Bulletin Index 2004

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Title	Bulletin Date
Amended Business Practices	April 30, 3:03 p.m.
Interim WTS Rates	April 27, 8:37 a.m.
Common Issues Discussed in Customer Meetings	April 23, 8:38 a.m.
OASIS Transfer Failure Now Over	April 16, 8:52 a.m.
OASIS Transfer Failure	April 16, 12:34 a.m.
Server Outage	April 8, 4:09 p.m.
eTag Failure is now over	April 7, 10:43 a.m.
eTag Failure	April 7, 9:45 a.m.
eTag processing now back on-line	April 6, 1:33 p.m.
TSS Planned Outage now over	April 6, 1:23 p.m.
TSS Planned Outage	April 6, 11:19 a.m.
Internal Path Project and Amended Business Practices	April 2, 2:06 p.m.
Next Scheduling Hour Curtailment Procedure	March 26, 1:11 p.m.
Extended Windows for Easter and WECC Schedulers Meeting	March 23, 3:50 p.m.
OASIS Outage	March 23, 11:53 a.m.
OASIS OUTAGE OVER	March 23, 12:34 a.m.
OASIS Customer Comments Field	March 19, 9:31 p.m.
OASIS Failure	March 18, 10:27 p.m.
OATI failure RESTORED	March 17, 1:07 p.m.
OATI failure	March 17, 12:50 p.m.
OATI failure RESTORED	March 17, 12:41 p.m.
OATI failure	March 17, 12:34 p.m.
BCTC Oasis back on line	March 15, 12:31 a.m.
BCTC OASIS outage	March 15, 12:24 a.m.
Extended Windows - Business Practice Amendment	March 11, 4:50 p.m.
Planned Outage - Over	March 11, 2:02 p.m.
Planned Outage - Transmission Scheduling System	March 11, 11:32 a.m.
Clarification of Customer Meetings	March 8, 12:01 p.m.
Amended Business Practices	March 5, 3:29 p.m.
Customer Meetings - CONFIRMED	March 4, 1:41 p.m.
Amended Business Practices	February 20, 6:22 p.m.
OASIS IS OPERATIONAL	February 19, 10:08 a.m.
OASIS OUTAGE	February 19, 9:46 a.m.
Customer Meetings	February 18, 9:09 a.m.
Bulletin Clarifying 221 MW Import System Impact Study	February 2, 4:02 p.m.
Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission - COUNTEROFFER Business Practice	January 26, 12:46 p.m.
OASIS Restored	January 23, 12:48 a.m.
OASIS Failure	January 23, 12:15 a.m.
Post Schedule Detail Problem - RESOLVED	January 22, 10:50 a.m.
OASIS RESTORED	January 22, 12:45 a.m.
Oasis Failure	January 22, 12:08 a.m.
OASIS RESTORED	January 21, 12:35 a.m.
OASIS FAILURE	January 21, 12:20 a.m.
BCTC OASIS Service Restored	January 1, 7:17 p.m.
OASIS Failure	January 1, 6:33 p.m.
BCTC backup procedures	October 24, 5:50 a.m.

Amended Business Practices

Posted on April 30 , 3:03 p.m.

As a result of interim WTS rates Section 4, Transmission Reservation Procedures, and Section 5, OASIS Processing Procedures, of our Business Practices are amended to reflect the reduction in maximum price from $6.4 to $6.3 for Short-Term Firm and Non-Firm transmission service. In addition, Section 13, Settlements and Billing, is amended to reflect new payment routing instructions for U.S.customers.

Interim WTS Rates

Posted on April 27 , 8:37 a.m.

Pursuant to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Order No. G-8-04, BCTC will apply the changes to the following Wholesale Transmission Service rates on an interim basis effective 1 April 2004.

Rate Schedule 3000

The Monthly Network Transmission Revenue Requirement rate is reduced to $38,963,333.

Rate Schedule 3001

The Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point rate is reduced to $4.62 per kW of Reserved Capacity per month on paths with PORs in the Southern Interior of BC or Alberta and PODs in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, or BPA. For all other paths the Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point rate is reduced to $4.20 per kW of Reserved Capacity per month.

