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BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOG D E C E M B E R 1 9 9 9 BPAPOWER PRODUCTS CATALOG BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOG To Our CustomersThis version of the Power Products Catalog incorporates a number of changes to clarify theproduct descriptions and make them more consistent with BPA’s current Subscription policy
We have also incorporated the changes listed on the September errata sheet to the ProductCatalog. A notation at the bottom of each revised page of the catalog indicates the month andyear the revision was incorporated
The Product Catalog can be used as a tool to assist you in working with your Account Executiveto determine the type of products that will best serve your power needs. The Product Catalogcan be used in concert with the contract prototypes for core products to explain in greater detailthe type of service a customer will receive. Please contact your Account Executive for assistancein selecting or developing products that will meet your objectives
Categories of Products, Availability, and Applicable RatesThe Power Products are separated into three distinct categories:1. Core Subscription Products were designed for customers that request net firm requirements load service to serve regional consumer load. A customer that is interested in the standard version of a core product or service (described in the catalog) may purchase the undelivered product or service at the applicable posted rate (see BPA’s 2002 Proposed Wholesale Power Rate Schedules)
2. Customized Subscription Products are available for customers that request net firm requirements load service to serve regional consumer load (Core Products) and that want additional flexibility to shape their purchases from BPA in order to optimize their resource operations. These products will have bilaterally negotiated pricing for all modifications to Core Products and any additional products and services customers wish to purchase. The price for customized products that differ from the Core Products will be negotiated under the Firm Power Products and Services (FPS 96) Rate Schedule. Slice of the System purchasers will pay a corresponding percentage of BPA’s Power Business Line (PBL) revenue requirement without adjustment for secondary revenue credits
3. Non Subscription Products generally include power products and services that BPA may sell a customer in the wholesale marketplace. The bilateral product descriptions in the catalog are examples of products and services BPA an provide. These or other commodity type products marketed by BPA’s trading floor may have limited availability. These products and services will be offered under the (FPS 96) Rate Schedule
Page i BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGUpdates to the CatalogThe following is a summary of the key changes to the Catalog: See page iii for a complete list ofproduct changes
In response to customer and interested party suggestions, BPA has adopted a single approach forretail access mitigation and dropped the complex multiple mitigation approach. The remainingmitigation products and measures originally outlined in the Subscription Strategy have beendiscontinued (e.g. the Remarketing product, Walled-off-Loads, and Conversion to ExcessFederal Power). BPA will keep the “Safe Haven” for customers that sign Full or DedicatedResources contract. The new mitigation approach is a contract remedy called the LiquidatedDamages. Liquidated Damages is a contract clause that is available for review in the latestversion of the contract prototypes for core subscription products. Comments on the Liquidateddamages approach should be directed to your Account Executive
The last version of the catalog detailed the expansion of the product line with a couple of newproducts including the Dedicated Resource product. The product description for the DedicatedResource product has been revised to clarify that only generating resources qualify to be adedicated resource
Transmission Service:All products listed in the Power Products Catalog are priced on an undelivered basis. Thismeans that the customer is responsible for acquiring transmission and associated ancillaryservices to deliver purchased power to load. Under certain circumstances, if requested, BPA willact as the customer’s “designated agent” in order to perform the activities/responsibilities onbehalf of the transmission contract holder (for more details contact your PBL AccountExecutive)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CATALOG, CONTACT: Ms Carolyn A
Richardson, Power Business Line at (503) 230-5163 or visit our website atwww.bpa.gov/Power/Products
For additional information on BPA’s contract prototypes contact Mr. Scott Wilson at (503) 230-7638
Page ii BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGList of Changes:As noted in the September 1999 version of the Product Catalog, most of the product changesdirectly relate to BPA’s current policy guidance
(1) Page 4: Full Service Product - BPA’s approach for handling Non –Utility Owned Resources is clarified
(2) Page 5: Full Service – Retail Access Load Loss Section – product description revised to include the “Safe Haven”
(3) Page 8: Actual Partial Service – Simple and Complex versions – BPA’s approach for handling Non-Utility Owned Resources is clarified
(4) Page 9: Actual Partial Service – Retail Access Load Loss section – the product description is revised to include the “Safe Haven”
(5) Page 11: Detailed Description: Actual Partial Service – Simple & Complex Version
Customer Resource Portfolio Declarations Parameters paragraph 4 – the qualification standards are clarified for a new renewable resource
(6) Pages 14 & 15: Detailed Description: Actual Partial Service with Dedicated Resource(s)
The applicable type of resources for this is product is clarified to include only generating resources. This product description has been clarified to state PF billings will be calculated from the after-the-fact determined entitlement
(7) Page 16: Factoring Product – the description is revise to note the inclusion of transmission losses
(8) Page 21: Detailed Description - Factoring Service & Benchmark Methodology Billing Process – The description for With-in day factoring and With-in Month factoring have been replaced
