Message-ID: <24255333.1075848328713.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:05:00 -0800 (PST) From: christopher.watts@enron.com To: richard.hrabal@enron.com, cyril.price@enron.com, john.kinser@enron.com, kayne.coulter@enron.com, rudy.acevedo@enron.com, don.baughman@enron.com, joe.errigo@enron.com, juan.hernandez@enron.com, dean.laurent@enron.com, keller.mayeaux@enron.com, doug.miller@enron.com, chad.starnes@enron.com, joe.stepenovitch@enron.com, greg.trefz@enron.com, miguel.garcia@enron.com, benjamin.rogers@enron.com, steve.olinde@enron.com Subject: SPP PROPOSED TRANSMISSION LINES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Christopher Watts X-To: Richard Hrabal, Cyril Price, John Kinser, Kayne Coulter, Rudy Acevedo, Don Baughman, Joe Errigo, Juan Hernandez, Dean Laurent, Keller Mayeaux, Doug Miller, Chad Starnes, Joe Stepenovitch, Greg Trefz, Miguel Garcia, Benjamin Rogers, Steve Olinde X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Edward_Baughman_Nov2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: BAUGHMAN-E X-FileName: dbaughm.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Christopher Watts/NA/Enron on 03/29/2001 04:04 PM --------------------------- "Chris Watts" on 03/29/2001 01:55:28 PM To: cc: Subject: SPP PROPOSED TRANSMISSION LINES DJ Southwest Power Pool To Study 6 New Transmission Lines Copyright , 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--A working group within the Southwest Power Pool identified six new transmission lines with an estimated price tag of $240 million needed to ease the region's constrained high-voltage grid. Last week, the SPP work group voted to proceed with a more detailed analysis of each project. Most of the new lines would take at least three years to develop and build. The projects include: - A 60-mile, 345-kilovolt line in northern Missouri running from the Fairhope substation to Sibley substation. Cost: $22.2 million. - A 30-mile, 345-kv line in eastern Kansas running from Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Station to the Lang substation. Cost: $23.8 million. - A 32-mile, 345-kv line in northern Oklahoma running from the Sooner Power Station to the Cleveland substation. Cost: $23.8 million. - A 275-mile, 345-kv line in northern Texas and central Oklahoma connecting the Potter substation to Northwest substation. Cost: $79.2 million. - A 50-mile, 230-kv line in southern Louisiana running from Cajun Power Station to Coughlin Power Station. Cost: $37.4 million. - A 70-mile, 345-kv line in northern Arkansas running from St. Francis Power station to Independence Power Station Cost: $57.3 million. SPP's transmission assessment working group has been meeting to identify needed system upgrades since March 2000. A total of 23 known system constraints were analyzed. Seventeen upgrade options were studied for their potential to benefit bulk system transfer capability. The working group identified the six new transmission lines as the most beneficial, officials said. Detailed analysis of each new line and further recommendations will be made to the SPP engineering and operating committeein the fall. Currently, SPP has some 50,000 miles of transmission lines and requests more than 11,000 megawatts of new generation to be constructed during the next three years in the eight-state region, said SPP President John Marschewski. "As a result, there will be a need for new transmission lines," he said. SPP, which seeks to gain final approval of its regional transmission organization this week from federal regulators, is ready to move forward to coordinate the planning process for new transmission, said Marschewski. The SPP grid is often paralyzed by transmission-line relief requests from utilities, particularly in the spring when seasonal generation outages occur, said Marschewski. While the regional council has attempted to put incentives in the market to encourage generation redispatch to avoid TLR events, "those options haven't been exercised to any significant amount so far," said Marschewski. SPP has worked to coordinate generation outages to minimize problems, but if the region sees plant outages this summer, TLR events could occur, he said. SPP includes Kansas and Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. -By Eileen O'Grady, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9213; mailto:eileen.ogrady@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires 27-03-01 1605GMT Enron Analyst, East Power Desk 1400 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002-7361 ph: 713-853-4292 christopher.watts@enron.com fax: 713-345-7384