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FIRST QUARTERLY PROJECT TRACKING REPORT 2019

January 2019

Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

CONTENTS

Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

NTC Project Summary – Reporting Quarter ................................................................................................................. 4

COMPLETED UPGRADES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4

NTCS ISSUED ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

NTCS WITHDRAWN .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Portfolio Summary .................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Project Status Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Out-of-bandwidth Projects ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Responsiveness Report ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

ITP20 Upgrades ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18


Q1 2019 Quarterly Project Tracking Report 3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SPP actively monitors and supports the progress of transmission expansion projects, emphasizing the

importance of maintaining accountability for areas such as regional grid reliability standards, firm

transmission commitments, and SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) cost recovery.

SPP staff solicits quarterly feedback from the project owners to determine the progress of each

approved transmission project. This quarterly report charts the progress of all SPP transmission projects

approved by the SPP Board of Directors (Board) or through a FERC-filed service agreement under the

OATT.

Projects in the current portfolio include all Network Upgrades for which construction activities are

ongoing or those for which construction has completed but not all close-out requirements have been

fulfilled in accordance with Section 13 in Business Practice 70601.

1 SPP OATT Business Practices

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NTC PROJECT SUMMARY – REPORTING QUARTER

In adherence with the OATT and Business Practice 7060, SPP issues NTCs to Designated Transmission

Owners (DTOs) to begin work on Network Upgrades that have been approved or endorsed by the Board

to meet the construction needs of the OATT or Regional Transmission Organization (RTO).

COMPLETED UPGRADES

Figure 1: Completed Upgrades

NTC ID NTC Issue Date

UID Network Upgrade Name Owner NTC Source

Study Cost

Estimate

200397 6/1/2017 51030 Knob Hill - Noel 138 kV Ckt 1 Terminal

Upgrades WFEC 2016 ITPNT $259,006

51335 Otter 138kV - rebuild and add terminal for GEN-2014-064 NU

OGE GI Studies $2,807,651

51362 Otter 138kV - rebuild and add

terminal for GEN-2014-064 TOIF OGE GI Studies $410,000



NTC ID NTC Issue Date

UID Network Upgrade Name Owner NTC Source

Study Cost

Estimate

51474 Minco 345kV Substation GEN-2014-

056 Addition (TOIF) OGE GI Studies $5,000

200390 6/1/2017 51486 Skiatook 69 kV Cap Bank GRDA 2016 ITPNT $1,134,600

200467 1/1/2017 51626 Butler - Altoona 138 kV Terminal

Upgrades WR 2017 ITP10 $247,332

51766 Tap Tolk - Yoakum 230kV (Needmore)

- GEN-2013-027 Addition (TOIF) SPS GI Studies $300,000

51767 Tap Tolk - Yoakum 230kV (Needmore)

- GEN-2013-027 Addition (NU) SPS GI Studies $6,398,806

200470 8/1/2018 71976 Prestage Family 69 kV Cap Bank CBPC DPA Studies $1,017,500

72002 Union Ridge 230kV GEN-2015-069

Addition (TOIF) WR GI Studies $600,000

82135 Lost Draw 115 kV Substation GEN-2015-014 Interconnection (TOIF)

SPS GI Studies $371,000

82136 Lost Draw 115 kV Substation GEN-

2015-014 Interconnection (NU) SPS GI Studies $5,750,184

12 Upgrade(s) Completed $19,301,079

Table 1: Completed Upgrades



NTCS ISSUED

Figure 2: NTCs Issued

NTC ID NTC Issue

Date UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study

Estimated Cost of New

Upgrades

Estimated Cost of

Previously Approved Upgrades

210486 8/17/2018 72006 WAPA Bismarck 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades SUS-002 $84,639 $0

210487 8/17/2018 72005 CPEC North Bismarck 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades SUS-002 $0 $0

210490 8/17/2018 72067 AECC Upgrade terminal Equipment at

VBI North 2018 ITPNT $52,100 $0

210491 8/17/2018 72066 AEP Fig Five - VBI North 69kV Ckt 1 2018 ITPNT $3,357,600 $0

210492 8/17/2018 72050 BEPC Lewis - Richland 115kV Ckt 1

(BEPC) 2018 ITPNT $5,000 $0

210493 8/17/2018 72037 CUS Brookline 345kV Reactor 2018 ITPNT $3,547,472 $0

210493 8/17/2018 72038 CUS Brookline 345kV Substation

Expansion 2018 ITPNT $627,731 $0

210494 8/17/2018 82123 EREC Lakeview 69 kV Substation #3 2018 ITPNT $3,732,000 $0

