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Powerful partnerships amid changing times Mid-West Electric Consumers Association Aug. 30, 2017 | Denver, CO Mark A. Gabriel Administrator and CEO Powerful partnerships amid changing times | 2 Eclipse operations Powerful partnerships

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Powerful partnerships amid changing times

Mid-West Electric Consumers Association

  • Aug. 30, 2017 | Denver, CO

Mark A. Gabriel Administrator and CEO

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Eclipse operations

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New administration

  • Dan Brouilette confirmed as

Deputy Secretary

  • Political appointee vacancies
  • Alexa Turner is new PMA liaison
  • WLO activity
  • Relationship with Congress
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Purchase Power and Wheeling

  • Re: Change in Congressional Budget Office

scoring, WAPA’s strategy to cover:

1. Unobligated balances 2. Emergency fund 3. Mid-year PPW budget authority increase request

  • FY 2017 proposed PPW unobligated

balance increase

– $50-80 million increase to PPW authority (contingent on customer sign off)

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Key initiatives

  • Organizational Approach to

Markets

  • Assessment Team
  • Transparency activities
  • Continuous Process

Improvement

  • New hires
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Mountain West

  • Announced decision to

pursue talks with SPP

  • Preliminary agreement
  • n zonal decisions
  • More decisions to make
  • Committed to customer

engagement

  • If yes, market

implementation 2019

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Change is upon us

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Oahe generation

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Oahe generation

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Oahe generation

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Power Repayment Study

  • Contract awarded April 2017
  • Design and planning

complete

  • Customers to be

engaged end of CY 2017

  • Currently in buildout

through January 2018

  • Go live April 2018
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Internal audit update

  • Continue to perform and

complete audits (63 listed)

  • Providing internal controls

training across WAPA

  • Developed comprehensive approach for

monitoring GPC transactions

  • Closed out 41 audit recommendations
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WAPA and Pick-Sloan

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What do you think?

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Change is all around

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Shift in strategic thinking

  • Broader

perspective

  • Data-driven

decisions

  • Industry

impacts to customers

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What that looks like

  • 10-year planning

horizon

  • Cybersecurity
  • Lifecycle

considerations

  • Physical security
  • Asset Management
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Key takeaways

Focus on value and business excellence. Cultivate powerful partnerships. Continue delivering on mission.

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Contact/follow me

Mark A. Gabriel

720.962.7705 gabriel@wapa.gov

wapa.gov @westernareapowr @MarkAGabriel Mark Gabriel WesternAreaPower1