SPP West Shadow Operations Oct. 7 – Dec. 3, 2019

Shadow Operations Overview Stage 2 Nov. 1 Dec. 3 Stage 1 Oct. 7 Oct. 30 Shadow Operations Overview SPP/Peak Coordination Stage 1 – Listen-only mode Stage 2 – SPP more involved in leading discussions SPP to participate in daily calls Peak to conference in SPP on discussions with BA/TOPs as time allows SPP RC Customer Tasks Parallel data submission includes load forecasts, generation forecasts, outages, ratings changes, and OPA results. Mostly “Business as usual” Participate in SPP-specific application testing as requested Assist SPP with data validations SPP Tasks Review Peak’s OPA for comparison and discuss major discrepancies Review RC customer OPA results Monitor Peak’s HAA, compare RTCA results, and discuss discrepancies Perform data spot-checks and verify tools function appropriately In all situations where a TOP or BA needs to contact the RC for mitigating system issues or reporting forced outages, the entity should always contact Peak first. Peak will then conference in SPP if time allows. Note

Parallel Data submissions Load and Generation Forecast via EIDE Format Submit as soon as possible but no later than 10/1/2019 Outages via CROW SPP manually enters existing COS outages in CROW from 10/1/2019 – 10/6/2019 Customers begin parallel submissions 10/7/2019 Facility Ratings Changes via Ratings Submission Tool Validate ratings and submit any changes as soon as possible Post OPA results to GlobalScape Submit as soon as possible but no later than 10/7/2019