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QUARTERLY PROJECT TRACKING REPORT

Q2 2020

April 2020

Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

REVISION HISTORY

DATE OR VERSION

NUMBER

AUTHOR CHANGE

DESCRIPTION

COMMENTS

4/4/2020 SPP Staff Initial Draft


CONTENTS

REVISION HISTORY .......................................................................................................................................................... I

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 1

NTC PROJECT SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 2

COMPLETED UPGRADES .............................................................................................................................................. 2

NTCS ISSUED .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................. 8

PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 12

OUT-OF-BANDWIDTH PROJECTS .......................................................................................................................... 13

RESPONSIVENESS REPORT ....................................................................................................................................... 14

ITP20 UPGRADES .......................................................................................................................................................... 16

MORGAN TRANSFORMER PROJECT ..................................................................................................................... 17

APPENDIX 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 18


Q2 2020 Quarterly Project Tracking Report 1

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

https://www.spp.org/spp-documents-filings/?id=18162



NTC PROJECT SUMMARY

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 IN SERVICE

DATE UID OWNER UPGRADE NAME SOURCE STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

200365 12/20/2019 51406 SPS

Cunningham -

Monument Tap 115 kV

Ckt 1 Rebuild

SPP-2014-AG1-AFS-6 $4,965,782

200366 12/20/2019 51408 SPS Eddy Co. 230 kV Bus Tie SPP-2013-AG3-AFS-6 $19,732,223

200386 12/18/2019 51558 AEP Army Ammo - McAlester

69 kV Ckt 1 Rebuild 2016 ITPNT $11,805,970



NTC ID IN SERVICE

DATE UID OWNER UPGRADE NAME SOURCE STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

200395 11/20/2019 51453 SPS

Artesia Country Club -

Artesia Country Club Tap

115 kV Ckt 1 New Line

2016 ITPNT $2,105,492

200446 12/20/2019 61858 AEP Tulsa Southeast - E.61st

138 kV Rebuild 2017 ITPNT $7,238,795

200450 12/30/2019 71938 EREC Roberts County - Sisseton

69 kV New Line 2017 ITPNT $622,432

200457 11/15/2019 51819 SPS

Hockley County

Interchange 115 kV

Terminal Upgrades

SPP-2016-AG1-AFS-3 $195,294

200462 12/19/2019 61894 CPEC East Ruthville - SW Minot

115 kV New Line 2017 ITPNT $13,837,385

200462 12/19/2019 61895 CPEC

East Ruthville - SW Minot

115 kV line Terminal

Upgrades

2017 ITPNT $528,350

200483 1/27/2020 72004 OPPD S1255 - S1260 161 kV Ckt

1 New Line DPA-2017-May-746 $9,435,262

210487 12/11/2019 72005 CPEC North Bismarck 115 kV

Terminal Upgrades SUS-002 $0

210494 1/29/2020 82124 EREC Lakeview 69 kV Capacitor

Bank 2018 ITPNT $1,740,000

210495 12/1/2019 72049 KCPL Olathe - Switzer 161kV

Ckt1 2018 ITPNT $957,000

210496 11/13/2019 61850 SPS

Terry County - LG

Clauene 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades

2018 ITPNT $344,598

210542 11/4/2019 112396 WR Getty East - Skelly 69kV

Ckt 1 Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $122,788

11/5/2019 82116 WR

Emporia Energy Center

345 kV Substation GEN-

2015-073 Interconnection

(TOIF)

Generation

Interconnection $1,179,325

11/5/2019 82117 WR

Emporia Energy Center

345 kV Substation GEN-

2015-073 Interconnection

(NU)

Generation


1/20/2020 112300 SEPC Mingo 115kV Substation

GEN-2015-064 (TOIF)

Generation

Interconnection $911,033

1/20/2020 112301 SEPC Mingo 115kV Substation

GEN-2015-064 (NU)

Generation


19 Upgrade(s) Completed $81,277,115

Table 1: Completed Upgrades2

2 In accordance with Section 3.4 of SPP BP 7060, SPP only issues NTC for GI upgrades to affected

Transmission Owners who are not a party to the Generation Interconnection Agreement (GIA).



NTCS ISSUED

Figure 2: NTCs Issued

NTC

ID

NTC

ISSUE

DATE

UID OWNER UPGRADE NAME SOURCE

STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

OF NEW

UPGRADES

COST

ESTIMATE

OF

PREVIOUSLY

APPROVED

UPGRADES

210525 11/1/19 112180 OPPD

GEN-2016-115

Interconnection Costs (NU)

(OPPD)

DISIS-2016-

002 $7,553 $0

210538 11/18/19 112403 NPPD Firth Cap Bank 115kV Ckt 1 2019 ITP $570,000 $0

210538 11/18/19 112404 NPPD Firth Substation Expansion 2019 ITP $2,800,000 $0

210538 11/18/19 112366 NPPD Canaday 115 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $2,600,000 $0

210538 11/18/19 112367 NPPD Hastings 115 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $550,000 $0

210538 11/18/19 112368 NPPD Moore 13.8 kV Breaker 2019 ITP $510,000 $0

210539 11/18/19 112369 KCPL Craig 161 kV Breaker 2019 ITP $254,000 $0

210539 11/18/19 112370 KCPL Leeds 161 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $440,000 $0



NTC

ID

NTC

ISSUE

DATE


STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

OF NEW

UPGRADES

COST

ESTIMATE

OF

PREVIOUSLY

APPROVED

UPGRADES

210539 11/18/19 112371 KCPL Midtown 161 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $440,000 $0

210539 11/18/19 112372 KCPL Southtown 161 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $880,000 $0

210540 11/18/19 112358 OGE Westmoore 138 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $271,289 $0

210540 11/18/19 112359 OGE Santa Fe 138 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $406,935 $0

210540 11/18/19 112402 OGE

Cleo Corner - Cleo Junction

69kV Ckt 1 Terminal

Upgrades

2019 ITP $16,602 $0

210540 11/18/19 112449 OGE Cimarron - Northwest 345kV

Ckt 1 Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $166,504 $0

210540 11/18/19 112450 OGE Northwest - Mathewson 345

kV Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $369,869 $0

210541 11/18/19 112433 SPS Hansford - Spearman 115 kV

Rebuild 2019 ITP $828,359 $0

210541 11/18/19 112425 SPS Amoco - Sundown 115kV

Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $358,281 $0

210541 11/18/19 112364 SPS Denver City Interchange

North 115 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $3,316,008 $0

210541 11/18/19 112365 SPS Denver City Interchange

South 115 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $2,210,672 $0

210542 11/18/19 112381 WR Bailey - Seneca 115kV Ckt 1 2019 ITP $6,178,207 $0

210542 11/18/19 112382 WR Bailey - Smittyville 115kV

Ckt 1 2019 ITP $8,839,308 $0

210542 11/18/19 112383 WR Marshallville - Smittyville

115kV Ckt 1 2019 ITP $2,618,506 $0

210542 11/18/19 112428 WR

Lawrence Energy Center -

Midland 115 kV Terminal

Upgrades

2019 ITP $30,939 $0

210542 11/18/19 112396 WR Getty East - Skelly 69kV Ckt

1 Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $114,821 $0

210543 11/18/19 112451 SEPC Arnold - Ransom 115kV

Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $462,000 $0

210543 11/18/19 112452 SEPC Pile - Scott City 115kV

Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $1,633,500 $0

210543 11/18/19 112453 SEPC Scott City - Setab 115kV

Terminal Upgrades 2019 ITP $1,556,500 $0

210544 11/18/19 112460 AEP

Sand Springs - Sheffield

Steel 138kV Terminal

Upgrades

2019 ITP $733,520 $0

210544 11/18/19 112488 AEP Pryor Junction 138/115 kV

Transformer 2019 ITP $9,155,167 $0



NTC

ID

NTC

ISSUE

DATE


STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

OF NEW

UPGRADES

COST

ESTIMATE

OF

PREVIOUSLY

APPROVED

UPGRADES

210544 11/18/19 112502 AEP Sooner - Wekiwa 345kV

Terminal Upgrades (AEP) 2019 ITP $5,383,105 $0

210544 11/18/19 112389 AEP Tulsa SE - S Hudson 138kV

Ckt 1 Rebuild 2019 ITP $6,724,237 $0

210544 11/18/19 112393 AEP Tulsa SE - 21 St Tap 138kV

Ckt 1 2019 ITP $1,307,802 $0

210544 11/18/19 112360 AEP Riverside Station 138 kV

Breakers 2019 ITP $16,288,000 $0

210544 11/18/19 112361 AEP Southwestern Station 138 kV

Breakers 2019 ITP $4,421,345 $0

210545 11/18/19 112377 WFEC Anadarko 138 kV Breakers 2019 ITP $228,500 $0

210545 11/18/19 112378 WFEC Washita 69 kV Breaker 2019 ITP $52,400 $0

210545 11/18/19 112379 WFEC Mooreland 138 kV Breakers

#2 2019 ITP $822,500 $0

210545 11/18/19 112380 WFEC Mooreland 69 kV Breakers

#2 2019 ITP $128,300 $0

210545 11/18/19 112395 WFEC Gypsum Cap Bank 69kV 2019 ITP $400,000 $0

210545 11/18/19 112435 WFEC East Kingfisher - Kingfisher

138 kV Rebuild 2019 ITP $1,000,000 $0

210545 11/18/19 122577 WFEC Anadarko - Gracemont

138kV Ckt 1 Rebuild 2019 ITP $2,850,000 $0

210545 11/18/19 122597 WFEC Marietta - Rocky Point 69 kV 2019 ITP $5,908,198 $0

210548 12/13/19 112357 OPPD S1260 161/69 kV

Transformer (69 kV)

DPA-2018-

February-841 $1,799,221 $0

210548 12/13/19 102159 OPPD S3761 345 kV Substation DPA-2018-

February-841 $4,610,067 $0

210548 12/13/19 102160 OPPD S3761 - S3455 345 kV New

Line

DPA-2018-

February-841 $17,036,209 $0

210548 12/13/19 102161 OPPD S1361 161 kV Substation

and 345/161 kV Transformer

DPA-2018-

February-841 $9,707,827 $0

210548 12/13/19 102162 OPPD S1260 161/69 kV

Transformer (161 kV)

DPA-2018-

February-841 $1,105,064 $0

210548 12/13/19 102163 OPPD S1209 - S1231 Ckt 2 161 kV

Reconductor

DPA-2018-

February-841 $3,647,471 $0

210548 12/13/19 102165 OPPD S1259 - S1260 161 kV

Rebuild

DPA-2018-

February-841 $2,107,486 $0

210548 12/13/19 102166 OPPD S1255 161 kV Terminal

Upgrades (new breakers)

DPA-2018-

February-841 $654,180 $0

210549 12/13/19 112456 EDE Neosho - Riverton 161kV

Rebuild (EDE)

SPP-2019-

AG1-AFS-2 $28,410,000 $0



NTC

ID

NTC

ISSUE

DATE


STUDY

COST

ESTIMATE

OF NEW

UPGRADES

COST

ESTIMATE

OF

PREVIOUSLY

APPROVED

UPGRADES

210550 12/13/19 112457 WR Neosho - Riverton 161kV

Rebuild (WR)

SPP-2019-

AG1-AFS-2 $4,046,162 $0

210551 12/31/19 122650 WR Sub - Neosho - Caney River

345 kV Terminal Upgrades SUS-013 $419,116 $0

53 Upgrade(s) Issued

$167,375,730 $0

Table 2: NTCs Issued



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 or

through a FERC filed service agreement under the SPP 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)

4. Upgrades within approved Balanced Portfolios3 (BP)

5. Approved high priority upgrades (HP)

6. Endorsed Sponsored Upgrades (SP)

7. Approved Interregional Projects2 (IR)

8. Approved projects from the 20-Year Assessment (ITP20)

This report will document changes over the previous quarter to report on 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.

Figure 3: Total Active Portfolio (Millions)

3 There are currently no Balanced Portfolio or Interregional projects included in Quarterly Project Tracking



Figure 4: Upgrade by Type Cost Summary4

4 Line mileage not available for all upgrade categories



Figure 5: Estimated Cost for All Upgrades by In-Service Year

Figure 6: Estimated Cost of Upgrades Completed in Past 4 Quarters5

5 Figures 7 and 8 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.



Figure

7: Number of Upgrades Completed in Past Four Quarters



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: Upgrade is operation, all project activities are complete, & all close-out requirements

fulfilled in accordance with Business Practice 7060. These upgrades will not appear in future

