Peter Larsen and J.P. Carvallo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Data Working Group ■ August 4, 2015

Funding acknowledgment 2 The Resource Planning Portal is supported by the National Electricity Delivery Division of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) Delivery and Energy Reliability under Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

What is the Resource Planning Portal? 3 The Resource Planning Portal is a FREE web-based tool that allows users to: (1) Input long-term electric utility planning information in a consistent format; (2) Benchmark planning assumptions across jurisdictions and load serving entities (LSE); and (3) Visualize and output results in a standardized format for deeper analysis.

Background 4 LBNL has collected long-term electric utility planning assumptions for 10+ years Used by stakeholders to inform long-term transmission planning analyses and activities (e.g., TEPPC, WECC) IRPs are difficult and time-consuming to review—and key assumptions are not organized or disseminated in a standardized format across electric utility jurisdictions

Background (cont.) 5 FERC Order 1000 and EPA 111(d) necessitate the coordination of long-term planning activities RPP contains long-term planning assumptions for ~40 load serving entities representing about 90% of total delivered load across WECC Initially stores Western U.S. planning assumptions, but could be used in other parts of the country

Possible RPP uses—a few examples… 6 Evaluate the use and timing of wholesale purchases as planned resources Calculate total % of projected renewable capacity for LSEs within and across regions Compare peak load forecast differences between different vintage plans for a specific LSE Assess inventory of flexible and demand-side resources in resource plans Create individual and combined loads and resources table for multiple LSEs

Possible RPP uses (cont.) 7 Old IRPs ( ) New IRPs ( ) $38.32 Price 75 th % 25 th % Median

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Landing page 9

My plans/analyze plans 10

Add a plan 11

Input plan – data structure 12

Input plan – load forecast 13

Flexible input methods 14

Input plan – supply side resources 15

Import existing plants/contracts 16

Input fuel/environmental assumptions 17

Upload documentation 18

View/download data—loads and resources (L&R) table 19

View/download data: aggregate L&R 20

View/download data: charts 21

View/download data: maps 22

View/download data: download 23

To request an account…. 24 Visit: OR Contact: