1. Building a Project Jon Jensen Associate Staff Engineer W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

2. Project Files What is a Project File Naming Convention – (Area Number)_(Company Name Acronym)_(Project Description) 40_BPA_PDCI Upgrade.prjx (PSS/E projects are *.prj) Project Types – Base Case Corrections (possible extra for different MVA/kV brackets) Base Case Correction Generation < 20 MVA Generation ≥ 20 MVA Transmission/Load < 100 kV Transmission/Load ≥ 100 kV 2 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

3. Project Files (Cont.) Status Types – Base Case Corrections Powerflow Dynamics (Not available at this time) WECC (WECC Staff use only) – Generation and Transmission/Load Planned Proposed Exploratory 3 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

4. Project File Creation Demonstrate Project file creation with cases described yesterday –.epc file upload in PSLF then export again – Master Base Case (14HS4 Operating Case) – Sample Project Case Describe Unassociated Criteria Flag – Used to block reporting of changes to things not associated with compare by criteria 4 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

5. Project File Submission Login to the BCCS Import Project – Submission and Validation process Upload – Preliminary Submit – Pending approval Area Coordinator – Pending acceptance WECC Staff – Accepted WECC Staff – “Committed” Reference Documents – WECC BCCS Data Submitters Guide – Guidelines-notes-draft ver 0.4 5 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

6. Project File 16lw1 Test Case What we are asking you to do: – Create the project for this test case based off of Area, Owner(s) or Zone(s). transition from 14hs4 case to 16lw1 – How will projects be submitted? Select appropriate area/owner(s)/zone(s) for data submission – SRP Example Zone 999 – Missing data 6 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL