reviews of meeting materials.Only one of the 13 public meetings was impacted inthis way.Another PacifiCorp initiative was to front-load public meetings during the 2007 IRP scheduleand to focus those meetings on the more contentious, technical, or complex issues. This meetingplan was prompted by the company’s concern during the 2004 IRP process that critical stakeholderinput was provided well after the point where recommendations and concerns could beeasily addressed in the process. Based on the outcome of these meetings, the company found thefront-loading approach beneficial as an early sounding board for its proposed modeling assumptionsand approaches, and intends to build on this approach for the next IRP.MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY IRP COMMITMENTSMEHC and PacifiCorp committed to continue to produce IRPs according to the schedule andCommission rules and orders at the time the transaction was in process. Other commitmentswere made to (1) encourage stakeholders to participate in the integrated resource planning processand consider transmission upgrades, (2) develop a plan to achieve renewable resource commitments,(3) consider utilization of advanced coal-fuel technology such as IGCC technologywhen adding coal-fueled generation, (4) conduct a market potential study of additional demandsidemanagement and energy efficiency opportunities, (5) evaluate expansion of the BlundellGeothermal resource, and (6) include utility “own/operate” resources as a benchmark in futurerequest for proposals. A detailed description of these commitments and a description of how theyare addressed in the 2007 Integrated Resource Plan are provided in Table 2.4 below.19
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