Western Area Power Administration
  Draft Upper Great Plains Region (Western-UGP) Business Practices (BPs)
  (Posted for 10 business day comment period)

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(Last Update: February 18, 2025)

The following are the currently proposed draft versions (posted for the 10 business day comment period) of the Western-UGP Business Practices (BPs):

Note 1.  Western-UGP joined the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) as a transmission owner and transferred functional control of all of its eligible transmission facilities to SPP on October 1, 2015.  Transmission service over those UGP Regional transmission facilities is available solely under the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff (SPP Tariff).  Western-UGP still operates its Western Area Power Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area (“WAUW”).  Ancillary services offered by Western-UGP as the Balancing Authority operator for WAUW are also solely available under the SPP Tariff.  In coordination with SPP, Western-UGP will post and solicit comments for BPs related to its WAUW, or that otherwise might impact transmission service offered under the SPP Tariff, according to Western's posted Process for Creation of and Modification to Business Practices BP.  Upon posting a new or updated Effective BP to Western-UGP's OASIS home page, Western-UGP shall also provide the Effective BP to SPP for posting by SPP if required, as the Transmission Provider under the SPP Tariff, on the applicable SPP OASIS page.




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Please submit any comments or questions on the proposed draft BP by the due date shown above to your specific Western Regional contact:

• Western-UGP (As BA Operator, Transmission Owner, or TSP = WAPA, as applicable):  Benjamin Hammer at 406-831-5716 (hammer@wapa.gov) or Kass Portra at 406-831-7458 (portra@wapa.gov).

Previous Draft Western-UGP BP Postings Archive (Note:  For archive information only. No longer posted for comment.):


1. Proposed Business Practice:  Submittals Business Practice (Posted 2/4/2025, Comments due by 2/18/2025)
2. (WAUW Related) Proposed NEW Miles City DC Tie Tag Curtailments due to Deadband Business Practice (Posted 12/03/2015, Comments due by 12/17/2015)
3. Proposed UPDATED Quarter-Hour and Intra-Hour Scheduling Business Practice:  UGPR Quarter Intra-Hour Scheduling BP (CLEAN)   UGPR Quarter Intra-Hour Scheduling BP (REDLINE)  (Posted 12/11/2014, Comments due by 12/26/2014)
4. Proposed UPDATED UGPR Timing Requirements Business Practice:  UGPR Timing Reqs BP (CLEAN)   UGPR Timing Reqs BP (REDLINE)  (Posted 12/20/2013, Comments due by 01/07/2014)