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BPA staff may be reached via the main switchboard at 800-282-3713 or 503-230-3000.
Additional relevant information may be found on the BPA Network Planning page.


  • Total Transmission System Load (TTSL) Reports

  • PERFORMANCE VALIDATION & NOISE INJECTION STAGED TEST PLAN 2008
    Under this plan the Chief Joseph Braking Resistor will be test inserted, the PDCI Probing 3-cycle signals at 0.25 Hz and 0.7 Hz tests and mid-level probing tests will be applied, as well as additional Noise Injection Tests to the Pacific HVDC Intertie on August 19-20, 2008.
    Test Plan 2008
    Please direct any questions to Jim Burns at jwburns@bpa.gov. (31Jul08)

  • N-1 RAS SCHEMES WITH GEN DROP ARMING > 1000MW
    N-1 Gen Drop Info
    Please direct any questions to John Kerr at jskerr@bpa.gov. (31Oct06)

  • PERFORMANCE VALIDATION & NOISE INJECTION STAGED TEST PLAN 2006
    Under this plan the Chief Joseph Braking Resistor will be test inserted, the PDCI Probing 3-cycle signals at 0.25 Hz, 0.42 Hz and 0.7 Hz tests will be applied, as well as additional Noise Injection Tests to the Pacific HVDC Intertie on June 13, 2006 and August 22, 2006.
    Test Plan 2006
    Please direct any questions to Jim Burns at jwburns@bpa.gov. (05Jun06)

  • PDCI PERFORMANCE VALIDATION & NOISE INJECTION TEST PLAN 2005
    Under this plan the Chief Joseph Braking Resistor will be test inserted, the PDCI Probing 3-cycle signals at 0.25 Hz and 0.7 Hz tests will be applied, as well as additional Noise Injection Tests to the Pacific HVDC Intertie during September 13-14, 2005.
    Noise Injection Test Plan
    Please direct any questions to Jim Burns at jwburns@bpa.gov. (12Sep05)

  • PDCI PROBE TESTING PLAN 2005
    Under this plan probing signal tests will be applied regularly to the Pacific HVDC Intertie during the late spring - early fall 2005 operating period.
    Probe Testing Plan
    Please direct any questions to Jim Burns at jwburns@bpa.gov. (11May05)

  • WEST-OF-MCNARY and WEST-OF-SLATT ANALYSIS
    Tabulated maximum and mean transfers across the West Of McNary (WOM) and West Of Slatt (WOS) flowgates, for the period 1994-2003. The values provided were calculated from hourly SCADA recordings. A cumulative frequency distribution of the WOM transfers for July 2001-February 2003 is also provided.
    Narrative and base data
    West-of-McNary frequency distribution plots
    Please direct any questions to Karl Schneider at kwschneider@bpa.gov. (25Feb04)

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