Q196 Generation Interconnection

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1 Q196 Generation Interconnection Interconnection Facilities Study Results APS Contract No By Arizona Public Service Company Transmission Planning April 22, 2015 [Version 1]

2 Q196 FACILITIES STUDY - TECHNICAL REVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents 1. Introduction Q196 Interconnection Facilities Cost Estimates Summary of Construction Time Estimates at the POI Request For Transmission Service Power Factor Requirements Reactive Support Page i

3 ACC ACSS ANPP APS ATC CAISO CAWCD CCVT COD CSP CT EPE ER ERIS FaS FERC FeS GT IC IID IR LADWP LGIA NEC NERC NR NRIS NTUA OASIS OATT PG&E PNM POI PPA PSLF/PSDS/SCSC PST PV RAS RFP SCE SDG&E SIS SLG fault SPS SRP SSVEC SVC SVD SWTC TEP TPIF WAPA WECC List of Acronyms Arizona Corporation Commission Aluminum Conductor Steel Supported Arizona Nuclear Power Project Arizona Public Service Available Transfer Capability California Independent System Operator Corporation Central Arizona Water Conservation District Coupling Capacitor Voltage Transformer Commercial Operation Date Concentrated Solar Power Combustion Turbine or Current Transformer El Paso Electric Energy Resource Energy Resource Interconnection Service Facilities Study Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Feasibility Study Gas Turbine Interconnection Imperial Irrigation District Interconnection Request Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Large Generator Interconnection Agreement Navopache Electric Cooperative North American Electric Reliability Corporation Network Resource Network Resource Interconnection Service Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Open Access Same Time Information System Open Access Transmission Tariff Pacific Gas & Electric Public Service Company of New Mexico Point Of Interconnection Purchase Power Agreement Positive Sequence Load Flow/Positive Sequence Dynamic Simulation/Short-Circuit Saturation Curve Phase-Shifting Transformer Photovoltaic Remedial Action Scheme (also known as SPS) Request for Proposal Southern California Edison Company San Diego Gas & Electric Company System Impact Study Single Line-to-Ground fault Special Protection System (also known as RAS) Salt River Project Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. Static VAR Compensator Static VAR Device Southwest Transmission Cooperative Tucson Electric Power Transmission Provider s Interconnection Facilities Western Area Power Administration Western Electricity Coordinating Council Page ii

4 1. Introduction Arizona Public Service Company (APS) performed this Generator Interconnection Facilities Study (FaS) in response to a 161 MW hybrid wind/solar photo-voltaic interconnection request by the Interconnection (IC). The IC originally submitted a MW interconnection request that was reduced to 161 MW, with 101 MW of wind production and 60 MW for Solar. The is listed in APS s Active Generator Interconnection Queue as queue number 196 (Q196). The purpose of the study is to provide cost and construction schedule estimates for the facilities needed to interconnect the IC s proposed 161 MW hybrid wind/solar photo-voltaic generation facility into the jointly owned Navajo Southern Transmission System (NSTS) Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500kV line. The generation facility would be located on the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain line approximately 26 miles from the Moenkopi substation. APS retained Utility System Efficiencies (USE) to perform the technical analysis portion of this FaS. The Interconnection submitted an interconnection request to APS, which was accepted on May 5, 2011 and has already completed a System Impact Study. This Project is a FERC jurisdictional large interconnection request. The IC s orginally requested Commercial Operation Date for Q196 was November 1, The Interconnection submitted a revised requested Commercial Operation Date, as per the Facilities Study Agreement for Q196 for November 1, The IC s requested date to have the interconnection initially energized in order to take back feed power is October 1, The projected construction duration for Q196 is 30 months. Due to the original in-service and commercial operation dates not being able to be met, APS will utilize the first available dates as shown in the construction milestones found in table 2 below. Please note that the Commercial Operation Date must be within the seven (7) years of the APS acceptance of the Interconnection s Interconnection Request. All reasonable efforts will be used by APS to meet the Interconnection s proposed project dates. The IC has requested interconnection along the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500 kv line. The Point of Interconnection (POI) for this project will therefore be at the tap on the Moenkop Cedar Mountain 500 kv line. For this specific interconnection request only, the NSTS owners have decided to allow the usage of a tap to the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500 kv line. The owners expressly states that the usage of a tap for this interconnection does not set precedent for any future proposed interconnections. No new interconnection will be allowed to degrade the protection scheme for any NSTS facilities. The IC has chosen to interconnect with the Energy Resource Interconnection Service option. Delivery of the Q196 output beyond the POI would be on an as-available basis only. The delivery of the Q196 output would be subject to the firm or non-firm transmission capacity that may be available when a Transmission Service Request is made. Figure 1 shows a general depiction of the EHV system around Q196 s proposed POI. Page 3