The Short-Term Firm maximum price is reduced to $0.0063 per kW of Reserved Capacity per hour.

Rate Schedule 3002

The Short-Term Non-Firm maximum price is reduced to $0.0063 per kW of Reserved Capacity per hour.

Rate Schedule 3003

The Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service rate is increased to $0.333 per MW of Reserved Capacity per hour.

Rate Schedule 3006:

The Energy Imbalance Service rate is increased to $0.02787.

As a result of these interim rate changes customers’ Daily Settlement Reports may be lengthy in size from 28 April to (possibly) 30 April and be affected as follows. Under the Adjustments section of the Daily Settlement Report, customers will see three rows of numbers for each transmission transaction, which depicts the Billed, Revised, and Adjusted amounts. These amounts reflect the rate prior to 1 April 2004, the interim rate effective 1 April 2004, and the difference of those two amounts for Rate Schedules 3001 and 3002 charges, respectively. In addition, customers will see three rows of numbers for Rate Schedule 3003 transactions. However, the Billed and Revised amounts will be the same, both reflecting the interim rate, and the Adjustment will be zero. This is because our billing system applies the new rate to the entire month of transactions.

Please contact Mark Prosperi-Porta at 604-699-7550 for further information.

Common Issues Discussed in Customer Meetings

Posted on April 23 , 8:38 a.m.

There were a number of common issues discussed in customer meetings during March 23 - 25. The following are Market Operations’ responses to those issues:

Separation of East & West Tie

Splitting the BC/US scheduling path into separate east side and west side paths requires more than a cursory change to our scheduling system and processes. A significant change would be required to our TTC/ATC methodology and at considerable cost. The benefits are uncertain and disputed. The splitting of the paths would also need to be co-ordinated with BPA. In consideration of these factors, we cannot justify splitting the BC/US scheduling path at this time.

Real-time Transmission Purchasing Deadline (XX:35)

Customers were divided on this issue. Some wanted to shorten the transmission purchasing deadline to XX:30, some wanted to extend it to XX:40 (or later), while still others were indifferent.

Market Operations does not believe that the transmission purchasing deadline needs to be the same as Alberta’s energy purchasing deadline (XX:30). Rather, the transmission purchasing deadline needs to be, at a minimum, as long as Alberta’s energy purchasing deadline in order to accommodate the purchase of transmission for energy transactions.

Likewise, Market Operations believes that it is important to be consistent and apply this same rationale to NERC’s energy purchasing deadline policy of XX:40. Since there does not appear to be any substantive disadvantages as a result of this change, Market Operations will be extending the transmission purchasing deadline from XX:35 to XX:40 effective 13:00 on May 11, 2004. Thus, the transmission and energy purchasing deadlines will be the same. This will provide customers with an additional five minutes to purchase needed transmission for their energy transactions. This change will not affect any other rules. For example, customers still cannot purchase transmission after XX:25 if that transmission will interrupt another CONFIRMED transmission reservation.

Pre-confirmed No in Real-time

Customers were divided on this issue. Some wanted to retain this flexibility while others wanted it removed. Market Operations’ research of the allegations for why some customers wanted it eliminated did not substantiate the complaints. In addition, evidence suggested that customers are using it for the purpose it was intended - to secure and finalize their energy contracts before confirming/finalizing the transmission reservation/contract. These factors and Market Operations’ desire to maintain close adherence with FERC Order 638 lead to the decision to retain this functionality.

Dynamic (within-the-hour) Scheduling

Market Operations is actively working within the industry to address this issue.

Interactive Customer Issues Forum

Although customers unanimously supported this concept, they were divided in its execution. Some preferred the face-to-face approach while others favoured an approach that preserved their anonymity. Market Operations will be reviewing the various options and posting a bulletin when implementation of this forum is imminent.

Network Economy

Market Operations is familiar with the issues that Network Economy raises and we are investigating new possibilities of managing those issues.

Submit your issues/proposals on tariff redesign via the Discussion Forum on Tariff webpage. If you have questions on the tariff consultation process, contact Joanna Sofield at 604-699-7431.