210494 8/17/2018 82124 EREC Lakeview 69 kV Capacitor Bank

#3 2018 ITPNT $1,885,000 $0



NTC ID NTC Issue

Date UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study

Estimated Cost of New

Upgrades

Estimated Cost of

Previously Approved Upgrades

210495 8/17/2018 72047 KCPL Brookridge - Overland Park 161kV Terminal Upgrades

2018 ITPNT $538,000 $0

210495 8/17/2018 72049 KCPL Olathe - Switzer 161kV Ckt1

Terminal Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $1,088,000 $0

210496 8/17/2018 51450 SPS Sundown 230/115 kV

Transformer 2018 ITPNT $3,434,979 $0

210496 8/17/2018 61850 SPS Terry County 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $520,574 $0

210496 8/17/2018 72095 SPS Carlisle 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $319,760 $0

210496 8/17/2018 92151 SPS McDowell Creek 230/115kV

Substation 2018 ITPNT $8,374,877 $0

210496 8/17/2018 92152 SPS McDowell Creek 230/115kV


210497 8/17/2018 72052 WAPA Lewis - Richland 115kV Ckt 1

(WAPA) 2018 ITPNT $100,000 $0

210498 8/17/2018 72076 WR Lawrence Hill 230/115kV


210499 8/17/2018 82125 GHP Nixa Downtown - Nixa Espy Ckt1 2018 ITPNT $1,108,561 $0

210504 9/5/2018 92153 SPS Bopco - Road Runner 345 kV Ckt

1 New Line

DPA-2017-November-

808 $33,846,764 $0

210504 9/5/2018 92154 SPS Bopco - China Draw 345 kV Ckt 1

New Line

DPA-2017-November-

808 $30,491,054 $0

210504 9/5/2018 102153 SPS Bopco 345/115 kV Ckt 1

Transformer

DPA-2017-November-

808 $7,090,532 $0

210504 9/5/2018 102154 SPS Bopco 345/115 kV Ckt 2

Transformer

DPA-2017-November-

808 $6,537,839 $0

210504 9/5/2018 102156 SPS Eddy County - Kiowa 345 kV Ckt

1 New Line

DPA-2017-November-

808 $67,428,932 $0

210504 9/5/2018 102157 SPS Bopco 345 kV Substation DPA-2017-November-

808 $5,888,303 $0

210504 9/5/2018 102158 SPS Bopco 115 kV Substation DPA-2017-November-

808 $11,140,091 $0

26 Upgrade(s) Issued $200,925,221 $0

Table 2: NTCs Issued



NTCS WITHDRAWN

Figure 3: NTCs Withdrawn

NTC ID NTC

Withdrawn Date

UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study

Estimated Cost of

Withdrawn Upgrades

210500 8/17/2018 51455 WFEC Blanchard 69 kV Cap Bank 2016 ITPNT $850,000 210500 8/17/2018 51485 WFEC Ringwood 138 kV Terminal Upgrades 2016 ITPNT $4,000,000 210500 8/17/2018 51525 WFEC Ringwood 138 kV Cap Bank 2016 ITPNT $450,000

210501 8/17/2018 51828 WR Jeffrey Energy Center - Hoyt 345 kV Ckt 1 SPP-2016-AG1-AFS-2

$34,865,672

210502 8/17/2018 51550 SPS Tolk - Yoakum Tap 230/115 kV Substation

and Transformer 2016 ITPNT $10,493,251

210503 8/15/2018 11423 AEP Welsh Reserve - Wilkes 138 kV Ckt 1

Rebuild 2014 ITPNT $24,880,495

210503 8/15/2018 50697 AEP Chapel Hill REC - Welsh Reserve 138 kV

Ckt 1 Rebuild 2014 ITPNT $6,651,694

7 Upgrade(s) Withdrawn $82,191,112

Table 3: NTCs Withdrawn



PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

SPP staff solicits quarterly feedback from the project owners to determine the progress of each

approved transmission project. This quarterly report charts the progress of projects approved by the SPP

Board of Directors (Board) or through a FERC filed service agreement under the SPP Open Access

Transmission Tariff (OATT). Projects included in the portfolio are:

1. Upgrades required to satisfy requests for transmission service (TS) 2. Upgrades required to satisfy requests for generator interconnection (GI) 3. Approved projects from the Integrated Transmission Planning Assessment (ITP) (ITP20) 4. Upgrades within approved Balanced Portfolios2 (BP) 5. Approved high priority upgrades (HP) 6. Endorsed Sponsored Upgrades (SP) 7. Approved Interregional Projects2 (IR)

This report will document changes over the previous quarter to projects captured in the Quarterly

Project Tracking Portfolio as well as new projects added from various processes listed above. A

summary of the project portfolio is also included. Projects approved in ITP20 assessments are now

reflected in this total.

