Resource Planning & Utilization

  • Annual, seasonal, and monthly scheduling of electric resources including federal hydro projects and other contractual resources.
  • Resource & Transmission Contracting - Preparation and analysis of Open Access Transmission Tariff applications, ATC and TTC analysis, contract negotiations and administration, and regulatory compliance.
  • Integrated Resource Plans - Conservation and Renewable Energy programs, Integrated Resource Plans, evaluation of long-term and short-term power supply alternatives, demand-side planning and special resource pooling and resource integration arrangements.
  • Open Access Transmission Tariffs - K.R. Saline & Associates, PLC provided extensive comments on FERC Order888 rulemaking and expert testimony and analysis of FERC Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) filings of Arizona Utilities. K.R. Saline & Assocaties, PLC provides OATT economic and unbundling analysis (versus existing arrangements) and has assisted numerous clients in evaluating options of OATT service including Network Service Applications, Point-To-Point Service Applications, Good Faith Requests, Direct Assignment Facility cost analysis and FERC Order 889 issues. K.R. Saline & Associates, PLC represents several of the first utilities in Arizona to take transmission service under OATT provisions.