(9) Page 37: Slice of the System – Linkages box – clarifies when Slice and the Block product may be combined
(10) Page 40 Slice of the System – Detailed Description - #8 clarifies cost to purchasers. – clarifies when Slice and the Block product may be combined
(11) Previous Page 56: The Remarketing Service Product designed to mitigate the effects of Retail Access Load Loss is deleted in its entirety. The customer’s attention is directed to the October version of the contract prototypes Section 5, which offer a contract remedy through a Liquidated Damages approach
(12) Page 6-9: Core Product Billing Factors - Incorporates billing factors to cover the dedicated resource product
Page iii BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGPRODUCTS Table Of Contents PageCORE SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS 1 Full Service 2 Actual Partial Service (Simple/Complex) 6 Detailed Description: Actual Partial Service (Simple/Complex) 10 Detailed Description: Actual Partial Service with Dedicated Resource(s) 14 Factoring 16 Detailed Description: Factoring Service and Benchmark Methodology 17 Block Partial Service 24 Detailed Description: Block Partial Service 25 Block with Shaping Capacity 28 Detailed Description: Block with Shaping Capacity 29 Block with Factoring 32CUSTOMIZED SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS 34 Variable Load Factor 35 Slice of the System 36 Environmentally Preferred Power 42NON-SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS 44 Bilateral Products & Services 45 Power - Firm, Secondary, Commodity (including loss compensation) 45 Capacity w/out Energy 46 Storage 47 Resource Factoring 49 Preschedule Change Rights 50 Displacement 51 Scheduling Services 52 Reserves, Resource Support 53-55 Supplemental AGC 53 Contingency (Operating) Reserves 54 Forced Outage Reserves 55 Complements to Core Products 56-58 Generation Management Service 56APPENDIX A: Commonly Used Acronyms 1APPENDIX B: Core Product Billing Factors 4 Page iv BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGCORE SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS Page 1 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGCore Subscription Product Full ServiceGeneral The Full Service product is a core Subscription product
This product is available to purchasers who have a right to purchase power from BPA to meet their entire Total Retail Load (TRL) requirements needs. This standard product will be sold under a posted rate schedule
This product provides all the firm power the customer needs to meet TRL
Availability This product is intended for customers who have a right to purchase from BPA under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Regional Act), section 5(b). Full Service customers are those who choose to purchase all of their power needs from BPA, including those who have small non-dispatchable generating resources which meet BPA’s criteria for measured amount net billing treatment
The maximum amounts of this product that the customer is entitled to purchase will be determined consistent with BPA’s policy on Determination of Net Resources
Product Description The Full Service product provides all firm power necessary to meet a customer’s actual loads in excess of the customer’s small non-dispatchable generating resources, consumer- owned small non-dispatchable generating resources and Columbia Storage Power Exchange
This service includes Heavy Load Hour (HLH) energy, Light Load Hour (LLH) energy, demand (peaking and capacity), and any shaping necessary to cover load variations in TRL due to temperature changes and load loss/growth except when due to retail access load gain or loss
Rates and Billing See Core Product Billing Factors in this catalog, AppendixFactor(s) B. Refer to BPA’s 2002 Final Wholesale Power Rate Schedule for applicable posted rates
Purchase Period The purchase period is 3 to 20 years, beginning October 1, 2001 (or another term consistent with the Rate Schedules)
Page 2 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGCore Subscription Product Full ServicePricing Construct Cost-based pricing is fixed for a period of 3 to 5 years
Continuing Payment BPA will accept the risk of retail access load loss for FullObligation Service customer loads with a three-year initial purchase commitment by the customer. BPA will also accept the risk of state mandated retail access load loss for any Full Service customer loads if such purchaser agrees not to participate in any form of voluntary retail access
A customer that participates in voluntary retail access is obligated to pay BPA the amount they would have paid for the lost load at the original Priority Firm (PF) rate. The customer may purchase one of the retail access mitigation products or employ a contract mitigation measure to help alleviate or lessen this obligation
Customers are required to provide BPA with retail load loss and load gain data necessary to execute the power sales contract. The data must conform to industry standards
Resources: Customer The Full Service product will absorb the actual output ofOwned customer resources which meet BPA’s criteria for declared nonfirm output resources See the Generation Management Service (GMS) product for a description of BPA’s criteria related to the size of customer owned resources Customers with resources that do not meet BPA’s criteria as declared nonfirm output resources, including consumer- owned generating resources acquired after Subscription opens, may remain Full Service customers by purchasing the GMS product described below
Page 3 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOG Core Subscription Product Full Service For purchasers of Full Service or Actual Partial Service Resources: Non Utility Measured Amount Netting means the measured hourly Owned amounts of power taken will be the measured load net of the actual output of named resources
Measured Amount Netting will apply to non-utility owned resources that are not larger than 3 MW based on the nameplate rating or demonstrated historical peak
BPA may agree to Measured Amount Netting for existing resources that are larger than 3 MWs depending on the costs, if any, that BPA might incur
Measured Amount Netting will apply to resources that are larger than 3 MWs that are covered by Generation Management Services
