Operating Companies of the Sixth Revised Sheet No. 1 Supersedes Fifth Revised Sheet No. 1 OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICE TARIFF OF THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM AEP Texas Central Company AEP Texas North Company Appalachian Power Company Columbus Southern Power Company Indiana Michigan Power Company Kentucky Power Company Kingsport Power Company Ohio Power Company Public Service Company of Oklahoma Southwestern Electric Power Company Wheeling Power Company (Collectively AEP ) Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: April 15, 2008 Regulatory Services Issued on: April 15, 2008 Filed to comply with Order No. 890-A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-17-002 and RM05-25-002 issued December 27, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 2 American Electric Power Service Corporation, as agent for Appalachian Power Company, AEP Texas Central Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Company, AEP Texas North Company and Wheeling Power Company files this Tariff to comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Order No. 888, issued in Docket No. RM95-8-000, "Promoting Wholesale Competition through Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission Service by Public Utilities," FERC Stats. & Regs., Regulations Preambles 31,036 (1996), reh'g, Order No. 888-A, FERC Stats. & Regs., Regulations Preambles 31,048 (1997), reh'g, Order No. 888-B, 81 FERC 61,248 (1997), reh'g, Order No. 888-C, 82 FERC 61,046 (1998). The transmission and ancillary services offered for sale under this Tariff are the transmission and ancillary services that the FERC has ordered public utilities subject to its jurisdiction to offer to Eligible Customers, as that term is defined in this Tariff. This Tariff also implements certain of the transmission access and service pricing policies of the Public Utilities Commission of Texas generally in accordance with Chapter 25 of that Commission's Substantive Rules. If the PUCT Chapter 25 of the PUCT s Substantive Rules or Order No. 888 is modified in the future, the terms on which transmission and ancillary services are offered under this Tariff may also be modified pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 of this Tariff. Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Company are members of the Southwest Power Pool. The SPP offers certain transmission services acting as their designated agent under the Open Access Transmission Tariff for Service Offered by Southwest Power Pool filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (SPP Tariff). Beginning October 1, 2004, PJM is the Transmission Provider for the AEP East Zone operating companies, which include Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company. As the transmission provider for the AEP East Zone operating companies, PJM offers certain transmission services under their Open Access Transmission Tariff filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (PJM Tariff). Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 1, 2004 Regulatory Services Issued on: December 1, 2004 Filed to comply with letter order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket Nos. ER04-1003 and ER04-1007, issued November 1, 2004.
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 3 Superceding Third Revised Sheet No. 3 OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICE TARIFF OF THE AEP OPERATING COMPANIES TABLE OF CONTENTS OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICE TARIFF...14 I COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS...14 1. Definitions...14 1.1 AEP East Zone...14 1.2 AEP West Zone...14 1.3 AEP Operating Companies...14 1.3a Affiliate...14 1.4 Ancillary Services...14 1.5 Annual Transmission Costs...14 1.6 Application...15 1.6a CFE...15 1.7 Chapter 25...15 1.8 Commission...15 1.9 Completed Application...15 1.10 Control Area...15 1.11 RESERVED...16 1.12 Curtailment...16 1.13 Delivering Party...16 1.14 Designated Agent...16 1.15 Direct Assignment Facilities...16 1.16 ECAR... 16 1.17 Eligible Customer...17 1.18 ERCOT...17 1.19 ERCOT Protocols...18 1.20 ERCOT IO...18 1.21 ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...18 1.22 ERCOT Regional Transmission Service Customer...18 1.23 ERCOT Transmission Network...18 1.24 Facilities Study...19 1.25 Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service...19 1.26 Good Utility Practice...19 1.27 High-Voltage Direct Current Facilities (or "HVDC Facilities")... 19 1.28 Interconnection Agreement...20 1.29 Interruption...21 1.30 Load Ratio Share...21 1.31 Load Shedding...21 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 4 Superceding Second Revised Sheet No. 4 1.32 Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...21 1.33 Native Load Customers...21 1.34 NERC... 22 1.35 Network Customer...22 1.36 Network Integration Transmission Service...22 1.37 Network Load...22 1.38 Network Operating Agreement...22 1.39 Network Operating Committee...23 1.40 Network Resource...23 1.41 Network Upgrades...23 1.42 Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...23 1.42a Non-Firm Sale...23 1.43 Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)...24 1.44 Part I...24 1.45 Part II...24 1.46 Part III...24 1.47 Part IV...24 1.48 Parties...25 1.49 Point(s) of Delivery...25 1.50 Point(s) of Receipt...25 1.51 Point-To-Point Transmission Service...25 1.52 Power Purchaser...25 1.52a Pre-Confirmed Application...25 1.53 PSO...26 1.54 PUCT... 26 1.55 QSE...26 1.56 Receiving Party...26 1.57 Regional Transmission Group (RTG)...26 1.58 Reserved Capacity...26 1.59 Retail Electric Provider (REP)...26 1.60 Service Agreement...27 1.61 Service