Quarterly Project Tracking reports

Complete: Upgrade is operation and all project activities are complete

Delayed: Projected In-Service Date beyond Need Date; interim mitigation provided or project

may change but time permits the implementation of project

Identified: Upgrade identified and included in Board approved study results

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

NTC Commitment Window: NTC/NTC-C issued, still within the 90-day written commitment to

construct window and no commitment received

NTC-C Project Estimate Window: Within the NTC-C Project Estimate (CPE) window

Figure 8: Portfolio Project Status (Millions)



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. Tables below provide

summary information and 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

31031

Multi - Kummer Ridge - Roundup 345 kV

New Line and Patent Gate and Roundup

345/115 kV Substations

BEPC 2016

ITPNT

Regional

Reliability 9/1/2016

41223 Line - New East Ruthville - SW Minot 115 kV

New Line CPEC

2017

ITPNT

Regional


1036 Line - Soncy convert load to 115 kV SPS 2010

STEP

Regional


1144 XFR - Hitchland 230/115 kV Ckt 2 SPS Ag

Studies

Regional


30875 Line - PCA Interchange - Quahada 115 kV

Ckt 1 Rebuild SPS

2015

ITPNT

Regional


41209

Line - Line -– Republic East – Republic Hines

Street – Republic North – Nichols 69 kV

Reconductor

EDE 2017

ITPNT

Regional


30410 Line - Bowers - Canadian 69 kV Rebuild SPS DPA

Studies

Regional


Table 3: 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 %

31031 $69,884,000 2016 $69,884,000 $41,871,332 ($28,012,668) -40%

41223 $21,781,000 2017 $22,883,663 $14,365,735 ($8,517,928) -37%

1036 $929,500 2014 $1,025,994 $6,411,523 $5,385,529 524%

1144 $4,087,144 2014 $4,401,407 $7,012,238 $2,610,831 59%

30875 $7,264,308 2015 $7,632,064 $11,174,333 $3,542,270 46%

41209 $6,300,000 2017 $6,457,500 $10,343,040 $3,885,540 60%

30410 $34,999,584 2013 $36,771,438 $28,931,563 ($7,839,875) -21%

Table 4: Out-of-Bandwidth Cost Detail



RESPONSIVENESS REPORT

The table and figures below 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 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

AEP 57 56 98% 6 10.53% 2 4%

BEPC 23 8 35% 0 0.00% 7 30%

CBPC 1 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

CPEC 3 3 100% 3 100.00% 2 67%

CUS 2 2 100% 0 0.00% 0 0%

EDE 3 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

EREC 3 3 100% 1 33.33% 1 33%

GHP 1 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

GMO 2 1 50% 0 0.00% 0 0%

GRDA 3 1 33% 0 0.00% 1 33%

KCPL 9 8 89% 2 22.22% 2 22%

KPP 1 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

MIDW 5 5 100% 0 0.00% 0 0%

NIPCO 2 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

NPPD 38 0 0% 0 0.00% 2 5%

NWE 2 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

OGE 29 8 28% 6 20.69% 2 7%

OPPD 13 13 100% 0 0.00% 0 0%

SEPC 8 7 88% 2 25.00% 1 13%

SPS 173 173 100% 57 32.95% 70 40%

TBD 10 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

TSMO 2 2 100% 0 0.00% 0 0%

WAPA 10 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

WFEC 35 0 0% 0 0.00% 0 0%

WR 28 25 89% 1 3.57% 5 18%

Total 464 315 67.89% 78 16.81% 95 20.47%

Table 5: Responsiveness Summary



Figure 9: In-Service Date Changes

Figure 10: Cost Changes

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Cost Changes No Cost Change



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 were not included in SPP’s project tracking effort as part of

the Quarterly Tracking Report prior to Q1 2019. A list of active ITP20 projects will be maintained in the

STEP Report and Quarterly Project Tracking Report lists going forward. 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

Table 6: ITP20 Upgrades



MORGAN TRANSFORMER PROJECT

Pursuant to a Joint Operating Agreement and resulting Joint Coordinated System Planning Process

between AECI and SPP, SPP and AECI have agreed to share cost associated with the Morgan Transformer

Project.

Project ID Upgrade

ID Owner Upgrade Name

Projected In-

Service Date

Latest Cost

Estimate

31132 51740 AECI Morgan 345/161kV Transformer 10/31/2020 $6,700,000

31132 51832 AECI Morgan Line Uprate 10/31/2020 $7,050,000

Table 7: Morgan Upgrades



APPENDIX 1

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