Displacements

Customers unanimously supported retention of this functionality. Suggestions were put forth to have more than one opportunity to submit a correct match, shape a match, and reduce or remove the matching timeline. Implementing the first two suggestions requires more than a cursory change to our scheduling system and processes and adds significant complexity. In 2003, Market Operations reduced the Customer Confirmation Limit for Matching in order to accommodate industry energy scheduling deadlines. We believe that a further reduction in time is too restrictive to customers while removing the timeline completely contravenes FERC Order 638. Therefore, Market Operations will be retaining the functionality as is.

Extended Windows

Customers unanimously supported retaining this functionality, which Market Operations will be doing. However, to remove ambiguity of when customers can commence purchasing transmission for the weekend and for statutory holidays, when applicable, Market Operations will be posting a tool on a monthly basis to aid in this objective.

Market Operations will be directly replying to each customer’s specific questions via e-mail by April 30.

OASIS Transfer Failure Now Over

Posted on April 16 , 8:52 a.m.

OASIS outage posted on April 16, 2004 @00:34 is now over.

Please follow normal procedures and we apologise for any inconvenience. Thank you.

OASIS Transfer Failure

Posted on April 16 , 12:34 a.m.

OASIS requests are remaining Queued, not transfering to TSS, please use the backup procedure.

Server Outage

Posted on April 8 , 4:09 p.m.

Between 22:00 on 15 April and 3:00 on 16 April, there will be a 90 minute outage due to the relocation of a server. This outage will affect the Actual Flow Data webpage and potentially the Forced and Current Transmission Outages webpage. If you have any questions or require the data from the outage period, contact Mark Prosperi-Porta at 604-699-7385. We apologize for this inconvenience.

eTag Failure is now over

Posted on April 7 , 10:43 a.m.

BCTC is pleased to announce that eTag processing is fully functional and is now back on-line. Please follow normal procedures and we apologise for any inconvenience. Thank you.

eTag Failure

Posted on April 7 , 9:45 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with eTag processing. As a result, backup procedures are now in place for both Realtime and Pre-schedule. A subsequent bulleting will be posted when normal procedures can be resumed. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

eTag processing now back on-line

Posted on April 6 , 1:33 p.m.

BCTC is very pleased to announce that eTag processing is now back on-line. Please follow normal procedures and we apologise for any inconvenience;Thank you.

TSS Planned Outage now over

Posted on April 6 , 1:23 p.m.

BCTC would like to inform you that the TSS planned outage posted on April 6, 2004 from 12:50 - 13:10 is now over. Normal procedures can now be followed with the exception of Etag processing. Etag processing continues to be off-line, customers can still submit tags and adjustments and BCTC will manually process. Adjustments should also be phoned until further notice; We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank You

TSS Planned Outage

Posted on April 6 , 11:19 a.m.

BCTC would like to inform all of a scheduling system outage planned for Tuesday April 6th, 2004 from 12:50 - 13:10 Pacific. As a result, official backup procedures for this outage will be in effect for both Real-time and Pre-schedule during this period. A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

The purpose of this outage is to implement the required changes to our scheduling system for the Internal Path project as outlined in our April 2nd, 2004 bulletin.

Internal Path Project and Amended Business Practices

Posted on April 2 , 2:06 p.m.

BCTC is pleased to announce the implementation of our Internal Path Project on 6 April 2004 @ 13:00 PPT. BCTC’s Internal Path Project was developed in response to Action Item #15 of the BC Energy Policy as part of an overall solution to improve access to the transmission system and enable IPP participation in wholesale power markets.

The new internal path W/BCHA/BCHA - BCHA// will be posted on OASIS for ATC/TTC and reservation purposes at the price of $6.40 (not subject to discount). Both the Point of Receipt (POR) and the Point of Delivery (POD) will be BCHA.Internal. However, losses can be delivered to W/BCHA/BCHA - BCHA// with a POD of BCHA.Network at the discounted price.

Sections 1, 4, and 10 of our Business Practices have been amended to reflect the addition of this path. In addition, links are corrected and clarification is provided for unrelated matters.

Contact Brett Hallborg @604-293-5852 if you have any additional questions.

Next Scheduling Hour Curtailment Procedure

Posted on March 26 , 1:11 p.m.

Since 1 March 2004, BCTC has been curtailing on an hour-by-hour basis at the top of the hour. Effective 26 March 2004 at 16:00 PPT, BCTC will be augmenting this procedure. Therefore, a cursory phone call notifying the customer of "The potential for curtailments/interruptions at the bottom of the hour" will be made ASAP after verifying the limits for the next scheduling hour with adjacent Control Areas. This notification is for the potential only and should not be considered notification of the actual curtailment/interruption.

Curtailments/interruptions may or may not be required based on schedule adjustments or counter flow energy schedules received up until XX:40:00. Curtailments/interruptions will be performed and subsequent notifications made shortly after XX:40:00 if still required.

This procedure is being implemented in an attempt to keep the market more informed of Intertie limit changes while maintaining a consistent time when curtailments are performed. If you have any questions regarding this procedure please contact Brett Hallborg @ 604-293-5852.

Extended Windows for Easter and WECC Schedulers Meeting

Posted on March 23 , 3:50 p.m.

Market Operations is pleased to visually clarify the opening of the extended windows for purchasing transmission over the Easter long weekend (Good Friday, April 9) and the WECC Schedulers Meeting (April 13-14). For further clarification contact Brett Hallborg.

OASIS Outage

Posted on March 23 , 11:53 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective March 23 @ 11:52 PST; As a result, backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Pre-schedule until OASIS is restored; A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

OASIS OUTAGE OVER

Posted on March 23 , 12:34 a.m.

The OASIS Outage posted on March 23, 2004 @ 11:53 is now over. Please resume normal procedures. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

OASIS Customer Comments Field

Posted on March 19 , 9:31 p.m.

BCTC has identified the cause of the OASIS outage from March 18th @ 22:27. It appears there is an inherent technical problem in our OASIS processing automation where if an apostrophe (') is used in the Comments field all processing of OASIS requests is immediately halted. While a solution has been identified, it has yet to be implemented in our scheduling system. Until such time we are asking our customers to refrain from using any apostrophes in the Comments field.

We would also like to remind our customers that the Comments field in OASIS requests should be used for "professional" comments only.

We thank you for your patience and cooperation regarding these matters.

OASIS Failure

Posted on March 18 , 10:27 p.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective March 18 @ 22:26 PST; As a result, backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Pre-schedule until our system is restored; A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

OATI failure RESTORED

Posted on March 17 , 1:07 p.m.

Once again, BCTC is pleased to announce the OATI failure posted on March 17, 2004 at 12:50 is now over.Please return to normal procedures. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

OATI failure

Posted on March 17 , 12:50 p.m.

Once again, BCTC is experiencing problems with its E-Tag service, effective immediately.As a result, backup procedures for this outage will be in effect for Real-Time and Pre-schedule.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.We aplologise for any inconvenience.

OATI failure RESTORED

Posted on March 17 , 12:41 p.m.

BCTC if pleased to announce that the OATI failure posted on March 17, 2004 at 12:34 is now over. Please return to normal procedures.

OATI failure

Posted on March 17 , 12:34 p.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with is E-Tag service, effective immediately.As a result, procedures for this outage will be in effect for Real-Time and Pre-schedule.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

BCTC Oasis back on line

Posted on March 15 , 12:31 a.m.

BCTC eTag system is fully functional as of 00:30, Mar 15/04.

BCTC OASIS outage

Posted on March 15 , 12:24 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with its e-Tag service, effective 00:10, Mar 15/04, back up procedures are in effect.

Extended Windows - Business Practice Amendment

Posted on March 11 , 4:50 p.m.