Commencement Date...27 1.62 Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...27 1.63 SPP...27 1.64 SWEPCO...27 1.64a System Condition...27 1.65 System Impact Study...27 1.65a TCC...27 1.65b TNC...27 1.66 Third-Party Sale...28 1.67 Transmission Customer...28 1.68 Transmission Provider...28 1.69 Transmission Provider's Monthly Transmission System Peak...29 1.70 Transmission Service...29 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 5 1.71 Transmission System...29 1.72 PJM...29 2 Initial Allocation and Renewal Procedures...30 2.1 Not Applicable...30 2.2 Reservation Priority for Existing Firm Service Customers...30 3 Ancillary Services...31 3.1 System Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service...33 3.2 System Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service...33 3.3 System Regulation and Frequency Response Service...33 3.4 System Energy Imbalance Service...34 3.5 System Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve Service (SPP)...34 3.6 System Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service (SPP)...34 4 Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)...34 5 RESERVED...35 6 Reciprocity...35 7 Billing and Payment...36 7.1 Billing Procedure...36 7.2 Interest on Unpaid Balances...37 7.3 Customer Default...37 8 Accounting for the Transmission Provider's Use of the Tariff...38 8.1 Transmission Revenues...38 8.2 Study Costs and Revenues...38 9 Regulatory Filings...39 10 Force Majeure and Indemnification...39 10.1 Force Majeure...39 10.2 Indemnification...40 11 Creditworthiness...40 12 Dispute Resolution Procedures...43 12.1 Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures...43 12.2 External Arbitration Procedures...43 12.3 Arbitration Decisions...44 12.4 Costs...45 12.5 Arbitration under Part IV...45 12.6 Rights Under The Federal Power Act...45 II POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE... 45 Preamble...45 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: September 6, 2005 Regulatory Services Issued on: January 16, 2006
Operating Companies of the Original Sheet No. 6 13 Nature of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...48 13.1 Term...48 13.2 Reservation Priority...48 13.3 Use of Firm Transmission Service by the Transmission Provider...50 13.4 Service Agreements...50 13.5 Transmission Customer Obligations for Facility Additions or Redispatch Costs...51 13.6 Curtailment of Firm Transmission Service...52 13.7 Classification of Firm Transmission Service...53 13.8 Scheduling of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...55 13.9 Commonly Owned Facilities...57 14 Nature of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...57 14.1 Term...57 14.2 Reservation Priority...58 14.3 Use of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service by the Transmission Provider...59 14.4 Service Agreements...59 14.5 Classification of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...60 14.6 Scheduling of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...61 14.7 Curtailment or Interruption of Service...62 14.8 Commonly Owned Facilities...64 15 Service Availability...64 15.1 General Conditions...64 15.2 Determination of Available Transmission Capability...65 15.3 Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement...65 15.4 Obligation to Provide Transmission Service that Requires Expansion or Modification of the Transmission System...66 15.5 Deferral of Service...66 15.6 Other Transmission Service Schedules...67 15.7 Real Power Losses...67 16 Transmission Customer Responsibilities...68 16.1 Conditions Required of Transmission Customers...68 16.2 Transmission Customer Responsibility for Third-Party Arrangements...69 17 Procedures for Arranging Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...70 17.1 Application...70 17.2 Completed Application...71 17.3 Deposit...72 17.4 Notice of Deficient Application...74 17.5 Response to a Completed Application...74 17.6 Execution of Service Agreement...75 17.7 Extensions for Commencement of Service...76 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Issued on: July 23, 2001 Effective: July 31, 2001 or when ERCOT begins control area operations, if later
Operating Companies of the Original Sheet No. 7 18 Procedures for Arranging Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...76 18.1 Application...76 18.2 Completed Application...77 18.3 Reservation of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...78 18.4 Determination of Available Transmission Capability...79 19 Additional Study Procedures For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Requests...79 19.1 Notice of Need for System Impact Study...79 19.2 System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement...80 19.3 System Impact Study Procedures...81 19.4 Facilities Study Procedures...82 19.5 Facilities Study Modifications...84 19.6 Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities...84 19.7 Partial Interim Service...85 19.8 Expedited Procedures for New Facilities...85 20 Procedures if The Transmission Provider is Unable to Complete New Transmission Facilities for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...86 20.1 Delays in Construction of New Facilities...86 20.2 Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions...87 20.3 Refund Obligation for Unfinished Facility Additions...88 21 Provisions Relating to Transmission Construction and Services on the Systems of Other Utilities...88 21.1 Responsibility for Third-Party System Additions...88 21.2 Coordination of Third-Party System Additions...89 22 Changes in Service Specifications...90 22.1 Modifications On a Non-Firm Basis...90 22.2 Modification On a Firm Basis...91 23 Sale or Assignment of Transmission Service...92 23.1 Procedures for Assignment or Transfer of Service...92 23.2 Limitations on Assignment or Transfer of Service... 93 23.3 Information on Assignment or Transfer of Service...93 24 Metering and Power Factor Correction at Receipt and Delivery Point(s)...94 24.1 Transmission Customer Obligations...94 24.2 Transmission Provider Access to Metering Data...94 24.3 Power Factor...95 25 Compensation for Transmission Service...95 26 Stranded Cost Recovery...95 27 Compensation for New Facilities and Redispatch Costs...95 III. NETWORK INTEGRATION TRANSMISSION SERVICE...96 Preamble...96 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Issued on: July 23, 2001 Effective: July 31, 2001 or when ERCOT begins control area operations, if later
