Business Practices

The business practices listed below provide policy and procedures for doing business with BC Hydro and include specific detail and/or clarification on the implementation of the Open Access Transmission Tariff. Please subscribe for the updates and refer to the posted bulletins.

Format	Title and Description	Last Updated
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(PDF,  179KB)	Section 1 Customer Registration Procedures Overview Procedure for All Customers Additional Procedure for Short-Term Service	2010 July 2
(PDF, 94KB)	Section 2 TTC/ATC Definitions Total Transfer Capability (TTC) Methodoloy Available Transmission Capacity (ATC) Calculation ATC for Sale in Real-time (Unused Transmission) Counterflow ATC Real-time Grant Remaining Capacity	2010 July 2
(PDF, 88KB)	Section 3 Pricing for Short Term PTP Transmission	2010 July 2
(PDF, 30KB)	Section 4 Posting Service Offers to OASIS Price Posting Times ATC Posting Times	2010 July 2
(PDF, 110KB)	Section 5 Transmission Reservation Procedures Submitting a Transmission Request on OASIS Service Definitions Scheduling Timelines	2010 July 2
(PDF, 94KB)	Section 6 OASIS Processing Procedures OASIS Status Definitions General Policies Request Confirmation: Rules and Timelines Displacements	2010 July 2
(PDF, 41KB)	Section 7 Changing a Transmission Reservation Changing Firm to Secondary and Back Changing Firm to Firm (New POR/POD)	2010 July 2
(PDF, 32KB)	Section 8 Reassignment of Transmission Rights	2010 July 2
(PDF, 138KB)	Section 9 Mixed Class Wheelthrough	2010 July 2
(PDF, 109KB)	Section 10 Scheduling Energy on Transmission Reservations eTag Terms Designating Transmission eTag Scheduling Timelines Scheduling Interruptible Energy Scheduling Energy Wheelthroughs Correcting eTags Modifying eTags Terminating eTags Canceling eTags	2010 July 2
(PDF, 73KB)	Section 11 Ancillary Services Losses Losses for Wheelthroughs Spinning Reserve and Contingency Reserve Self Supply of Operating Reserve (SSOR) Ancillary Services and Transmission Losses Guide Dynamic Scheduling Spinning Reserve, Dynamic Scheduling Contingency Reserve, and Dynamic Scheduling Regulation Reserve	2010 July 2
(PDF, 144KB)	Section 12 Curtailment, Interruption and Reinstatement Curtailments Economic Interruption Reinstatement of a Transmission Service	2010 July 2
(PDF, 48KB)	Section 13 Backup Procedures for Scheduling System Outages Notification of Outages OASIS Outage eTag System Outage British Columbia Transmission Corporation Scheduling Application Outages	2010 July 2
(PDF, 211KB)	Section 14 Settlements and Billing Daily Settlements Reports Monthly Invoice and Billing Terms Wire Payment Instructions GST and Wholesale Transmission Services Customer Inquiries and Disputes	2010 August 20
(PDF,58KB)	Section 15 Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point ("LTFPTP") Service Requests	2010 July 2
(PDF, 73KB)	Section 16 Rollover Rights for Long-Term Firm Service	2010 July 2
(PDF, 56KB)	Section 17 Network Economy Service Economic Test Utilization Test Posting Results Transmission Processing and Curtailments Reporting	2010 July 2
(PDF, 38KB)	Section 18 Open Season Purpose Process Aggregation and Study of Transmission Requests Expansion of System Capacity Allocation of System Capacity Allocation of Costs	2010 July 2
(PDF, 103KB) (PDF, 70KB)   (PDF, 28KB) (PDF, 130KB) (PDF, 68KB)	Section 19 Performance Metrics and Penalties - Study for Transmission Service Requests   Section 20 Designation of New Network Resources Attestation Form for Designation of Network Resource   Key Contacts Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions	2010 July 2 2010 July 2     2010 July 5 2010 July 2

Supplemental Documents

• BC Hydro Transmission Service Fax Request Form updated 2010 July 5 (PDF, 138.5KB)
• BC Hydro eTag Fax Request Form updated 2004 February 20 (PDF, 32KB)      
• Dynamic Scheduling Transmission Fax Request Form updated 2010 July 5 (PDF, 147KB)