FIRST QUARTERLY PROJECT TRACKING REPORT 2019
January 2019
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
NTC Project Summary – Reporting Quarter ................................................................................................................. 4
COMPLETED UPGRADES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
NTCS ISSUED ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
NTCS WITHDRAWN .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Portfolio Summary .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Project Status Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Out-of-bandwidth Projects ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Responsiveness Report ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
ITP20 Upgrades ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SPP actively monitors and supports the progress of transmission expansion projects, emphasizing the
importance of maintaining accountability for areas such as regional grid reliability standards, firm
transmission commitments, and SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) cost recovery.
SPP staff solicits quarterly feedback from the project owners to determine the progress of each
approved transmission project. This quarterly report charts the progress of all SPP transmission projects
approved by the SPP Board of Directors (Board) or through a FERC-filed service agreement under the
OATT.
Projects in the current portfolio include all Network Upgrades for which construction activities are
ongoing or those for which construction has completed but not all close-out requirements have been
fulfilled in accordance with Section 13 in Business Practice 70601.
1 SPP OATT Business Practices
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NTC PROJECT SUMMARY – REPORTING QUARTER
In adherence with the OATT and Business Practice 7060, SPP issues NTCs to Designated Transmission
Owners (DTOs) to begin work on Network Upgrades that have been approved or endorsed by the Board
to meet the construction needs of the OATT or Regional Transmission Organization (RTO).
COMPLETED UPGRADES
Figure 1: Completed Upgrades
NTC ID NTC Issue Date
UID Network Upgrade Name Owner NTC Source
Study Cost
Estimate
200397 6/1/2017 51030 Knob Hill - Noel 138 kV Ckt 1 Terminal
Upgrades WFEC 2016 ITPNT $259,006
51335 Otter 138kV - rebuild and add terminal for GEN-2014-064 NU
OGE GI Studies $2,807,651
51362 Otter 138kV - rebuild and add
terminal for GEN-2014-064 TOIF OGE GI Studies $410,000
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NTC ID NTC Issue Date
UID Network Upgrade Name Owner NTC Source
Study Cost
Estimate
51474 Minco 345kV Substation GEN-2014-
056 Addition (TOIF) OGE GI Studies $5,000
200390 6/1/2017 51486 Skiatook 69 kV Cap Bank GRDA 2016 ITPNT $1,134,600
200467 1/1/2017 51626 Butler - Altoona 138 kV Terminal
Upgrades WR 2017 ITP10 $247,332
51766 Tap Tolk - Yoakum 230kV (Needmore)
- GEN-2013-027 Addition (TOIF) SPS GI Studies $300,000
51767 Tap Tolk - Yoakum 230kV (Needmore)
- GEN-2013-027 Addition (NU) SPS GI Studies $6,398,806
200470 8/1/2018 71976 Prestage Family 69 kV Cap Bank CBPC DPA Studies $1,017,500
72002 Union Ridge 230kV GEN-2015-069
Addition (TOIF) WR GI Studies $600,000
82135 Lost Draw 115 kV Substation GEN-2015-014 Interconnection (TOIF)
SPS GI Studies $371,000
82136 Lost Draw 115 kV Substation GEN-
2015-014 Interconnection (NU) SPS GI Studies $5,750,184
12 Upgrade(s) Completed $19,301,079
Table 1: Completed Upgrades
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NTCS ISSUED
Figure 2: NTCs Issued
NTC ID NTC Issue
Date UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study
Estimated Cost of New
Upgrades
Estimated Cost of
Previously Approved Upgrades
210486 8/17/2018 72006 WAPA Bismarck 115 kV Terminal
Upgrades SUS-002 $84,639 $0
210487 8/17/2018 72005 CPEC North Bismarck 115 kV Terminal
Upgrades SUS-002 $0 $0
210490 8/17/2018 72067 AECC Upgrade terminal Equipment at
VBI North 2018 ITPNT $52,100 $0
210491 8/17/2018 72066 AEP Fig Five - VBI North 69kV Ckt 1 2018 ITPNT $3,357,600 $0
210492 8/17/2018 72050 BEPC Lewis - Richland 115kV Ckt 1
(BEPC) 2018 ITPNT $5,000 $0
210493 8/17/2018 72037 CUS Brookline 345kV Reactor 2018 ITPNT $3,547,472 $0