If resources are not eligible for Measured Amount Netting, product billing amounts will not be reduced to reflect resource output and separate energy imbalance accounting may be required
Transmission and Transmission delivery and ancillary services are not included Ancillary Services in this product except as noted below. Any energy imbalance that occurs as a result of retail access load loss is not covered by this product
Transmission Losses and Transmission losses are included in this product
Service Related to Actual For customers within BPA’s control area or served by Load General Transfer Agreement, the product serves actual hour by hour entitlement as measured after the fact
BPA will continue to provide and pay for transfer service General Transfer under existing transfer agreements for the term of the new Agreements (GTA) Subscription contracts or until the advent of a regional transmission organization, whichever occurs first
Revised November, 1999 Page 4 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOG Core Subscription Product Full Service Retail Access Load Gain The customer may purchase additional power at the appropriate PF rate with adjustments
Retail Access Load Loss See Continuing Payment Obligation
The customer is covered under the Safe Haven approach
Safe Haven means BPA will take on the risk of retail access load loss, if the state has mandated open access. The customer must have a signed Full Service contract
Associated Services Generation Management Services (GMS), to compensate BPA for absorbing variable output of customer resources, is not required for this product up to the 3 MWs each or 6 MWs total stated megawatt limit. Customers with resources that are greater than 3 MWs each, 6 MWs total but less than 15 MWs each, 50 MWs total based on the nameplate classification, may qualify for Full Service by purchasing the appropriate GMS products and services. The amounts and types of GMS would be determined on a resource specific basis. See the description of GMS in this catalog
Small non-dispatchable resources up to 3 MWs each or 6 MWs total within the customer’s metering boundary will be treated as load fluctuations
Interaction with other Since this product includes a component to meet load products variations, it should not be combined with any other product that has built-in load variations
This product may not be purchased in conjunction with any other core Subscription product
Revised November 1999 Page 5 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOGCore Subscription Product Actual Partial Service – Simple and Complex versionsGeneral The Actual Partial Service product versions are core Subscription products. They are available to purchasers who have a right to purchase power from BPA to meet their net requirements. This standard product will be sold under a posted rate schedule
Availability These products are intended for customers who have a right to purchase under Regional Act, section 5(b) from BPA
These products are intended for customers who have contractual or generating resources with firm capabilities and therefore, require a product other than Full Service. These products provide service to net actual load in a manner equitably comparable to the Full Service product
The maximum amounts of this product that the customer is entitled to purchase will be determined consistent with BPA’s policy on determination of net requirements
Product Description These products provide all firm power necessary to meet a customer’s actual loads in excess of its declared resource amounts and the output of small non-dispatchable resources which meet BPA’s criteria for measured amount net treatment for billing
This service includes HLH energy, LLH energy, demand (peaking and capacity), and any shaping necessary to cover load variations in TRL due to temperature changes and load loss/growth due to increases except when due to retail access load gain or loss
Rates and Billing See Core Product Billing Factors in the catalog, Appendix B
Factor(s) Refer to BPA’s 2002 Final Wholesale Power Rate Schedule for applicable posted rates
Purchase Period The purchase period is 3 to 20 years, beginning October 1, 2001 (or another term consistent with the Rate Schedules)
Pricing Construct Cost-based pricing is fixed for a period of 3 to 5 years
Page 6 BPA POWER PRODUCTS CATALOG Actual Partial Service – Simple and ComplexCore Subscription Product versionsContinuing Payment BPA will accept the risk of retail access load loss for ActualObligation Partial Service customer loads with a three-year initial purchase commitment by the customer. BPA will also accept the risk of state mandated retail access load loss for a purchaser under the Dedicated Resource version if such purchaser agrees not to participate in any form of voluntary retail access
A customer that participates in voluntary retail access is obligated to pay BPA the amount they would have paid for the lost load at the original PF rate. The customer may purchase one of the retail access mitigation products or employ a contract mitigation measure to help alleviate or lessen this obligation
All customer purchase obligations and rights at BPA’s PF rates are contingent on BPA’s policy on sections 5(b) and 9(c) of the Regional Act P.L. 96-501
Customers are required to provide BPA with retail load loss and load gain data necessary to execute the power sales contract
Resources: Customer- Refer to the Partial Service product descriptions, especiallyOwned detailed description of Customer Resource Declaration Parameters)
The Actual Partial Service product will absorb the actual output of customer resources which meet BPA’s criteria for measured amount netting in the billing process
See the GMS product for a description of BPA’s criteria related to the size of customer owned resources
Customers with resources that do not meet BPA’s criteria as declared nonfirm output resources, including consumer- owned generating resources acquired after Subscription opens, may remain Full Service customers by purchasing the Generation Management Service (GMS) product
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Non Subscription Products generally include power products and services that BPA may sell a customer in the wholesale marketplace. The bilateral product descriptions in the catalog are …
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