1. NITS on OASIS Transmission Customer Perspective
2016 WECC Schedulers Meeting

2. Tri-State G&T & NITS Impact
Wholesale Power for 44 Member Rural Electric Cooperatives
1.5M Members
~2800MW Peaking load
Across Five States
Wind, Hydro, Solar, Gas and Coal Portfolio
Owned, Joint Owned and PPAs
Over 4300 MW
7 Network Transmission Providers
3 non-jurisdictional/4 jurisdictional
Excludes Full Requirements Load in SPP

3. Road to NITS on OASIS FERC Order 890 Transmission Providers (TP)
Formalizes Designation and Undesignation Process
Pro forma tariff
Section 30 Network Resources
Section 31 Network Load
Transmission Providers (TP)
Develop Business Practices and Manual Processes
FERC Order 676H
NAESB WEQ Version 3 Standards Mandatory
NITS on OASIS Software Platform

4. FERC Order 890 (including clarifications 890 A thru D)
Remedy Undue Discrimination - pro Forma Tariff
Qualifications as a Designated Network Resource (DNR)
Rules for Termination
Third Party sales
Off System vs On System
Reserves
Hazard/Backup Power
Direction to NAESB
Develop Standards for NITS transactions on OASIS
Intent - Visibility
Prevent Overdesignation of DNRs
Prevent Oversubscription of Transmission Service

5. Order 676-H Reflect Policy Determinations in FERC Order 890 series
NAESB Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ)
Version 3 Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols
Mandatory Enforceable Requirements

6. NAESB WEQ Standards –NITS on OASIS
Process Description
Disaggregation and Aggregation of Loads
Timing Requirements
WEQ-002
Template data
WEQ-003
Definitions of Data Elements
WEQ-013
Definitions around Statuses and Workflow

7. Initial Timeline September 2014 July 2015 – Notice of Plan from TPs
WEQ Standards revised-Order 676H
18 month implementation –April 2016
July 2015 – Notice of Plan from TPs
September 2015 – OATI Conference
November 2015 – TPs First Glimpse
January 2016
TPs Business Practice updates
TPs require template data
February 2016 – TP Training at OATI
Late February 2016 – TPs File for Extension
March 17, 2016 – Extension Granted

8. New Timeline – 3/17/2016 Extension Notice
June 24, 2016
Compliance Filing date
Posting and Documenting of NITS Arrangements
July 25, 2016
Full compliance Implementation

9. NITS on OASIS - Software
Updates to webTrans
Updates to E tag 1.8.2
SmartOASIS – Transactions>NITS
Request Summary or Application Summary

10. SmartOASIS – NITS Setup
Application
Starting Source for all Components
Attestation
Customer
Agent - Optional

11. SmartOASIS – NITS Setup
Select TP and Application Ref
Select from drop down or click asterisk
Load
Load Area
POR
Sink, Load voltage and substation optional
Forecast Method
Ancillary Services
By POD
By Service Type

12. SmartOASIS – NITS Setup
Select TP and Application Ref
Generators
Unit characteristic data
Eligible MW
Resources
PPAs & Owned Generation
Ability to Group Gen
Forecasted MW
Designated Network Resource
Resource/POR combo
Designated MW
Attestation

13. Smart OASIS – NITS Ongoing
Terminating DNRs
Temporary and Indefinite
Select TP, Application Ref and DNR
MW Entries are Negative
Modifications/Additions
Load, Generators, Ancillaries, Resources, DNRs
Procuring 6-NN (Secondary Network transmission)

14. SmartOASIS – NITS Optional*
Load Forecast Data – Seasonal
Generation Dispatch – Economics
Resource Forecast – Seasonal
Auxiliary Transmission – Coordinated Request
Scheduling Rights – Access from DNR
*Optionality is determined by TP

15. Smart OASIS – NITS Setup Tips
Avoid Special Characters and Spaces
Time Out Issues in Google Chrome
Status of:
Queued with Preconfirmed not Checked OR
PreSubmittal
Edit Icon available in Upper Right
Status of Deficient or PreSubmittal
Right Click in Grey Area – Check Box for Optional displays

16. SmartOASIS – NITS Reported Issues/ Bugs
Termination display - Lacking 24 hour profile button
Network Secondary – Lacking 24 hour profile button
No link between ATC and Network Secondary
Unable to Change POR on DNR
Time Zone issues in multiple displays
POR duplication of DNR entries
WebTrans – Scheduling Rights

17. SmartOASIS – NITS Training
OATI -Webinars for Network Customers
OATI - Recorded Versions Available at:
SmartOASIS>Help (?)> Transactions>NITS
CAUTION: Tells you how the software works but NOT what your TP expectations are

18. Next Steps – TP Business Practice
Requirements and Guidance on NITS Entry
Optional Functionality – Inclusion/Exclusion
10 Year L&R
Scheduling Rights
E tag 1.8.2
NITS Resource Field and NITS MISC Field

19. Next steps – Templates & Production Entry
Template Submission to TPs
Upon Request
Upon Revision
Production Entry
Who
Network Customer or TP
How
Manual Entry
CSV file load issue
When
Prior to June 24, 2016

20. Where are we? (Tri-State)
Original Templates sent to all 7 TP prior to January deadline
Production entry of base data with 2 TPs
1 Pursuing scheduling right option
Remaining 5 TPs
Completing Template Review and Revision by end of May/early June
Requesting Entry Instructions – when/where
Planning on line Temporary Terminations per deadline and/or TP directions

21. Key Concerns/Questions
10 Year Load & Resource Submittals
Scheduling Rights
Usability/Feasibility of Termination
Usability/Feasibility of Network Secondary
E tag fields
Alarms/Checks by TPs – Tag vs NITS

22. Questions?

23. Contact Information
Carman Ruder Power Scheduler II Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc Lisa Tiffin Backcasting and Topology Manager