210493 8/17/2018 72038 CUS Brookline 345kV Substation
Expansion 2018 ITPNT $627,731 $0
210494 8/17/2018 82123 EREC Lakeview 69 kV Substation #3 2018 ITPNT $3,732,000 $0
210494 8/17/2018 82124 EREC Lakeview 69 kV Capacitor Bank
#3 2018 ITPNT $1,885,000 $0
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NTC ID NTC Issue
Date UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study
Estimated Cost of New
Upgrades
Estimated Cost of
Previously Approved Upgrades
210495 8/17/2018 72047 KCPL Brookridge - Overland Park 161kV Terminal Upgrades
2018 ITPNT $538,000 $0
210495 8/17/2018 72049 KCPL Olathe - Switzer 161kV Ckt1
Terminal Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $1,088,000 $0
210496 8/17/2018 51450 SPS Sundown 230/115 kV
Transformer 2018 ITPNT $3,434,979 $0
210496 8/17/2018 61850 SPS Terry County 115 kV Terminal
Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $520,574 $0
210496 8/17/2018 72095 SPS Carlisle 115 kV Terminal
Upgrades 2018 ITPNT $319,760 $0
210496 8/17/2018 92151 SPS McDowell Creek 230/115kV
Substation 2018 ITPNT $8,374,877 $0
210496 8/17/2018 92152 SPS McDowell Creek 230/115kV
Transformer 2018 ITPNT $4,829,305 $0
210497 8/17/2018 72052 WAPA Lewis - Richland 115kV Ckt 1
(WAPA) 2018 ITPNT $100,000 $0
210498 8/17/2018 72076 WR Lawrence Hill 230/115kV
Transformer 2018 ITPNT $4,896,108 $0
210499 8/17/2018 82125 GHP Nixa Downtown - Nixa Espy Ckt1 2018 ITPNT $1,108,561 $0
210504 9/5/2018 92153 SPS Bopco - Road Runner 345 kV Ckt
1 New Line
DPA-2017-November-
808 $33,846,764 $0
210504 9/5/2018 92154 SPS Bopco - China Draw 345 kV Ckt 1
New Line
DPA-2017-November-
808 $30,491,054 $0
210504 9/5/2018 102153 SPS Bopco 345/115 kV Ckt 1
Transformer
DPA-2017-November-
808 $7,090,532 $0
210504 9/5/2018 102154 SPS Bopco 345/115 kV Ckt 2
Transformer
DPA-2017-November-
808 $6,537,839 $0
210504 9/5/2018 102156 SPS Eddy County - Kiowa 345 kV Ckt
1 New Line
DPA-2017-November-
808 $67,428,932 $0
210504 9/5/2018 102157 SPS Bopco 345 kV Substation DPA-2017-November-
808 $5,888,303 $0
210504 9/5/2018 102158 SPS Bopco 115 kV Substation DPA-2017-November-
808 $11,140,091 $0
26 Upgrade(s) Issued $200,925,221 $0
Table 2: NTCs Issued
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NTCS WITHDRAWN
Figure 3: NTCs Withdrawn
NTC ID NTC
Withdrawn Date
UID Owner Upgrade Name Source Study
Estimated Cost of
Withdrawn Upgrades
210500 8/17/2018 51455 WFEC Blanchard 69 kV Cap Bank 2016 ITPNT $850,000 210500 8/17/2018 51485 WFEC Ringwood 138 kV Terminal Upgrades 2016 ITPNT $4,000,000 210500 8/17/2018 51525 WFEC Ringwood 138 kV Cap Bank 2016 ITPNT $450,000
210501 8/17/2018 51828 WR Jeffrey Energy Center - Hoyt 345 kV Ckt 1 SPP-2016-AG1-AFS-2
$34,865,672
210502 8/17/2018 51550 SPS Tolk - Yoakum Tap 230/115 kV Substation
and Transformer 2016 ITPNT $10,493,251
210503 8/15/2018 11423 AEP Welsh Reserve - Wilkes 138 kV Ckt 1
Rebuild 2014 ITPNT $24,880,495
210503 8/15/2018 50697 AEP Chapel Hill REC - Welsh Reserve 138 kV
Ckt 1 Rebuild 2014 ITPNT $6,651,694
7 Upgrade(s) Withdrawn $82,191,112
Table 3: NTCs Withdrawn
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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY
SPP staff solicits quarterly feedback from the project owners to determine the progress of each
approved transmission project. This quarterly report charts the progress of projects approved by the SPP
Board of Directors (Board) or through a FERC filed service agreement under the SPP Open Access
Transmission Tariff (OATT). Projects included in the portfolio are:
1. Upgrades required to satisfy requests for transmission service (TS) 2. Upgrades required to satisfy requests for generator interconnection (GI) 3. Approved projects from the Integrated Transmission Planning Assessment (ITP) (ITP20) 4. Upgrades within approved Balanced Portfolios2 (BP) 5. Approved high priority upgrades (HP) 6. Endorsed Sponsored Upgrades (SP) 7. Approved Interregional Projects2 (IR)
This report will document changes over the previous quarter to projects captured in the Quarterly
Project Tracking Portfolio as well as new projects added from various processes listed above. A
summary of the project portfolio is also included. Projects approved in ITP20 assessments are now
reflected in this total.