5 Figure 1. Transmission System in the Q196 vicinity Moenkopi 500 kv 26 miles 30 miles Cedar Mountain 500 kv 500 kv R=0.002 X= kv R= X= R= X= kv R= X= Pmax=100.8 MW Qrange=+/ MVAR kv kv kv kv Pmax=15 MW Qrange=+/-4.93 MVAR Pmax=15 MW Qrange=+/-4.93 MVAR Pmax=15 MW Qrange=+/-4.93 MVAR Pmax=15 MW Qrange=+/-4.93 MVAR Disclaimer Nothing in this report constitutes an offer of transmission service or confers upon the Interconnection ( IC ) any right to receive transmission service. APS and other interconnected utilities may not have the Available Transmission Capacity to support the interconnection described in this report. It should also be noted that all results for the FaS are highly dependent upon the assumed topology and timing of new projects in the vicinity of the interconnection, which are subject to change. Page 4

6 2. Q196 Interconnection Facilities In order to connect the Q196 project, facilities will be required for substation, line work, communications, land, and siting. The facilities required include: Substation Installation of a new 500 kv switchyard for a single breaker tap on the 500 kv Cedar Mountain Moenkopi line. The switchyard will consist of: o (1) 3 pole 500 kv breaker o (2) 500 kv switches o (1) 500 kv single phase SSVT o (1) single pole 500 kv breaker o (1) single pole 500 kv switch o (1) single pole 500 kv CT o (1) control house and associated relays, batteries, and chargers o (1) pad mount station power transformer feed from customer transformer tertiary o (1) diesel generator o (1) site security monitoring equipment o Associated structures / bus supports / fence Station power will be provided by a 500 kv SSVT, with backup station power from customer transformer tertiary and standby generator. New relays will need to be installed at Moenkopi and Cedar Mountain to support new 3-point relaying. Line work materials, structures and construction activities needed to do the line drop from the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain line tap to the new 500 kv switchyard. Communications Substation communications for high voltage substations requires two physically diverse communication paths. There will be one microwave path and one fiber optic path with fiber on the 500 kv line from Q196 to the Cedar Mountain substation. The communications costs for the Q196 project has been deemed network upgrades as these costs are required for the revised line protection schemes to function. The communications costs are on the transmission system and therefore beyond the POI. Thus the communications perform a network function and are deemed network upgrades rather than transmission provider s interconnection facilities. Relays Work needed to replace the existing relays (L1, L2, L3) at Moenkopi and Cedar Mountain to support the 3 point relaying that will be required for the tapped interconnection. Land There would need to be land acquired for a substation site north of the 500 kv corridor near Valle, Arizona. Five (5) acres of land would be needed for the substation from the surrounding private and State-owned lands. Potential studies or permits that would need to be acquired includes title reports, appraisals, and environmental studies. Property purchase could range from 6 to 12 months. If condemnation is necessary the property purchase could be up to 2 years. Siting A certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) will be required to interconnect the switchyard with the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500 kv line. Completing the CEC will require cooperative efforts from both customer and APS and the CEC process is likely to take 8 to 12 months. The total cost for the facilities required to interconnect the Q196 project is $9,270,719. Page 5

7 Figure 2 is a one-line diagram of the proposed configuration and interconnection of Q196 s project. In Figure 2, the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500 kv line shown in black are the existing facilities. Figure 2 also depicts the s Interconnection Facilities which are shown in green. In Figure 2, the facilities shown in red are the Transmission Provider s Interconnection Facilities (TPIF). APS will operate and maintain all the facilities shown in red up to the first structure outside of the substation fence, at which point the IC would pick-up ownership and responsibility for the line. Ownership of the TPIF shall be held by the Navajo Project Participants in proportion to their ownership in the Moenkopi Cedar Mountain 500 kv transmission line. The IC is responsible for providing the full cost for the TPIF. Figure 2. New Q196 Switchyard one-line Page 6