Operating Companies of the Original Sheet No. 8 28 Nature of Network Integration Transmission Service...99 28.1 Scope of Service...99 28.2 Transmission Provider Responsibilities...99 28.3 Network Integration Transmission Service...100 28.4 Secondary Service...100 28.5 Real Power Losses...101 28.6 Restrictions on Use of Service...101 29 Initiating Service... 102 29.1 Condition Precedent for Receiving Service...102 29.2 Application Procedures...102 29.3 Technical Arrangements to be Completed Prior to Commencement of Service...107 29.4 Network Customer Facilities...108 29.5 Filing of Service Agreement...108 30 Network Resources...108 30.1 Designation of Network Resources...108 30.2 Designation of New Network Resources...109 30.3 Termination of Network Resources...109 30.4 Operation of Network Resources...109 30.5 Network Customer Redispatch Obligation...110 30.6 Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically Interconnected With The Transmission Provider...110 30.7 Limitation on Designation of Network Resources...111 30.8 Use of Interface Capacity by the Network Customer...111 30.9 Network Customer Owned Transmission Facilities...111 31 Designation of Network Load...112 31.1 Network Load...112 31.2 New Network Loads Connected With the Transmission Provider...112 31.3 Network Load Not Physically Interconnected with the Transmission Provider...113 31.4 New Interconnection Points...114 31.5 Changes in Service Requests...114 31.6 Annual Load and Resource Information Updates...114 32 Additional Study Procedures For Network Integration Transmission Service Requests...115 32.1 Notice of Need for System Impact Study...115 32.2 System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement...116 32.3 System Impact Study Procedures...117 32.4 Facilities Study Procedures...118 33 Load Shedding and Curtailments...119 33.1 Procedures...119 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Issued on: July 23, 2001 Effective: July 31, 2001 or when ERCOT begins control area operations, if later
Operating Companies of the Original Sheet No. 9 33.2 Transmission Constraints...120 33.3 Cost Responsibility for Relieving Transmission Constraints...121 33.4 Curtailments of Scheduled Deliveries...121 33.5 Allocation of Curtailments...121 33.6 Load Shedding...122 33.7 System Reliability...122 34 Rates and Charges...124 34.1 Monthly Demand Charge...124 34.2 Determination of Network Customer's Monthly Network Load...124 34.3 Determination of Transmission Provider's Monthly Transmission System Load...129 34.4 Redispatch Charge...129 34.5 Stranded Cost Recovery...130 35 Operating Arrangements...130 35.1 Operation under The Network Operating Agreement...130 35.2 Network Operating Agreement...130 35.3 Network Operating Committee...132 IV ERCOT REGIONAL TRANSMISSION SERVICE... 132 36 ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...133 36.1 Purpose...133 36.2 Nature of Transmission Service...133 37 Availability of Transmission Service...134 37.1 General Conditions...134 37.2 Transmission Service Requirements...134 37.3 Transmission Provider Responsibilities...134 37.4 Construction of New Facilities... 135 38 Initiating Service... 137 38.1 Conditions Precedent for Receiving Service...137 38.2 Application Procedures for ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...138 38.3 Facilities Study...141 38.4 Technical Arrangements to be Completed Prior to Commencement of Service...143 38.5 Transmission Customer Facilities...144 38.6 Transmission Arrangements for Resources Located Outside of the ERCOT Region...144 38.7 Changes in Service Requests...144 38.8 Annual Load and Resource Information Updates...144 38.9 Termination of Transmission Service...145 38.10 Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement...145 39 Rates and Charges...146 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Issued on: July 23, 2001 Effective: July 31, 2001 or when ERCOT begins control area operations, if later
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 10 39.1 Demand Charge for ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...146 39.2 Commercial Terms for Transmission Service...147 40 System Reliability...149 41 ERCOT Ancillary Services...150 SCHEDULE 1 SYSTEM SCHEDULING, SYSTEM CONTROL AND DISPATCH SERVICE... 157 SCHEDULE 2 SYSTEM REACTIVE SUPPLY AND VOLTAGE CONTROL FROM GENERATION SOURCES SERVICE... 160 SCHEDULE 3 SYSTEM REGULATION AND FREQUENCY RESPONSE SERVICE... 163 SCHEDULE 4 SYSTEM ENERGY IMBALANCE SERVICE (SPP)... 166 SCHEDULE 4A RESERVED...172 SCHEDULE 5 SYSTEM OPERATING RESERVE -- SPINNING RESERVE SERVICE (SPP)...179 SCHEDULE 6 SYSTEM OPERATING RESERVE -- SUPPLEMENTAL RESERVE SERVICE (SPP)... 182 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 1, 2004 Regulatory Services Issued on: December 1, 2004 Filed to comply with letter order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket Nos. ER04-1003 and ER04-1007, issued November 1, 2004.
