WIND GENERATION & Total Load in The BPA Balancing Authority

  1. BPA Balancing Authority Load & Total Wind 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, updated monthly, including Wind Gen Basepoint data
  7. BPA Balancing Authority Total Wind Generation, Cumulative Frequency Distribution, January-September 2008
    Shows percent of time wind generates at any megawatt level or any percent of installed capacity
  8. BPA Wind State
    For Wind Plant Use Only
  9. BPA Balancing Reserves Deployed
  10. Wind & Load Are Essentially Random (Exhibit 1)
  11. Wind & Load Are Essentially Random (Exhibit 2)
  12. Total Wind Gen Forecast Errors: Basepoint (Operator-Supplied) Forecasts vs. 30Min & 45Min Persistence Forecasts, 5/9/08-12/4/08, By Week (30 Weeks). Both persistence forecasts have been consistently more accurate than the operator basepoint forecasts.
  13. Major Wind Generation Up-Ramp, Dec08: Total Wind Generation in the BPA Balancing Authority Area saw a major wind gen UP-ramp on Monday 12/29/08, beginning approx 9:50 AM: a ramp increase of 818 MW (1/2 of total wind capacity) in 30 minutes, and 1068 MW (2/3 of total wind capacity) in 60 minutes.
  14. "Very Low" Wind Generation Period of Jan-09, Including a 1-Year Lookback at The Frequency of Very Low Wind Gen Periods
  15. Maximum Total Actual Wind Generation in the BPA Balancing Authority Area, 3/15/02-3/5/09, By Day, Week, & Month
  16. Wind Generation "Diversity" in the BPA Balancing Authority Area: Low ENERGY Diversity but High RAMPING Diversity, Mar07-May09
  17. Largest Daily Wind Generation Ramps; Showing the Largest Wind Gen Ramp of Each Day, Up & Down, At 5-Min & 30-Min & 60-Min Increments, In Actual MW & As PerCent of Total Wind Capacity; Based on 1-min data; Updated thru 11/8/09