Figure 4: Total Portfolio
2 There are currently no Balanced Portfolio or Interregional projects included in Quarterly Project Tracking
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Figure 5: Upgrade Type by Cost Summary
Figure 6: Estimated Cost for All Projects per In-Service Year
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Figure 8: Completed Upgrades by Estimated Cost3 Last Four Quarters
Figure 9: Completed Upgrades by Type Last Four Quarters
3Figures 8 and 9 include Network Upgrades not yet confirmed as completed. Note that the previous quarter’s updated results are listed as the Transmission Owners may make adjustments to final costs and status of projects completed during the year.
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PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY
SPP assigns a project status to all Network Upgrades based on the projected in-service dates provided by
the DTOs relative to the Need Date determined for the project. Project status definitions are provided
below:
Closed Out: Construction complete and in-service; all close-out requirements fulfilled
Complete: Construction complete and in-service
Delayed: Projected In-Service Date beyond Need Date; interim mitigation provided or project may change but time permits the implementation of project
In Service: Upgrade is operational, but not all project activities are complete
On Schedule < 4: On Schedule within 4-year horizon
On Schedule > 4: On Schedule beyond 4-year horizon
Re-evaluation: Project active; pending re-evaluation
Suspended: Project suspended; pending re-evaluation Within NTC Commitment Window: NTC/NTC-C issued, still within the 90-day written
commitment to construct window and no commitment received
Within NTC-C Project Estimate Window: Within the NTC-C Project Estimate (CPE) window
Within RFP Response Window: RFP issued for the project
Figure 7: Portfolio Project Status
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OUT-OF-BANDWIDTH PROJECTS
In adherence to the Business Practice 7060, SPP reports projects that have updated cost values that
exceed their established baseline values based upon a ±20% bandwidth. Variances are determined by
total project cost. The following projects with a cost estimate greater than $5 million were identified as
having exceeded the ±20% bandwidth requirement during the reporting period. Table 5 provides
summary information and Table 6 lists cost detail for out-of-bandwidth projects identified during the
reporting quarter.
PID Project Name Owner NTC Source Study Upgrade Type In-Service Date
30509 Line - Canyon East Sub -
Canyon West Sub 115 kV Ckt 1 SPS Ag Studies
Regional Reliability
5/18/2016
30690 XFR - Plant X 230/115 kV Ckt 2 SPS Ag Studies Regional
Reliability 4/1/2021
30762 Multi - Ellerbe Road - Lucas 69
kV AEP DPA Studies
Regional Reliability
3/1/2019
30918 Line - Byrd Tap - Cooper
Ranch - Oil Center - Lea Road 115 kV Ckt 1 Rebuild
SPS Ag Studies Regional
Reliability 6/15/2021
41199 Line - Etter - Moore - 115 kV SPS 2017 ITPNT Regional
Reliability 9/15/2020
51249 Line - City of Winfield - Oak 69
kV Reconductor KPP/WR Ag Studies
Regional Reliability
6/1/2021
766 XFR - Newhart 230/115 kV Ckt
2 SPS 2014 ITPNT
Regional Reliability
12/2/2016
Table 5: Out-of-Bandwidth Project Summary
PID Baseline Cost
Estimate
Baseline Cost
Estimate Year
Baseline Cost Estimate with
Escalation
Latest Estimate or Final Cost
Variance Variance %
30509 $2,694,811.00 2016 $2,694,811.00 $5,013,916.90 $2,319,105.90 86.06% 30690 $14,278,278.00 2017 $14,635,234.95 $18,785,647.00 $4,150,412.05 28.36% 30762 $7,282,122.81 2015 $7,842,049.78 $11,049,865.00 $3,207,815.22 40.91% 30918 $9,936,352.00 2016 $10,439,379.82 $7,568,000.00 ($2,871,379.82) -27.51% 41199 $9,037,903.00 2017 $9,263,850.58 $6,911,107.00 ($2,352,743.58) -25.4% 51249 $11,431,427.00 2018 $8,027,212.68 $11,431,427.25 $3,404,214.58 42.41%
766 $6,886,931.00 2014 $7,235,581.88 $13,001,665.00 $5,766,083.12 79.69%
Table 6: Out-of-Bandwidth Project Cost Detail
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RESPONSIVENESS REPORT
Table 7 and Figures 10 and 11 provide insight into the responsiveness of DTOs constructing Network
Upgrades within SPP in the Quarterly Project Tracking Report. Note: Network Upgrades with statuses of
“Suspended”, “Re-evaluation”, “Within NTC Commitment Window”, “Within NTC-C Project Estimate
Window”, and “Within RFP Response Window” were excluded from this analysis.