The extended windows, for purchasing Daily Firm and Non-Firm transmission for Day+2, open at 00:00:00 on Thursday and Friday, respectively. It has come to our attention that customers are able to purchase Daily Firm and Non-Firm transmission prior to 00:00:00 on Thursday for Saturday and prior to 00:00:00 on Friday for Sunday and Monday. Since we do not have a mechanism in place to prevent customers from purchasing transmission prior to these times we are amending Section 4.3, Scheduling Timelines, of our Business Practices to align with our system functionality. Therefore, the bidding window for Day+2 (for purchasing Daily Firm and Non-Firm transmission) will open shortly after the Pre-schedulers have checked out with adjacent control areas at approximately 17:00:00 PPT and the subsequent posting has concluded. Note that this time may vary depending on how long it takes Pre-schedule to conclude its checkout with these other parties. Moving the opening of the extended windows, for Daily Firm and Non-Firm transmission, is an interim solution until we can implement a technical mechanism to enforce the opening at 00:00:00. We will advise you prior to reverting back to the original business practice and implementing the technical solution. Thank you for your patience.

Planned Outage - Over

Posted on March 11 , 2:02 p.m.

BCTC would like to inform all of the scheduling system that the planned outage for Thursday March 11th is now over.Normal procedures can now be folllowed.

Planned Outage - Transmission Scheduling System

Posted on March 11 , 11:32 a.m.

BCTC would like to inform all of a scheduling system outage planned for Thursday March 11th from 13:50 to 14:00 Pacific.As a result, official backup procedures for this outage will be in effect during this time period.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

Clarification of Customer Meetings

Posted on March 8 , 12:01 p.m.

Further to the bulletins posted 18 February 2004 @ 9:09 and 4 March 2004 @ 13:41, this is to clarify that the purpose of the one-on-one customer meetings is not for WTS tariff redesign consultation. Any issues specific to this matter should be provided to BCTC via the Discussion Forum on Tariff webpage. For further information, contact Joanna Sofield.

Amended Business Practices

Posted on March 5 , 3:29 p.m.

Market Operations has amended the following sections of its Business Practices as follows:

Sections 1 (Customer Registration Procedures), 3 (Posting Service Offers to OASIS), 10 (Ancillary Services), and 13 (Settlements and Billing) are amended for clarity purposes.

Section 2 (TTC/ATC) is amended to correct sub-section numbering.

Section 11 (Curtailment, Interruption and Reinstatement) is amended to revise the eTag processing time, and to remove the Reinstatement section while retaining a place-holder for it.

Customer Meetings - CONFIRMED

Posted on March 4 , 1:41 p.m.

Further to customer responses received from the bulletin posted on 18 February 2004 @ 9:09, Market Operations is pleased to confirm that we will have one-on-one meetings with customers. In Vancouver, on Tuesday, 23 March 2004, we will either meet with customers' at their place of business or at BCTC's office if a customer is from out-of-town. In Calgary, on Wednesday - Thursday, 24 - 25 March 2004, we will meet with customers' at their place of business. Meeting times will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis via e-mail response.

The Vancouver meeting times are as follows:
23 March
8:30 am - 10:30 am
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

The Calgary meeting times are as follows:
24 March
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

25 March
8:00 am - 10:00 am
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Please send an e-mail to Brenda Ambrosi with the following details:

Date;
Preferred location;
Business address;
First and second choices for meeting times;
Attendees;
Specific issues to be discussed e.g. WTS business practices, scheduling; and
Suggestions for augmenting our website e.g. interactive tools, content, etc.

We look forward to meeting with you.

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Amended Business Practices

Posted on February 20 , 6:22 p.m.

BCTC's Business Practices are amended as follows:

The Table of Contents is amended to include a section for NITS registration procedures and to revise a title.

Section 1, Customer Registration Procedures, is amended to include NITS registration procedures, clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, clarify the notification period in the event network upgrades are required for long-term transmission service, update the Customer Contact Form, and correct links within the document.

Section 2, TTC/ATC, is amended to adjust the range of TRM, clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, and correct links within the document.

Section 3, Posting Service Offers to OASIS, is amended to reflect new references, clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, and correct links within the document.

Section 4, Transmission Reservation Procedures, is amended to clarify pricing for weekly transmission requests, clarify the NPD, and update the path names (to be implemented on 5 March) identified in table 1 of Section 4.1.