8 There is one type of upgrade associated with this Project: Network Upgrades. Network Upgrades only apply to some upgrades to the system at or above 69kV. Network Upgrades do not include Distribution Upgrades. Network upgrades are defined by FERC as: Network Upgrades The additions, modifications, and upgrades to the Transmission Provider s Transmission System required at or beyond the point at which the Small Generating Facility Interconnects with the Transmission Provider s Transmission System to accommodate the interconnection with the Small Generating Facility to the Transmission Provider s Transmission System. Network Upgrades do not include Distribution Upgrades. APS estimates the following with regards to Network Upgrades: Installation of new relays at Cedar Mountain switchyard and Moenkopi substation to support the new 3 point relaying scheme. Communications Substation communications for high voltage substations requires two physically diverse communication paths. There will be one microwave path and one fiber optic path with fiber on the 500 kv line from Q196 to the Cedar Mountain substation. Network upgrades for the Q196 project include: To install new relays at Moenkopi and Cedar Mountain to support new 3 point relaying Labor $ 249,707 Equipment $ 92,842 Total Relay Network Upgrades $ 342,549 Communications for Q196 Project 3. Cost Estimates Equipment at Q196 site $ 688,045 Equipment at microwave sites $ 96,462 Fiber optic cable & other substation equipment $ 2,387,687 Labor & travel $ 899,566 Total Communications Network Upgrades $ 4,071,761 Total Q196 Network Upgrades $ 4,414,310 The desired in-service date to begin testing for the interconnection facilities is October 1, This date cannot be met so APS will build to the first available date given the construction duration depicted below in the Table 2 construction milestone. The estimated cost of the Q196 interconnection is allocated into two categories, Network Upgrades and Transmission Provider s Interconnection Facilities and is summarized in Table 1 below. Construction schedule estimates are from the date the Interconnection provides written authorization to proceed, provided all interconnection agreements and funding arrangements are in place. Page 7

9 Interconnection construction costs and timelines were estimated for Q196 based on the approximate location described above. These good faith non-binding cost estimates are applicable only to the APS system. This study reviewed all capacity, construction, flicker, protection and communications requirements to interconnect this FERC-jurisdicitional generation project. NERC (North American Reliability Corporation) requires that generation facilities provide a primary and secondary (back-up) communications path for data and control. This study does not specifically address any requirements for the Interconnection Generating Facilities. However, the Interconnection shall comply with all APS requirements for a generator operating in parallel with APS s electrical system. Assumptions: The following assumptions were utilized in compiling the cost estimates for Q196: I) Site Civil will include grounding, foundations and conduit only Land and civil engineering will be performed by the IC II) Design Full scope of work attained Engineering and design activities will be performed by contractor Once drawing package is IFC, no drawings will need to be updated (i.e. modifications from other construction/maintenance activities which occur following issue of package) III) Construction A mobile transformer will not be needed All substation construction and P&C activities will be performed by APS crew Per diem was added Will need to rent equipment, such as manlift; therefore, add equipment rental costs Account for some personnel going to Substation during construction or possible design. APS construction crew will be comprised of a 4-person crew, working 10 hour days, 4 days per week; no overtime APS P&C crew for wiring will be comprised of a 2-person crew, working 10 hour days, 4 days per week; no overtime IV) P&C P&C will stay after the construction crews are done to finish all wiring and will put station in service V) Exclusions Any construction outside of substation wall/fence is not included in this estimate. (i.e. overhead, underground, communications, etc ) Page 8

10 Table 1. Cost Estimates for Q196 - POI Equipment Description Network Upgrades Transmission Provider's Interconnection Facilities Q196 Substation Work $0 $3,556,433 Q196 Line Work $0 $ 925,476 Relay Cedar Mountain, $ 342,549 $ 0 Moenkopi Communications $4,071,761 $ 0 Siting $0 $ 352,000 Land $0 $ 22,500 Subtotal $4,414,310 $4,856,409 Grand Total $9,270,719 All Network Upgrade costs are subject to repayment in accord with FERC rules. It will be the responsibility of the interconnection customer to work with each of the NSTS owners individually to determine the specifics of how, if, when and under what circumstances the allocated share of Network Upgrades will be repaid. Costs for these Network Upgrades are estimated to be $4.41M. The estimate for the Transmission Provider s Interconnection Facilities is $4.86M, none of which is subject to refund. The total estimated cost for the interconnection is $9.27M. Figure 2 identifies additions that are needed for the interconnection request. The owners of the NSTS are the United States of America ( US ), Arizona Public Service Company ( APS ), Department of Water and Power for the City of Los Angeles( LADWP ), Nevada Power Company ( NVE ), Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District ( SRP ), and Tucson Electric Power Company ( TEP ). The ownership percentages for the Navajo Southern Transmission System Moekopi Cedar Mountain 500kV line are: APS: 24.7% SRP: 38.3% *SRP for U.S: 23.7% TEP: 13.3% * SRP holds title for the use and benefit of the United States. Network Upgrades are typically repaid by APS via transmission service credits over a twenty year period. Any amount remaining at the end of the twenty years are repaid to the Interconnection, including such interest as defined by FERC. PLEASE NOTE: The cost estimates exclude Interconnection costs associated with obtaining permits, easements or income tax or other tax effect and and the cost associated with any Interconnection -owned equipment required for the interconnection of the generators, including protective relaying and a visible open utility disconnect switch. In addition to the construction costs described above, there will be annual operation and maintenance expenses. The estimated cost of annual operation and maintenance expenses is as follows: Common Equipment/ Line Inspections - $3,000 annually - Two inspections per year Page 9