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 11 Supersedes Third Revised Sheet No. 11 SCHEDULE 7 LONG-TERM FIRM AND SHORT-TERM FIRM POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE... 185 SCHEDULE 8 NON-FIRM POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE... 187 SCHEDULE 9 LOSS COMPENSATION SERVICE...194 SCHEDULE 10 GENERATOR IMBALANCE SERVICE... 194A1 ATTACHMENT A Form Of Service Agreement For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...195 ATTACHMENT A-1 Form of Service Agreement for the Resale, Reassignment or Transfer of Point-To-Point Transmission Service...200A1 ATTACHMENT B Form Of Service Agreement For Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service...201 ATTACHMENT C Methodology To Assess Available Transfer Capability...204 ATTACHMENT D Methodology for Completing a System Impact Study...205 ATTACHMENT E-1 Index of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Customers Under Part II of the Tariff...213 ATTACHMENT E-2 Index of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service Customers Under Part II of the Tariff...217 ATTACHMENT F Service Agreement For Network Integration Transmission Service...222 ATTACHMENT G Network Operating Agreement...227 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: April 15, 2008 Issued on: April 15, 2008 Filed to comply with Order No. 890-A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25-002, RM05-17-002 issued December 27, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 12 Superceding Second Revised Sheet No. 12 ATTACHMENT H Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement and Monthly Service Charges For Network Integration Transmission Service...240 ATTACHMENT I Index of Network Integration Transmission Service Customers Under Part III of the Tariff...242 ATTACHMENT J Form of Service Agreement for ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...243 ATTACHMENT K Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for ERCOT Regional Transmission Service...252 ATTACHMENT L Index of ERCOT Regional Transmission Service Customers...254 ATTACHMENT M Procedures for Addressing Parallel Flows...257 ATTACHMENT N Creditworthiness Procedures...261 ATTACHMENT O North American Electric Reliability Council Transmission Loading Relief ("TLR") Procedures - Eastern Interconnection...264 ATTACHMENT P Reserved...297 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: October 11, 2007 Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 13 Superceding Second Revised Sheet No. 13 ATTACHMENT Q Reserved...304 ATTACHMENT R Transmission Planning Process...305 ATTACHMENT S Reserved...367 ATTACHMENT T Proforma Interconnection and Local Delivery Service Agreement... 501 Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 14 Supercedes Third Revised Sheet No. 14 OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICE TARIFF I COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS 1 Definitions 1.1 AEP East Zone: The integrated electric utility system consisting of the generating and transmission facilities of Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company, or their successors in interest to the transmission business. On October 1, 2004, PJM became the Transmission Provider for the AEP East Zone. 1.2 AEP West Zone: The integrated electric utility system consisting of the electric generating and transmission facilities of PSO, SWEPCO and TNC, and the transmission facilities of TCC, or their successor in interest to the transmission business. 1.3 AEP Operating Companies: The public utilities that own the transmission facilities in the AEP East Zone and the AEP West Zone and operate the transmission facilities in the AEP West Zone. On October 1, 2004, PJM began operating the AEP East Zone transmission facilities. 1.3a Affiliate: With respect to a corporation, partnership or other entity, each such other corporation, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such corporation, partnership or other entity. 1.4 Ancillary Services: Those services that are necessary to support the transmission of capacity and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation of the Transmission Provider's Transmission System in accordance with Good Utility Practice. 1.5 Annual Transmission Costs: The total annual costs for each of the AEP East Zone and AEP West Zone of the Transmission System for purposes of Network Integration Transmission Service shall be the amounts Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 15 specified in Attachment H-14 of the PJM OATT and Attachment H of this AEP OATT, respectively, until amended by the Transmission Provider or modified by the Commission. 1.6 Application: A request by an Eligible Customer for transmission service pursuant to the provisions of the Tariff. 1.6a CFE: The electric power and transmission utility in Mexico known as Comisión Federal de Electricidad. 1.7 Chapter 25: Chapter 25, Subchapter I, Division 1 of the PUCT s Substantive Rules, as amended from time to time. 1.8 Commission: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 1.9 Completed Application: An Application that satisfies all of the information and other requirements of the Tariff, including any required deposit. 1.10 Control Area: An electric power system or combination of electric power systems to which a common automatic generation control scheme is applied in order to: (1) match, at all times, the power output of the generators within the electric power system(s) and capacity and energy purchased from entities outside the electric power system(s), with the load within the electric power system(s); (2) maintain scheduled interchange with other Control Areas, within the limits of Good Utility Practice; (3) maintain the frequency of the electric power system(s) within reasonable limits in accordance with Good Utility Practice; and Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: September 6, 2005 Regulatory Services Issued on: January 16, 2006
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 16 Supercedes First Revised Sheet No. 16 (4) provide sufficient generating capacity to maintain operating reserves in accordance with Good Utility Practice. 1.11 RESERVED 1.12 Curtailment: A reduction in firm or non-firm transmission service in response to a transfer capability shortage as a result of system reliability conditions. 1.13 Delivering Party: The entity supplying capacity and energy to be transmitted at Point(s) of Receipt. 1.14 Designated Agent: Any entity that performs actions or functions on behalf of the Transmission Provider, an Eligible Customer, or the Transmission Customer required under the Tariff. 1.15 Direct Assignment Facilities: Facilities or portions of facilities that are constructed by the Transmission Provider for the sole use/benefit of a particular Transmission Customer requesting service under the Tariff. Direct Assignment Facilities shall be specified in the Service Agreement that governs service to the Transmission Customer and shall be subject to Commission approval. 1.16 ECAR: The regional reliability council operated under the East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement, or its successor in function. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: October 11, 2007 Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 17 1.17 Eligible Customer: (i) Any electric utility (including the Transmission Provider and any power marketer), Federal power marketing agency, or any person generating electric energy for sale for resale is an Eligible Customer under the Tariff. For purposes of Part IV of this Tariff, an Eligible Customer shall also be any Distribution Service Provider, as that term is defined in Chapter 25, that distributes electricity to retail customers on behalf of a REP and any Non Opt-In Entity, as that term is defined in the ERCOT Protocols, that distributes electricity to retail customers in ERCOT. Electric energy sold or produced by such entity may be electric energy produced in the United States, Canada or Mexico. However, with respect to transmission service that the Commission is prohibited from ordering by Section 212(h) of the Federal Power Act, such entity is eligible only if the service is provided pursuant to a state requirement that the Transmission Provider offer the unbundled transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by the Transmission Provider. (ii) Any retail customer taking unbundled transmission service pursuant to a state requirement that the Transmission Provider offer the transmission service, or pursuant to a voluntary offer of such service by the Transmission Provider, is an Eligible Customer under the Tariff. 1.18 ERCOT: Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which in a geographic sense refers to the area served by electric utilities that are not synchronously interconnected with electric utilities outside of the State of Texas, or its successor in function. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: September 6, 2005 Regulatory Services Issued on: January 16, 2006
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 18 1.19 ERCOT Protocols: Shall mean the documents adopted by ERCOT, and approved by the PUCT, including any attachments or exhibits referenced in the Protocols, as amended from time to time, that contain the scheduling, operating, planning, reliability, and settlement (including customer registration) policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, standards, and criteria of ERCOT. 1.20 ERCOT IO: A Texas nonprofit corporation that has been certified by the PUCT as the Independent Organization for the ERCOT Region. 1.21 ERCOT Regional Transmission Service: The Transmission Service offered under Part IV of this Tariff. 1.22 ERCOT Regional Transmission Service Customer: An Eligible Customer taking ERCOT Regional Transmission Service under Part IV of this Tariff. 1.23 ERCOT Transmission Network: The interconnected bulk power delivery system comprised of the transmission systems located and operated in ERCOT, including the TCC and TNC Transmission Systems. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: December 23, 2002 Issued on: July 9, 2004 Filed to comply with letter order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. ER04-701-000, issued May 5, 2004.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 19 Supercedes Second Revised Sheet No. 19 1.24 Facilities Study: An engineering study conducted by the Transmission Provider, or its agent, to determine the required modifications to the Transmission Provider's Transmission System, or the ERCOT Transmission Network, including the cost and scheduled completion date for such modifications, that will be required to provide the requested transmission service. 1.25 Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Transmission Service under this Tariff that is reserved and/or scheduled between specified Points of Receipt and Delivery pursuant to Part II of this Tariff. 1.26 Good Utility Practice: Any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region, including those practices required by Federal Power Act section 215(a)(4). 1.27 High-Voltage Direct Current Facilities (or HVDC Facilities ): Either (i) the North Interconnection, consisting of high voltage back-to-back converters and related facilities on either side of the ERCOT-SPP border Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 20 at Oklaunion, Texas, having a nominal capacity of 200 MW, or (ii) the East Interconnection consisting of: (a) a 345 kv alternating current (AC) switchyard facility at the TU Electric Monticello generating station necessary for the interconnection of the TU Electric AC electric system with the Welsh-Monticello Line; (b) the Welsh-Monticello Line, which is a 345 kv AC transmission line between the Monticello Switchyard Facility described in the preceding clause and the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Terminal described in the succeeding clause; (c) the HVDC Terminal, consisting of high voltage back-to-back converters, having a nominal capacity of 600 MW, of which the Transmission Provider and its affiliates own 300 MW, and related facilities and the land on which such facilities are located; and (d) a 345 kv AC switchyard facility at the SWEPCO Welsh generating station necessary for the interconnection of the SWEPCO AC electric system with such HVDC Terminal, or (iii) the Eagle Pass Interconnection consisting of high voltage back-to-back converters and related facilities on the United States side of the U.S. Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, having a nominal capacity of 36 MW or (iv) any combination of the North Interconnection, the East Interconnection and the Eagle Pass Interconnection. 1.28 Interconnection Agreement: An agreement between an Eligible Customer that owns electric facilities in ERCOT and one or more of the ERCOT Transmission Providers that sets forth requirements for physical connection and interconnected operations. A Transmission Customer that owns electrical facilities in ERCOT must have such an agreement with Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: September 6, 2005 Regulatory Services Issued on: January 16, 2006