Section 5, OASIS Processing Procedures, is amended to include Counteroffer practices for Long-Term transmission reservations, matching requirements in the displacement process, other minor revisions for clarity purposes, and correct links within the document.

Section 6, Changing a Transmission Reservation (Redirect), is amended to clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro.

Section 7, Reassignment of Transmission Rights, is updated to include British Columbia Transmission Corporation's logo on each page, and correct links within the document.

Section 8, Mixed Class Wheelthrough, is updated to include British Columbia Transmission Corporation's logo on each page, and correct links within the document.

Section 9, Scheduling Energy on Transmission Reservations, is amended to revise eTag processing times, clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, and correct links within the document.

Section 10, Ancillary Services, is amended to revise eTag processing times, remove instructions to use a dummy OASIS number in Section 10.1(c), clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, update the path names identified in the table in Section 10.4, and correct links within the document.

Section 11, Curtailment, Interruption and Reinstatement, is amended to clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, and correct links within the document.

Section 12, Backup Procedures for Scheduling System Outages, is amended to clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, and correct links within the document.

Section 13, Settlements and Billing, is amended to update telephone numbers, clarify the responsibilities between BCTC and BC Hydro, correct links within the document, and update e-mail addresses.

Section 14, Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions, is amended to include definitions associated with Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service, and correct links within the document.

Transmission Service Fax Request Form is amended to update path selections, add a Matching section, and insert British Columbia Transmission Corporation's logo on the form.

OASIS IS OPERATIONAL

Posted on February 19 , 10:08 a.m.

We are pleased to announce that OASIS is operational effective immediately.

OASIS OUTAGE

Posted on February 19 , 9:46 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective Feb 19 @ 09:46 pacific. As a result, backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Pre-schedule until our system is restored. A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can be followed.

Customer Meetings

Posted on February 18 , 9:09 a.m.

Market Operations would like to meet with market participants on a one-on-one basis, for one day, in Calgary during the week of March 15 - 19 or alternatively March 22 - 26 if industry obstacles present themselves. In addition, we will schedule meetings with other market participants in Vancouver during that same time period. The purpose of the meetings are to keep abreast of participants' changing demands and review Wholesale Transmission Services issues. Therefore, we are soliciting feedback from market participants regarding interest level, the timing of the potential meetings, issues that you would like to discuss, and suggestions to improve our website.

Please send an e-mail to Brenda Ambrosi with your feedback by February 26, 2004. We will post another bulletin shortly thereafter communicating the details.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

Bulletin Clarifying 221 MW Import System Impact Study

Posted on February 2 , 4:02 p.m.

Based on customer inquiry BCTC would like to clarify the results of the recently posted Impact Study "System Impact Study for BC Hydro Generation’s 221 MW, Five Year Transfer on the BPAT x BCHA Path".

In the study import ATC levels for 2004, 2005 and 2006 were listed for the following situations:

existing transmission system with current minimum online rotational energy commitment of 24290 MJ (also in Table 1)
5L52 thermally upgraded with an increased minimum online rotational energy commitment of 29550 MJ (also in Table 2)

BCTC has been requested to communicate the import ATC levels for 2004, 2005 and 2006 with an increased minimum online rotational energy commitment of 29550 MJ, but no thermal upgrade of 5L52.

The following table includes ATC levels from the Impact Study and the new information.

Rotational Energy (MJ)	2004 ATC (MW)	2005 ATC (MW)	2006 ATC (MW)	Comments
24290	94	114	93	No Change from Impact Study (Table 1)
29550	221	226	223	No Change from Impact Study (Table 2 - includes 5L52 upgrade)
29550	221	226	185	New data (does not include 5L52 upgrade)

If you have any questions contact Mark Prosperi-Porta at 604-699-7385 or mark.prosperi-porta@bctc.com

Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission - COUNTEROFFER Business Practice

Posted on January 26 , 12:46 p.m.

British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) is pleased to announce the implementation of counteroffer functionality for Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point transmission service requests.

In the course of processing long-term service requests, BCTC may determine that only partial service is available. Partial service (less than that requested) for Long-Term Point-to-Point transmission includes:

Partial amount available over a minimum duration of one year;
Partial term (minimum one year); or
Combination of the above.

