The draft 2020-21 Study Scope is available for review. The Member Planning Committee approved publishing the draft Study Scope at their July 22nd meeting. The NorthernGrid Study Scope describes the forecasted 2030 load and resources submitted by members and project developers. It identifies the transmission projects and analysis methods, including production cost and power …

A 2020-2021 Study Scope stakeholder review meeting is scheduled for July 29, 2020 from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. PDT. Please refer to the July 29th Member Planning Committee Event for meeting details.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted tariff modifications filed by the FERC-jurisdictional members of NorthernGrid — Avista Corporation, Idaho Power Company, MATL, NorthWestern Energy, PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Company, and Puget Sound Energy. The filings asked FERC to accept modifications to each filing party’s Open Access Transmission Tariff transmiss…

The next Member Planning Committee meeting will be held on April 15th at 2:00 p.m. PDT via WebEx, as shown in the post on the Events page.

The NorthernGrid association will begin accepting stakeholder data submissions (including projects, non-transmission alternatives and conceptual solutions) to address member needs for evaluation during the 2020-2021 regional planning cycle through June 30th. Please contact Dave Angell, dave.angell@nwpp.org or (503) 445-1088, for more information on submitting data.

The NorthernGrid association will begin accepting data submissions, utilizing the NorthernGrid data submittal form for evaluation in the 2020-2021 regional planning cycle in late January.

NorthernGrid will host the first Planning Committee meeting from 1:00-4:00 PT on February 4, 2020 at the NWPP Conference Room, 7505 NE Ambassador Place, Suite R, Portland, Oregon.