Operating Companies of the First Revised Sheet No. 21 each of the ERCOT Transmission Providers to which the Transmission Customer is physically connected. 1.29 Interruption: A reduction in non-firm transmission service due to economic reasons pursuant to Section 14.7. 1.30 Load Ratio Share: Ratio of a Transmission Customer's Network Load to the Transmission Provider's total load computed in accordance with Attachment H and Sections 34.2 and 34.3 of the Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff. 1.31 Load Shedding: The systematic reduction of system demand by temporarily decreasing load in response to transmission system or area capacity shortages, system instability, or voltage control considerations under Part III of the Tariff. 1.32 Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service under Part II of the Tariff with a term of one year or more. 1.33 Native Load Customers: The wholesale and retail power customers of the Transmission Provider on whose behalf the Transmission Provider, by statute, franchise, regulatory requirement, or contract, has undertaken an obligation to construct and operate the Transmission Provider's system to meet the reliable electric needs of such customers. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: January 1, 2002 Regulatory Services Issued on: November 16, 2001
Operating Companies of the First Revised Sheet No. 22 1.34 NERC: North American Electric Reliability Council, or its successor in function. 1.35 Network Customer: An entity receiving transmission service pursuant to the terms of the Transmission Provider's Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff. 1.36 Network Integration Transmission Service: The transmission service provided under Part III of the Tariff. 1.37 Network Load: The load that a Network Customer designates for Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff. The Network Customer's Network Load shall include all load served by the output of any Network Resources designated by the Network Customer. A Network Customer may elect to designate less than its total load as Network Load but may not designate only part of the load at a discrete Point of Delivery. Where a Eligible Customer has elected not to designate a particular load at discrete points of delivery as Network Load, the Eligible Customer is responsible for making separate arrangements under Part II of the Tariff for any Point-To-Point Transmission Service that may be necessary for such non-designated load. 1.38 Network Operating Agreement: An executed agreement that contains the terms and conditions under which the Network Customer shall operate its facilities and the technical and operational matters associated with the Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: January 1, 2002 Regulatory Services Issued on: November 16, 2001
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 23 Supersedes First Revised Sheet No. 23 implementation of Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of the Tariff. 1.39 Network Operating Committee: A group made up of representatives from the Network Customer(s) and the Transmission Provider established to coordinate operating criteria and other technical considerations required for implementation of Network Integration Transmission Service under Part III of this Tariff. 1.40 Network Resource: Any designated generating resource owned, purchased or leased by a Network Customer under the Network Integration Transmission Service Tariff. Network Resources do not include any resource, or any portion thereof, that is committed for sale to third parties or otherwise cannot be called upon to meet the Network Customer's Network Load on a non-interruptible basis, except for purposes of fulfilling obligations under a Commission-approved reserve sharing program. 1.41 Network Upgrades: Modifications or additions to transmission-related facilities that are integrated with and support the Transmission Provider's overall Transmission System for the general benefit of all users of such Transmission System. 1.42 Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Point-To-Point Transmission Service under the Tariff that is reserved and scheduled on an as-available basis and is subject to Curtailment or Interruption as set forth in Section 14.7 under Part II of this Tariff. Non-Firm Point-To-Point Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: April 15, 2008 Regulatory Services Issued on: April 15, 2008 Filed to comply with Order No. 890-A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-17-002 and RM05-25-002 issued December 27, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 24 Supercedes Third Revised Sheet No. 24 Transmission Service is available on a stand-alone basis for periods ranging from one hour to one year. 1.42a Non-Firm Sale: An energy sale for which receipt or delivery may be interrupted for any reason or no reason, without liability on the part of either the buyer or seller. 1.43 Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS): The information system and standards of conduct contained in Part 37 of the Commission's regulations and all additional requirements implemented by subsequent Commission orders dealing with OASIS. OASIS means the PJM OASIS, the SPP OASIS and the ERCOT OASIS, as applicable. 1.44 Part I: Tariff Definitions and Common Service Provisions contained in Sections 1 through 12. 1.45 Part II: Tariff Sections 13 through 27 pertaining to Point-To-Point Transmission Service in conjunction with the applicable Common Service Provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments. 1.46 Part III: Tariff Sections 28 through 35 pertaining to Network Integration Transmission Service in conjunction with the applicable Common Service Provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments. 1.47 Part IV: Tariff Sections 36 through 40 pertaining to the use of the TCC and TNC Transmission Systems operated in ERCOT in conjunction with the use by a Transmission Customer of the ERCOT Transmission Network to serve load within ERCOT and in conjunction with the applicable Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007.