BCTC tenders a Service Agreement to the customer for the available transmission capacity pursuant to the Tariff. The customer has the option to execute the Service Agreement for any amount of transmission capacity up to the amount available, but not exceeding the amount specified in the original transmission request.

Once a Service Agreement is executed, the contract is formalized on OASIS for transparency purposes. If BCTC needs to change the terms (Start Date, End Date, and/or capacity amount) from the original transmission request to reflect partial service that has been agreed to in the Service Agreement, BCTC will send a COUNTEROFFER, via OASIS, to the customer presenting these changes.

The customer can view the COUNTEROFFER profile on OASIS. There are three types of response buttons (CONFIRM, REBID, AND WITHDRAW). The customer must choose the CONFIRM button for the OASIS status of the request to change to CONFIRMED, reflecting the contractual agreement encompassed in the Service Agreement. If the customer chooses WITHDRAW or REBID, the OASIS status of the request will change to WITHDRAWN or INVALID, respectively.

If you have any questions contact Mark Prosperi-Porta at 604-699-7385 or mark.prosperi-porta@bctc.com.

OASIS Restored

Posted on January 23 , 12:48 a.m.

BCTC would like to announce that effective 00:48 Jan 23/04, the OASIS outage declared on Jan 23/04 at00:18, has been resolved and that access to OASIS has been restored to normal.

OASIS Failure

Posted on January 23 , 12:15 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective Jan. 23, 2004 @ 00:15 PST.The problem is at BPA OASIS site, BPA is investigating.As a result, Backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Preschedule until our system is restored.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can resume.

Post Schedule Detail Problem - RESOLVED

Posted on January 22 , 10:50 a.m.

Further to the bulletins posted 2 December 2003 @ 16:42 and 9 December 2003 @ 10:16, we are pleased to announce that the interim procedure established for Post Schedule Detail queries no longer applies. The technical deficiency associated with this functionality has been resolved by the OASIS Administrator. To access Post Schedule Detail information click on QUERY Schedule Detail under MISCELLANEOUS on the OASIS template. Then on the Schedules Query web page identify your desired criteria, via the drop down menus, to procure a list of results wherein you can access further details through the Schedule Ref or Assignment Ref numbers. We thank you for your patience regarding this matter.

OASIS RESTORED

Posted on January 22 , 12:45 a.m.

BCTC would like to inform that effective 00:35 Jan 21/04, the OASIS outage declared on Jan 22/04 at 00:45, has been resolved and that access to OASIS has been restored to normal.

Oasis Failure

Posted on January 22 , 12:08 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective Jan. 22, 2004 @ 00:08 PST.The problem is at BPA OASIS site, BPA is investigating. As a result, Backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Preschedule until our system is restored.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can resume.

OASIS RESTORED

Posted on January 21 , 12:35 a.m.

BCTC would like to inform that effective 00:35 Jan 21/04, the OASIS outage declared on Jan 21/04 at 00:20, has been resolved and that access to OASIS has been restored to normal.

OASIS FAILURE

Posted on January 21 , 12:20 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective Jan. 21, 2004 @ 00:20 PST.The problem is at BPA OASIS site, BPA is investigating. As a result, Backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Preschedule until our system is restored.A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can resume.

BCTC OASIS Service Restored

Posted on January 1 , 7:17 p.m.

BCTC would like to inform that the OASIS outage declared on Jan 01/04 at 18:38, has been resolved and that access to OASIS has been restored to normal.

OASIS Failure

Posted on January 1 , 6:33 p.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with OASIS, effective Jan. 1, 2004 @ 18:30 PST. As a result, Backup procedures will be in effect for Real-time and Preschedule until our system is restored. A subsequent bulletin will be posted when normal procedures can resume.

BCTC backup procedures

Posted on October 24 , 5:50 a.m.

BCTC is currently experiencing problems with its scheduling application, effective 5:50 Oct 24th, 2005. As a result back up procedures will be in effect for real time and pre schedule until our system is restored. A subsequent bulletin willl be posted when normal procedures can be followed.