11 - Relay maintenance (estimated at every 4-6 years) - Weed abatement spraying (estimated at 2 times per year) Breaker Maintenance - $6,000 each time for: - Overhaul (estimated once every 6 years) Additional actual costs will be charged for: - Emergency maintenance and repair work such as breaker failure-to-close 3.1. Summary of Construction Time Estimates at the POI The IC s requested date to energize the interconnection facilities to receive back feed power is December 1, Table 2 is a preliminary design and construction timeline. Table 2 estimates that it will take approximately 30 months in order to site, certificate, design, permit, procure, and construct the required facilities to interconnect the Q196 project; putting the earliest possible date for the IC s project to be energized at 30 months from the date all the appropriate agreements are signed and funded. Due to the original in-service and commercial operation dates not being able to be met, APS will utilize the first available dates as shown in the construction milestones found below. High level interconnection construction cost estimates for the facility interconnection are tabulated above. Construction schedule estimates are from the date the Interconnection provides written authorization to proceed, provided all interconnection agreements and funding arrangements are in place. Table 2. Q196 Construction Time Estimates at POI LGIA Milestones This Milestone table represents APS s best effort at targeting a high level construction and In-Service schedule per Interconnection s requested In-Service Date. Please note that the Commercial Operation Date must be within the seven (7) years of the APS acceptance of the Interconnection s Interconnection Request. This Schedule and its projected In-Service Date are subject to change due to potential issues with weather, permitting and other required criteria and activities which may cause unforeseen timing delays. Upon commencement of Project, a construction schedule will be negotiated and adjusted accordingly. This Milestone Table represents APS s Standard Option as defined in of this LGIA. MILESTONE RESPONSIBLE DATE PARTY LGIA Signed & Filed at FERC: Generator interconnect agreement signed and Both Parties 04/01/2015 filed at FERC subject to Federal Regulatory requirements. LGIA Funded: s Submittal of Provision of Security (Article and Interconnection 04/15/2015 Article 5.6.4). Kick-off Meeting Both Parties 04/20/2015 Notice to Proceed: to provide APS with written authorization to Interconnection 04/27/2015 proceed with design and procurement of materials (Article 5.5.2). APS Engineering: APS begin engineering activities. APS 05/04/2015 ROW Acquisition: APS to secure Right Of Way for Overhead Line Route APS 08/03/2015 Page 10

12 Materials: APS begin procurement of materials. APS 07/06/2015 Site Information: Substation site Topo, Geotech, and Soil Resistivity sent to APS. Civil Information: Civil grading/drainage and site access plan submittal to APS APS acceptance of Civil Submittal: APS acceptance of civil grading/drainage site plan submittal after final civil site plan submittal (APS requires unrestricted and adequate site access) Environmental Compliance: Interconnection complete all required Environmental and Archaeological Surveys and provide copy to APS. Civil Construction: Interconnection begin site below grade construction of APS and IC interconnection substation ( site prep ) Site Acceptance of Civil Construction: Interconnection submit certified site as-built drawings of below grade construction and certified documents showing that site was built to APS Specifications Land Transfer: Interconnect ensures land transfer and easements are complete (if applicable) Notice to Proceed with Construction: to provide APS with written authorization to proceed with construction of facilities (Article 5.6.3). APS Overhead Line Construction: APS to begin construction of Overhead Line APS Substation Construction: APS begin interconnection substation construction APS Communications Construction: Complete communications and other activities required for APS Substation Operating Agreement: APS and Interconnection execute the APS standard Operating Agreement at least 90 days prior to synchronization Outage Window: APS outage for substation cut-in (Subject to change based on System Conditions) Interconnection 06/08/2015 Interconnection 06/08/2015 APS 07/06/2015 Interconnection Interconnection Interconnection 05/04/ /02/ /01/2016 Interconnection 01/04/2016 Interconnection 04/04/2016 APS 08/01/2016 APS 08/01/2016 APS 07/07/2017 Both Parties 08/04/2017 APS 10/01/2017 to 11/01/2017 Installation and Proving Relays: Complete line/relay work for substation cut-in APS 10/06/2017 Metering: Metering installed, tested and released for use Both Parties 10/06/2017 Inspection Test Report Submitted and Acknowledged: to provide APS with written test report when testing and inspection is complete. APS to acknowledge that written test report has been received (Article 2.1) In-Service/Back Feed: APS substation cut-in complete and released to APS Operations for IC to obtain back feed power Initial synchronization: The date upon which the Generating Facility is initially synchronized and upon which Trial Operation begins. Commercial Operation: Interconnection Commercial Operation Date (C.O.D.) Both Parties 10/13/2017 APS 10/27/2017 Both Parties 11/03/2017 Interconnection 11/17/2017 Page 11