Operating Companies of the Fifth Revised Sheet No. 25 Supersedes Fourth Revised Sheet No. 25 Common Service Provisions of Part I and the applicable Schedules and Attachments. 1.48 Parties: The Transmission Owner, Transmission Provider, and the Transmission Customer receiving service under the Tariff. 1.49 Point(s) of Delivery: Point(s) on the Transmission Provider's Transmission System where capacity and energy transmitted by the Transmission Provider will be made available to the Receiving Party under Part II of the Tariff. The Point(s) of Delivery shall be specified in the Service Agreement for Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service and shall be in the AEP East Zone or the portion of the AEP West Zone located in the SPP. 1.50 Point(s) of Receipt: Point(s) of interconnection on the Transmission Provider's Transmission System where capacity and energy will be made available to the Transmission Provider by the Delivering Party under Part II of the Tariff. The Point(s) of Receipt shall be specified in the Service Agreement for Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service and shall be in the AEP East Zone or the portion of the AEP West Zone located in the SPP. 1.51 Point-To-Point Transmission Service: The reservation and transmission of capacity and energy on either a firm or non-firm basis from the Point(s) of Receipt to the Point(s) of Delivery under Part II of the Tariff. Such service shall be provided on the AEP Operating Companies transmission facilities in the AEP East Zone and in the portion of the AEP West Zone located in the SPP. 1.52 Power Purchaser: The entity that is purchasing the capacity and energy to be transmitted under the Tariff. 1.52a Pre-Confirmed Application: An Application that commits the Eligible Customer to execute a Service Agreement upon receipt of notification that the Transmission Provider can provide the requested Transmission Service. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: April 15, 2008 Regulatory Services Issued on: April 15, 2008 Filed to comply with Order No. 890-A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25-002 and RM05-17-002 issued December 27, 2007.
Operating Companies of the First Revised Sheet No. 26 1.53 PSO: Public Service Company of Oklahoma, or the successor in interest to the transmission business of PSO. 1.54 PUCT: Public Utility Commission of Texas. 1.55 QSE: A person qualified by the ERCOT IO to submit schedules to and settle payments with, the ERCOT IO. 1.56 Receiving Party: The entity receiving the capacity and energy transmitted by the Transmission Provider to Point(s) of Delivery. 1.57 Regional Transmission Group (RTG): A voluntary organization of transmission owners, transmission users and other entities approved by the Commission to efficiently coordinate transmission planning (and expansion), operation and use on a regional (and interregional) basis. 1.58 Reserved Capacity: The maximum amount of capacity and energy that the Transmission Provider agrees to transmit for the Transmission Customer over the Transmission Provider's Transmission System between the Point(s) of Receipt and the Point(s) of Delivery under Part II of the Tariff. Reserved Capacity shall be expressed in terms of whole megawatts on a sixty (60) minute interval (commencing on the clock hour) basis. 1.59 Retail Electric Provider (REP): A person certified by a state electric utility regulatory authority to sell electric energy to retail customers. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: January 1, 2002 Issued on: November 16, 2001
Operating Companies of the Fourth Revised Sheet No. 27 Supercedes Third Revised Sheet No. 27 1.60 Service Agreement: The initial agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto entered into by the Transmission Customer and the Transmission Provider and/or the Transmission Owner for service under the Tariff. 1.61 Service Commencement Date: The date the Transmission Provider begins to provide service pursuant to the terms of an executed Service Agreement, or the date the Transmission Provider begins to provide service in accordance with Section 15.3, Section 29.1, or Section 38.6 under the Tariff. 1.62 Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service under Part II of the Tariff with a term of less than one year. 1.63 SPP: Southwest Power Pool, or its successor in function. 1.64 SWEPCO: Southwestern Electric Power Company, or the successor in interest to the transmission business of SWEPCO. 1.64a System Condition: A specified condition on the Transmission Provider s system or on a neighboring system, such as a constrained transmission element or flowgate, that may trigger Curtailment of Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service using the curtailment priority pursuant to Section 13.6. Such conditions must be identified in the Transmission Customer s Service Agreement. 1.65 System Impact Study: An assessment by the Transmission Provider of (i) the adequacy of the Transmission System to accommodate a request for either Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service, Network Integration Transmission Service, or ERCOT Regional Transmission Service and (ii) whether any additional costs may be incurred in order to provide transmission service. 1.65a TCC: Texas Central Company or the successor in interest to the transmission business of TCC. 1.65b TNC: Texas North Company or the successor in interest to the transmission business of TNC. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 11, 2007 Regulatory Services Issued on: October 11, 2007 Filed to comply with Order 890 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-25 and RM05-17 issued February 16, 2007..