Figure 4: Total Portfolio

2 There are currently no Balanced Portfolio or Interregional projects included in Quarterly Project Tracking



Figure 5: Upgrade Type by Cost Summary

Figure 6: Estimated Cost for All Projects per In-Service Year

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Figure 8: Completed Upgrades by Estimated Cost3 Last Four Quarters

Figure 9: Completed Upgrades by Type Last Four Quarters

3Figures 8 and 9 include Network Upgrades not yet confirmed as completed. Note that the previous quarter’s updated results are listed as the Transmission Owners may make adjustments to final costs and status of projects completed during the year.

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PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY

SPP assigns a project status to all Network Upgrades based on the projected in-service dates provided by

the DTOs relative to the Need Date determined for the project. Project status definitions are provided

below:

Closed Out: Construction complete and in-service; all close-out requirements fulfilled

Complete: Construction complete and in-service

Delayed: Projected In-Service Date beyond Need Date; interim mitigation provided or project may change but time permits the implementation of project

In Service: Upgrade is operational, but not all project activities are complete

On Schedule < 4: On Schedule within 4-year horizon

On Schedule > 4: On Schedule beyond 4-year horizon

Re-evaluation: Project active; pending re-evaluation

Suspended: Project suspended; pending re-evaluation Within NTC Commitment Window: NTC/NTC-C issued, still within the 90-day written

commitment to construct window and no commitment received

Within NTC-C Project Estimate Window: Within the NTC-C Project Estimate (CPE) window

Within RFP Response Window: RFP issued for the project

Figure 7: Portfolio Project Status



OUT-OF-BANDWIDTH PROJECTS

In adherence to the Business Practice 7060, SPP reports projects that have updated cost values that

exceed their established baseline values based upon a ±20% bandwidth. Variances are determined by

total project cost. The following projects with a cost estimate greater than $5 million were identified as

having exceeded the ±20% bandwidth requirement during the reporting period. Table 5 provides

summary information and Table 6 lists cost detail for out-of-bandwidth projects identified during the

reporting quarter.

PID Project Name Owner NTC Source Study Upgrade Type In-Service Date

30509 Line - Canyon East Sub -

Canyon West Sub 115 kV Ckt 1 SPS Ag Studies

Regional Reliability

5/18/2016

30690 XFR - Plant X 230/115 kV Ckt 2 SPS Ag Studies Regional

Reliability 4/1/2021

30762 Multi - Ellerbe Road - Lucas 69

kV AEP DPA Studies


3/1/2019

30918 Line - Byrd Tap - Cooper

Ranch - Oil Center - Lea Road 115 kV Ckt 1 Rebuild

SPS Ag Studies Regional


41199 Line - Etter - Moore - 115 kV SPS 2017 ITPNT Regional


51249 Line - City of Winfield - Oak 69

kV Reconductor KPP/WR Ag Studies


6/1/2021

766 XFR - Newhart 230/115 kV Ckt

2 SPS 2014 ITPNT


12/2/2016

Table 5: Out-of-Bandwidth Project Summary

PID Baseline Cost

Estimate

Baseline Cost

Estimate Year

Baseline Cost Estimate with

Escalation

Latest Estimate or Final Cost

Variance Variance %

30509 $2,694,811.00 2016 $2,694,811.00 $5,013,916.90 $2,319,105.90 86.06% 30690 $14,278,278.00 2017 $14,635,234.95 $18,785,647.00 $4,150,412.05 28.36% 30762 $7,282,122.81 2015 $7,842,049.78 $11,049,865.00 $3,207,815.22 40.91% 30918 $9,936,352.00 2016 $10,439,379.82 $7,568,000.00 ($2,871,379.82) -27.51% 41199 $9,037,903.00 2017 $9,263,850.58 $6,911,107.00 ($2,352,743.58) -25.4% 51249 $11,431,427.00 2018 $8,027,212.68 $11,431,427.25 $3,404,214.58 42.41%

