WIND GENERATION & Total Load in The BPA Balancing Authority

  1. BPA Balancing Authority Load & Total Wind, Hydro, and Thermal Generation, Chart & Data, Rolling 7 days
    This analysis is updated approximately every 5 minutes with a 7-day lookback.
  2. BPA Balancing Authority Total Wind Generation & Wind Basepoint, Chart & Data, Rolling 7 days
    This analysis is updated approximately every 5 minutes with a 7-day lookback.
  3. BPA Balancing Authority Installed Nameplate Wind Gen Capacity By Plant, Current Includes historical sequential growth in BPA wind gen capacity, based on first date that actual gen exceeded 50% of nameplate.
  4. Data for BPA Balancing Authority Total Load & Total Wind Generation: 2007
    Data at 5-minute increments, large file
  5. Data for BPA Balancing Authority Total Load & Total Wind Generation: 2008
    Data at 5-minute increments, large file, includes Wind Gen Basepoint data beginning Jul-08
  6. Data for BPA Balancing Authority Total Load & Total Wind Generation: 2009
    Data at 5-minute increments, large file, includes Wind Gen Basepoint data
  7. Data for BPA Balancing Authority Total Load & Total Wind Generation: 2010
    Data at 5-minute increments, large file, updated daily, includes Wind Gen Basepoint
  8. Largest Daily Wind Generation Ramps, At 5-Min, 30-Min, & 60-Min Intervals, Updated thru 7/19/10
  9. Meteorological Data from BPA Sites
    5-Minute Averages for Rolling 10-day Period
  10. BPA Wind State
    For Wind Plant Use Only
  11. BPA Balancing Reserves Deployed
  12. Wind & Load Are Essentially Random (Exhibit 1)
  13. Wind & Load Are Essentially Random (Exhibit 2)
  14. Wind Generation "Diversity" in the BPA Balancing Authority Area: Low ENERGY Diversity but High RAMPING Diversity, Mar07-May09
  15. WINTER Wind Generation, 2008/09 vs 2009/10: Wind Gen Capacity Up 59% but Actual Wind Gen Down 29% (Dec-Feb)
  16. BPA Balancing Authority Load, Total Wind, Hydro, & Thermal Generation: Jun 1-15, 2010 (incorporating period of heavy runoff)
  17. 3-Hour Wind Animation for BPA Meteorological Sites

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