Operating Companies of the Second Revised Sheet No. 28 1.66 Third-Party Sale: Any sale for resale in interstate commerce to a Power Purchaser that is not designated as part of Network Load under the Network Integration Transmission Service. 1.67 Transmission Customer: Any Eligible Customer (or its Designated Agent) that (i) executes a Service Agreement, or (ii) requests in writing that the Transmission Provider file with the Commission, a proposed unexecuted Service Agreement to receive transmission service under Part II of the Tariff. This term is used in the Part I Common Service Provisions to include customers receiving transmission service under Part II, Part III or Part IV of this Tariff. 1.68 Transmission Provider: The public utilities (or their Designated Agent) that own, control, or operate facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and provide transmission service under the Tariff; provided, however, that in the case of service provided on the ERCOT Transmission Network under Part IV of this Tariff, the term refers in the plural form to all transmitting utilities that operate in ERCOT, when preceded by an indefinite article the term in the singular form refers to any such transmitting utility and when preceded by the definite article the term in the singular form refers collectively to TCC and TNC. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation Effective: December 23, 2002 Issued on: July 9, 2004 Filed to comply with letter order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. ER04-701-000, issued May 5, 2004.
Operating Companies of the Third Revised Sheet No. 29 1.69 Transmission Provider's Monthly Transmission System Peak: The maximum firm usage of the Transmission Provider's Transmission System in a calendar month. 1.70 Transmission Service: Point-To-Point Transmission Service provided under Part II of the Tariff on a firm and non-firm basis. 1.71 Transmission System: (1) The facilities owned, controlled or operated in ERCOT at or above 60 kilovolts owned, controlled, operated or supported by a Transmission Provider that are used to provide transmission service in ERCOT under Part IV of this Tariff, including the HVDC Facilities (such facilities of TCC and TNC being referred to herein collectively as the "TCC and TNC Transmission Systems" and all such facilities in the aggregate being referred to herein as the "ERCOT Transmission Network" as that term is defined in Section 1.25 of this Tariff); or (2) the facilities owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Provider that are used to provide transmission service under Part II and Part III of the Tariff (such facilities being referred to herein collectively as the "Transmission System"). 1.72 PJM: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., or its successor in function. Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President Effective: October 1, 2004 Regulatory Services Issued on: November 30, 2004 Filed to comply with letter order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket Nos. ER04-1003 and ER04-1007, issued November 1, 2004.
Operating Companies of the Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 30 Supersedes Second Revised Sheet No. 30 2 Initial Allocation and Renewal Procedures 2.1 Not Applicable. 2.2 Reservation Priority For Existing Firm Service Customers: Existing firm service customers (wholesale requirements and transmission-only, with a contract term of one year or more and retail, irrespective of term), have the right to continue to take transmission service from the Transmission Provider when the contract expires, rolls over or is renewed. This transmission reservation priority is independent of whether the existing customer continues to purchase capacity and energy from the Transmission Provider or elects to purchase capacity and energy from another supplier. If at the end of the contract term, the Transmission Provider's Transmission System cannot accommodate all of the requests for transmission service, the existing firm service customer must agree to accept a contract term at least equal to the longest competing request by any new Eligible Customer and to pay the current just and reasonable rate, as approved by the Commission, for such service; provided that, the firm service customer shall have a right of first refusal at the end of such service only if the new contract is for five years or more. The existing firm service customer must provide notice to the Transmission Provider whether it will exercise its right of first refusal no less than one year prior to the expirartion date of its transmission service agreement. This transmission reservation priority for existing firm service customers is an ongoing right that may be exercised at the end of all firm contract terms of one year or longer. Service agreements subject to a right of first refusal entered into prior to Issued by: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice President-Regulation EffectiveNovember 4, 2008 Issued on: January 29, 2009 Filed to comply with Order No. 890-A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RM05-17-002, RM05-25-002, and OA08-7.