766 $6,886,931.00 2014 $7,235,581.88 $13,001,665.00 $5,766,083.12 79.69%

Table 6: Out-of-Bandwidth Project Cost Detail





RESPONSIVENESS REPORT

Table 7 and Figures 10 and 11 provide insight into the responsiveness of DTOs constructing Network

Upgrades within SPP in the Quarterly Project Tracking Report. Note: Network Upgrades with statuses of

“Suspended”, “Re-evaluation”, “Within NTC Commitment Window”, “Within NTC-C Project Estimate

Window”, and “Within RFP Response Window” were excluded from this analysis.

Project Owner

Number of Upgrades

Number of Upgrades Reviewed

Reviewed % In-Service

Date Changes

ISD Change %

Cost Changes

Cost Change

%

AECC 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%

AEP 59 58 98% 1 2% 2 3%

BEPC 23 22 96% 0 0% 0 0%

CBPC 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%

CPEC 3 3 100% 0 0% 0 0%

CUS 2 2 100% 0 0% 2 100%

EDE 3 3 100% 1 33% 0 0%

EREC 3 3 100% 0 0% 1 33%

GHP 1 1 100% 0 0% 1 100%

GMO 2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50%

GRDA 5 3 60% 3 60% 0 0%

ITCGP 4 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

KCPL 10 6 60% 0 0% 2 20%

KPP 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

MIDW 11 11 100% 0 0% 0 0%

MKEC 7 7 100% 0 0% 7 100%

NIPCO 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

NPPD 42 21 50% 0 0% 0 0%

OGE 55 19 35% 5 9% 3 5%

OPPD 15 14 93% 0 0% 0 0%

SEPC 11 10 91% 1 9% 1 9%

SPS 190 177 93% 19 10% 77 41%

TBD 10 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

TSMO 2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%

WAPA 10 4 40% 1 10% 0 0%

WFEC 64 36 56% 2 3% 1 2%

WR 31 27 87% 12 39% 2 6%

Total 568 432 76% 45 8% 100 18%

Table 7: Responsiveness Summary



Figure 10: In-Service Date Changes

Figure 11: Cost Changes

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ITP20 UPGRADES

ITP20 assessments were performed in 2010 and 2013. While the projects proposed by those studies are

incorporated into the STEP Project List, they have not included in SPP’s project tracking effort as part of

the Quarterly Tracking Report. A list of active ITP20 projects will be maintained in the STEP Report and

Quarterly Project Tracking Report lists. The current ITP20 projects are listed in the table below.

Project ID Upgrade

ID Owner Upgrade Name

RTO

Determined

Need Date

Latest Cost

Estimate

30401 50492 TBD Cass Co. - S.W. Omaha (aka

S3454) 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $33,126,800

30402 50493 OPPD S3459 345/161 kV Transformer

Ckt 2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30599 50769 AEP South Fayetteville 345/161 kV

Transformer Ckt1 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30599 50770 TBD Chamber Springs - South

Fayetteville 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $21,295,800

30600 50771 GMO Maryville 345/161 kV Transformer

Ckt1 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30601 50772 KCPL Nashua 345/161 kV Transformer

Upgrade Ckt11 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30602 50773 TBD Keystone - Red Willow 345 kV

Ckt1 1/1/2033 $130,141,000

30603 50774 TBD Tolk - Tuco 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $75,718,400

30604 50775 SEPC Holcomb 345/115 kV Transformer

Ckt2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30605 50776 TBD Neosho - Wolf Creek 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $117,126,900

30606 50777 TBD Clinton - Truman 161 kV Ckt1

Reconductor 1/1/2033 $15,701,325

30606 50778 TBD North Warsaw - Truman 161 kV

Ckt1 Reconductor 1/1/2033 $1,082,850

30608 50779 WR Auburn 345/115 kV Transformer

Ckt2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000

30608 50780 TBD Auburn - Swissvale 345 kV Ckt1

Voltage Conversion 1/1/2033 $20,112,700

30608 50781 TBD Auburn - Jeffrey EC 345 kV Ckt1

Voltage Conversion 1/1/2033 $35,493,000

30607 50782 OGE Muskogee/Pecan Creek 345 kV

Terminal Upgrades 1/1/2033 $34,605,675



APPENDIX 1

(See accompanying list of Quarterly Project Tracking Projects)

Documents

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