Power pooling in the north central region

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD = ⅲ
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY = 1
• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION = 9
• scope = 9
• Background Information = 9
• Definition of Power Pooling = 12
• Coordination of Power Planning and Operations = 14
• CHAPTER 2. ELECTRIC SYSTEM COORDINATION IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION = 17
• Transmission Network = 17
• Power Transfer Capability = 18
• Control Areas = 19
• Coordination of Area Control Centers = 24
• ECAR = 24
• MIN = 25
• MARCA = 26
• CHAPTER 3. RELIABILITY COUNCILS AS COORDINATING ORGANIZATIONS = 29
• East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (ECAR) = 29
• ECAR Composition = 29
• ECAR Functions = 31
• ECAR Significant Coordination Accomplishments = 32
• ECAR Outlook = 32
• Mid-America Interpool Network (MAIN) = 33
• MAIN Composition = 11
• MAIN Functions = 33
• MAIN Significant Coordination Accomplishments = 36
• MAIN Outlook = 36
• Mid-Continent Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (MARCA) = 36
• MARCA Composition I = 36
• MARCA Functions = 37
• MARCA Significant Coordination Accomplisbments = 39
• MARCA Outlook = 39
• CHAPTER 4. COORDINATION ARRANGEMENTS IN THE REGION = 41
• Scope = 41
• ECAR Region = 41
• Allegheny Power System, Inc. (APS) = 41
• American Electric Power System Company, Inc. (AEP) = 43
• American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc. (ANP-Ohio) Coordination Agreement = 45
• The Buckeye Power Inc. (BUPI) Project = 46
• Central Area Power Coordination Group (CAYCO) = 47
• Cincinnati-Columbus-Dayton (CCD) and Cincinnati-Dayton (CD) Groups = 48
• Kentucky-Illinois-Indiana Pool (KII) = 49
• Kentucky-Indiana Pool (KIP) = 50
• Michigan Electric Coordinated Systems (MECS) = 52
• Michigan Municipals and Cooperatives Pool (MMCP) = 54
• MAIN Region = 55
• Commonwealth Edison Company (COEC) = 55
• Illinois-Missouri Pool (IL-MO) = 56
• Wisconsin Power Pool (WPP) = 57
• Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Systems (WUMS) = 58
• MARCA Region = 59
• Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) = 59
• Iowa Power Pool (IOPP) = 61
• The Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency (MBMPA) = 62
• The Missouri Basin Systems Group (HBSG) = 63
• Nebraska Pool (NEP) = 65
• Upper Mississippi Valley Power Pool (UMVPP) = 67
• Joint Action Power Groups = 68
• ECAR Region = 68
• Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA) = 68
• Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc. (WVPA) = 69
• Kentucky-Indiana Municipal Power Association (KIMPA) = 69
• MAIN Region = 70
• Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC) = 70
• Wisconsin Public Power, Inc. (WPPI) = 70
• MARCA Region = 71
• Missouri Basin Municipal Electric Cooperative Association (MBMECA) = 71
• Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) = 71
• Northeastern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (NEMMPA) = 72
• Northern Municipal Power Agency (NMPA) = 72
• North Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association (NIMCA) = 72
• South Dakota Municipal Power Agency (SDMPA) = 72
• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) = 73
• South Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association (SIMECA) = 73
• Western Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association (WIMECA) = 73
• Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (WMMPA) = 74
• Western Wisconsin Municipal Power Group (WWMPG) = 74
• United Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (UMMPA) = 75
• CHAPTER 5. REGULATION AS A FACTOR IN REGIONAL ELECTRIC COORDINATION = 77
• CHAPTER 6. BENEFITS OF INCREASED REGIONAL COORDINATION = 83
• Scope = 83
• Reduced Generating Reserve Requirements = 83
• Economies of Scale = 89
• Economy Exchange = 90
• Surplus Energy Agreements = 91
• Energy-Broker System = 92
• Central Economic Dispatch = 93
• Fuel Economies = 96
• Time Zone and Seasonal Diversities = 98
• CHAPTER 7. IMPEDIMENTS TO INCREASED REGIONAL COORDINATION = 101
• Institutional- Considerations = 101
• Technical Problems = 103
• Financial Factors Impeding Joint Ownership of New Facilities = 103
• Antitrust Considerations = 104
• Legal Factors Impeding State-Owned Utility Systems in pooling or Coordination Agreements = 104
• Federal System Restrictions = 105
• CHAPTER 8. PROSPECTS FOR INCREASED REGIONAL COORDINATION = 107
• General = 107
• Methods for Achieving Future Coordination in the Region = 107
• Critical Factors for Increasing Coordination in the Region = 110
• Prospects for Increased Coordination in the Region = 112
• ECAR Subregion = 112
• MAIN Subregion = 113
• MARCA Subregion = 113
• APPENDIX A. LIST OF JOINT POWER PROJECTS--INVENTORY OF POWER POOLS AND COORDINATING GROUPS WITHIN THE MARCA, MAIN, AND ECAR RELIABILITY REGIONS = 115
• APPENDIX B. LIST OF ELECTRIC POWER INTERCONNECTIONS--NORTH CENTRAL REGION = 131
• APPENDIX C. COORDINATING GROUP i4EMBERSHIP--ECAR REGION = 181
• APPENDIX D. COORDINATING GROUP MEMBERSHIP--MAIN REGION = 185
• APPENDIX E. COORDINATING GROUP MEMBERSHIP--MARCA REGION = 189
• APPENDIX F. COMMENTS FROM INVITED ORGANIZATIONS = 197
• APPENDIX G. COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUAL TASK FORCE MEMBERS = 227