13 4. Request For Transmission Service Transmission service was not studied in the Facilities Study. Such a request is required to be made through the APS OASIS site to the APS Transmission Services Trading Group or the other NSTS participants OASIS site and is outside the scope of the generator Interconnection Request study process. 5. Power Factor Requirements The APS Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) policy regarding power factor requires all Interconnection s, with the exception of wind generators, to maintain an acceptable power factor (typically near unity) at the Point of Interconnection (POI), subject to system conditions. The APS OATT also requires Interconnection s to be able to achieve +/ power factor at the POI, with the maximum "full-output" VAR capability available at all outputs. Furthermore, APS requires Interconnection s to have dynamic voltage control (operational time of less than 5 seconds) and maintain the voltage as specified by the transmission operator within the limitation of +/ power factor, as long as the Project is online and generating. If the Project s equipment is not capable of this type of response, a dynamic reactive device will be required. APS has the right to disconnect the Project from the power grid if system conditions dictate the need to do so in order to maintain system reliability. The method for determining whether or not the generator meets these requirements is to first record the pre-project POI bus voltage. Next, model the generator with zero reactive capabilities at full output. Any shunt devices are turned off. Two synchronous condensers are added to the case with infinite reactive capability. One is at the terminal bus of the unit regulating the bus voltage to 1.0 pu. The other is one bus away from the POI regulating the POI to the pre-project voltage level. The amount of plant losses can be determined by recording the MVAR flow at the POI and adding that to the sum of the synchronous condenser output. Based on the maximum output of the plant, determine the minimum reactive capabilities required to meet the +/-0.95 power factor range. The sum of the two numbers determines the maximum amount of reactive support the project must provide. 5.1 Reactive Support The project is required to meet the minimum power factor capability under all operating conditions. Three scenarios were analyzed that model the possible operating conditions. The project must be able to achieve +/-0.95 power factor at the point of interconnection when only the wind portion is online, only solar portion is online, and the wind and solar portion are both at full output. All Wind No Solar Power Factor Capability (100.8 MW) The project satisfies the minimum power factor requirement when only the wind portion of the project is operating. The wind turbines online at 101 MW require a minimum of +/-33.2 MVAR capability at the POI to meet the +/-0.95 power factor requirement. The calculated plant losses are 14.4 MVAR. The aggregated wind turbine dynamic capability is +/ MVAR. This results in MVAR of capability at the POI. No additional reactive support is required to offset the internal plant losses and meet the APS power factor requirement. All Solar No Wind Power Factor Capability (60 MW) The project does not satisfy the minimum power factor requirement when only the solar portion of the project is operating. The solar inverters online at 60 MW require a minimum of +/ MVAR capability at the POI to meet the +/-0.95 power factor requirement. The calculated plant losses are 7.1 MVAR. The aggregated solar inverter dynamic capability is +/ MVAR. This results in MVAR s of capability at the POI. An additional +/-7.1 MVAR of reactive support is required to offset the internal plant losses and meet the APS power factor requirement. The deficiency can be made up by switched capacitor banks. Page 12

14 Full Solar Full Wind (60 MW MW) The project does not satisfy the minimum power factor requirement when the solar portion of the project is operating at full output (60 MW) and the wind portion operating at full output (100.8 MW). The combined output of MW requires a minimum of +/ MVAR capability at the POI to meet the +/-0.95 power factor requirement. The calculated plant losses are 29.9 MVAR. The aggregated wind turbine and solar inverter dynamic capability is +/ MVAR. This results in MVAR s of capability at the POI. An additional +/-14.2 MVAR of reactive support is required to offset the internal plant losses and meet the APS power factor requirement. The deficiency can be made up by switched capacitor banks. The worst case scenario for this project is when the solar and wind are at full output. Therefore, as shown above, the project needs to add a minimum of 14.2 MVAR of reactive support to meet the APS minimum power factor requirement for all operating conditions. Smaller step sizes will make the caps more useful under a wide range of operating conditions. Page 13