Transmission Owners Forum
PG&E is making the following information available under 18 C.F.R. Sec. 358.5(a), "Information Access":
The following document and map are provided in response to the August 15, 2006 Assigned Commissioner Ruling in the Commissions long-term procurement and resource adequacy proceedings (R06-02-013 and R05-12-013).
New Peaking Generation to Support PG&E's Transmission System (PDF, 48 KB)
Associated Map (PDF, 86 KB)
The following response was provided to PG&E's Merchant group from PG&E's Electric Transmission Department on February 3, 2006 as part of the Long-Term Requests for Offers (RFO).
The Potrero-Hunters Point-115kV project forecast online date is 3/11/2006.
The following memo dated January 25, 2006 was sent to PG&E's Merchant group from PG&E's Electric Transmission Department.
Electric Transmission In Support of PG&E's Procurement Activities (PDF, 92 KB)
The following material titled "Tranmission Proxy Cost Q&A (7/13/05)" is provided in support of the 2005 Transmission Proxy Costs Report listed below.
Tranmission Proxy Cost Q&A (7/13/05) (PDF, 45 KB)
This document provides questions and answers relating to the 2005 Transmission Proxy Costs Report.
The following material titled "2005 Transmission Proxy Costs (June 6, 2005)" is provided in support of the Transmission Proxy Costs Report listed below. This supersedes the "2005 Transmission Proxy Costs" listed below.
2005 Transmission Proxy Costs Errata (June 24, 2005) (PDF, 94 KB)
2005 Transmission Proxy Costs (June 6, 2005) (PDF, 131 KB)
This Report updates the transmission proxy costs that were determined in 2004. It gives a rough idea of the transmission capacity that may be available at various locations in the PG&E system and the proxy costs to increase the transmission capacity to different levels.
The following material titled "2005 Transmission Proxy Costs" is provided in support of the Transmission Proxy Costs Report listed below.
2005 Transmission Proxy Costs (PDF, 105 KB)
This Report updates the transmission proxy costs that were determined in 2004. It gives a rough idea of the transmission capacity that may be available at various locations in the PG&E system and the proxy costs to increase the transmission capacity to different levels.
The following material titled "Humboldt Q&A" is provided in support of the Humboldt Area Generation Resource Report listed below.
Humboldt Q&A (6/9/05) (PDF, 60 KB)
Humboldt Q&A (3/17/05) (PDF, 17 KB)
This document provides questions and answers relating to the Humboldt Area Generation Resource Report.
The following material titled "Tranmission Proxy Costs Q&A" is provided in support of the Transmission Proxy Costs Report listed below.
Transmission Proxy Cost Q&A (3/10/05) (PDF, 12 KB)
This document provides questions and answers relating to the Transmission Proxy Costs Report.
The following material titled "Humboldt Area Generation Resource Report" is provided in support of Participants in PG&E's Long Term Power Purchase and Facility Ownership Requests for Offers ("RFOs").
Humboldt Area Generation Resource Report (12/6/04) (PDF, 180 KB)
The Report lists some of the preferred characteristics of the new generation in the Humboldt Area from the transmission system perspective. The Report also gives a rough idea of the transmission capacity for generator interconnections that may be available at various locations in the Humboldt Area and the proxy costs to increase the transmission capacity.
The actual transmission network upgrade costs for a specific project, determined by the System Impact Study/Facility Study (SIS/FS), may differ from the transmission proxy cost and PG&E is not responsible or liable for any deviation between estimated and actual costs.
The following material titled "Transmission Proxy Costs Report" is provided in support of Participants in PG&E's Long Term Power Purchase and Facility Ownership Requests for Offers ("RFOs").
LTRFO August 29, 2008 Question (PDF, 49 KB)
Transmission Proxy Cost Report (9/3/2008) (PDF, 70 KB)
Transmission Proxy Costs Report (10/07/04) (PDF, 192 KB)
This Report provides a description of the transmission proxy costs. It gives a rough idea of the transmission capacity that may be available at various locations in the PG&E system and the proxy costs to increase the transmission capacity to different levels.
The transmission proxy costs will be used solely for the purpose of ranking and evaluating Offers for generation projects for which no cost estimates from their respective System Impact Study/Facility Study (SIS/FS) are available. The actual transmission network upgrade costs for a specific project, determined by the SIS/FS, may differ from the transmission proxy costs and PG&E is not responsible or liable for any deviation between estimated and actual costs.
The RFOs may be found at:
www.pge.com/longtermpprfo for the Long Term Power Purchase RFO
and
www.pge.com/ownershiprfo for the Facility Ownership RFO.
