SPP Transmission Workshop III

Presentations
August 22, 2007
Holiday Inn Select, North Dallas
2645 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75234-7301

The following presentations were given at the workshop:

Session II - Demand Perspective

• Business Sustainability: 21^st Century Leadership
  Greg Pool, Wal-Mart
• US Army Renewable Energy Program
  Stanley Rasmussen, Army Central Regional Environmental Office

Session III - Opening Remarks: Building Transmission for Wind Energy

• Map of Kansas Transmission Lines
  Presented by Carl Holmes, Kansas Electric Transmission Authority

Session IV - Wind Integration Lessons Learned

• SPP Operations & Markets
  Carl Monroe, Southwest Power Pool
• Wind Integration Lessons Learned
  J. Charles Smith, UWIG

Session V - Developments Influencing Transmission in the Southwest Power Pool

• A Need to Wagon Train
  Bob Bryant, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• X Plan Status
  Jay Caspary, Southern Power Pool
• SPP EHV Project
  Donald J. Morrow, InfraSource Technology
• Coordination with ERCOT on Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ)
  Earl Watkins, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
• Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ): History, Recent Decisions, and Upcoming Studies
  Dan Woodfin, Electric Reliability Council Of Texas

Lunch Session - Transmission Lines & Wildlife

• Breaking Up Isn't Hard to Do - Transmission Lines & Wildlife
  Jay Pruett, The Nature Conservancy

Session VI - Transmission Financing

• Transmission Financing
  Carl Huslig, ITC Great Plains
• Economic Transmission Projects and the Difficult Issue of Cost Allocation
  Philip D. Moeller, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Market Status & Future Markets
  Carl Monroe, Southwest Power Pool
• Summary of Cost Allocation Proposals for Economic Upgrades
  Mike Proctor, SPP Cost Allocation Working Group

Session VII - Issues, Priorities and Focus on Wind Power in the SPP

• The Developer's Perspective on Transmission Expansion in SPP
  Reed Armstrong, PPM Energy
• Issues, Priorities, and Focus
  Les Dillahunty, Southwest Power Pool
• Issues, Priorities, and Focus on Wind Power in Kansas
  Larry Holloway, Kansas Corporation Commission
• Most Important SPP Issues for Wind: A State Legislator's Perspective
  Representative Tom Sloan, Kansas House of Representatives