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Western Energy Imbalance Market

NW Hydro Association Meeting February 23, 2018 Kurt Miller Organizational Change Manager, EIM Readiness Program

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• Roughly 15% of

PGE’s generation comes from RPS- qualifying renewables like wind and solar

• By 2040, 50% of

PGE’s generation must come from RPS-qualifying renewables

• Load & generation

must balance at all times, so PGE must flex its resources to match renewables

• utputs

A Balancing Act

Hours: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

MW Balancing Wind: A Simplified Look

Balancing Resources Output Biglow Canyon Windfarm Output

PGE’s Journey to Self-Integration & EIM

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• Starting in 2013,

PGE made incremental system improvements to prepare for EIM

• The EIM project

was a cross- functional effort resulting in improved communications and work flow processes

Generation Plants

Improved Cycling Capabilities Revenue Quality Metering Generation Excellence and Reliability Monitoring

Power Operations

Plant Optimization System 15 Minute Scheduling & Wind Integration Upgrades to Wind Forecasting Tools Outage Management Reporting System Market Interfaces

Balancing Authority Market Participation

Participant in the EIM Implementation & Policy Forum (IPF) Consolidation of Regional Transmission Planning Organizations NW vs. CAISO Cost Benefit Analysis Jim Piro Co-Chaired NWPP MC Initiative Automated Generation Control (AGC) Implemented Wind Integration Tariff Participant in CAISO Stakeholder Process Plant Information (PI) Consolidation BA Authorization Management System ACE Diversity Interchange Reliability Based Control In Process Completed

Nearly 400 employees received EIM training

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