1. ColumbiaGrid Updates PCC Meeting October 15, 2015 1

2. Current status 2015 System Assessment 2015 Sensitivity Studies Upcoming meetings & major activities Updated 2015 Biennial Plan FERC Order 1000 Other activities ColumbiaGrid Updates: Key Activities 2

3. 2015 System Assessment was finalized & posted Four Sensitivity Studies are being finalized Results will be presented in the next planning meeting Will be documented in the Updated 2015 Biennial Plan Next planning meeting: Oct 22, 2015 Preparation for 2016-2017 planning cycle Posting of information Set up major dates/milestones Create supporting documents e.g. forms, instructions etc 3 ColumbiaGrid Updates: Current Status

4. 4 ColumbiaGrid Planning Process: Where We are today? We are Here The purpose of this diagram is for illustration purposes showing high-level activities only. It does not represent complete details of ColumbiaGrid planning process

5. Biennial Plan: Updated to the 2015 Biennial Plan Anticipated completion: Feb 2016 FERC Order 1000 Implementation of West-Wide Order 1000 Interregional O1K potential Needs submission window: Jan 2016 ITP submission window: Jan-Mar 2016 2016 Annual Coordination Meeting – Feb 2016 in AZ Other major works CIP-014 MOD-032 5 ColumbiaGrid Updates (Cont)

6. Question: Paul Didsayabutra, paul@columbiagrid.orgpaul@columbiagrid.org 6