Project Owner
Number of Upgrades
Number of Upgrades Reviewed
Reviewed % In-Service
Date Changes
ISD Change %
Cost Changes
Cost Change
%
AECC 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%
AEP 59 58 98% 1 2% 2 3%
BEPC 23 22 96% 0 0% 0 0%
CBPC 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%
CPEC 3 3 100% 0 0% 0 0%
CUS 2 2 100% 0 0% 2 100%
EDE 3 3 100% 1 33% 0 0%
EREC 3 3 100% 0 0% 1 33%
GHP 1 1 100% 0 0% 1 100%
GMO 2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50%
GRDA 5 3 60% 3 60% 0 0%
ITCGP 4 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
KCPL 10 6 60% 0 0% 2 20%
KPP 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
MIDW 11 11 100% 0 0% 0 0%
MKEC 7 7 100% 0 0% 7 100%
NIPCO 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
NPPD 42 21 50% 0 0% 0 0%
OGE 55 19 35% 5 9% 3 5%
OPPD 15 14 93% 0 0% 0 0%
SEPC 11 10 91% 1 9% 1 9%
SPS 190 177 93% 19 10% 77 41%
TBD 10 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
TSMO 2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
WAPA 10 4 40% 1 10% 0 0%
WFEC 64 36 56% 2 3% 1 2%
WR 31 27 87% 12 39% 2 6%
Total 568 432 76% 45 8% 100 18%
Table 7: Responsiveness Summary
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Figure 10: In-Service Date Changes
Figure 11: Cost Changes
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ITP20 UPGRADES
ITP20 assessments were performed in 2010 and 2013. While the projects proposed by those studies are
incorporated into the STEP Project List, they have not included in SPP’s project tracking effort as part of
the Quarterly Tracking Report. A list of active ITP20 projects will be maintained in the STEP Report and
Quarterly Project Tracking Report lists. The current ITP20 projects are listed in the table below.
Project ID Upgrade
ID Owner Upgrade Name
RTO
Determined
Need Date
Latest Cost
Estimate
30401 50492 TBD Cass Co. - S.W. Omaha (aka
S3454) 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $33,126,800
30402 50493 OPPD S3459 345/161 kV Transformer
Ckt 2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30599 50769 AEP South Fayetteville 345/161 kV
Transformer Ckt1 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30599 50770 TBD Chamber Springs - South
Fayetteville 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $21,295,800
30600 50771 GMO Maryville 345/161 kV Transformer
Ckt1 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30601 50772 KCPL Nashua 345/161 kV Transformer
Upgrade Ckt11 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30602 50773 TBD Keystone - Red Willow 345 kV
Ckt1 1/1/2033 $130,141,000
30603 50774 TBD Tolk - Tuco 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $75,718,400
30604 50775 SEPC Holcomb 345/115 kV Transformer
Ckt2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30605 50776 TBD Neosho - Wolf Creek 345 kV Ckt1 1/1/2033 $117,126,900
30606 50777 TBD Clinton - Truman 161 kV Ckt1
Reconductor 1/1/2033 $15,701,325
30606 50778 TBD North Warsaw - Truman 161 kV
Ckt1 Reconductor 1/1/2033 $1,082,850
30608 50779 WR Auburn 345/115 kV Transformer
Ckt2 1/1/2033 $12,600,000
30608 50780 TBD Auburn - Swissvale 345 kV Ckt1
Voltage Conversion 1/1/2033 $20,112,700
30608 50781 TBD Auburn - Jeffrey EC 345 kV Ckt1
Voltage Conversion 1/1/2033 $35,493,000
30607 50782 OGE Muskogee/Pecan Creek 345 kV
Terminal Upgrades 1/1/2033 $34,605,675
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APPENDIX 1
(See accompanying list of Quarterly Project Tracking Projects)