Operational Planning. (WBS 18.2 SOW) The Contractor shall provide the following services:
Operational Planning. The Parties shall, as far as is possible, bilaterally co-ordinate operational outages and other measures which each and everyone of them has control over and which impact upon the joint system operation. In the event that operational disturbances and other measures occur during the operational phase and which have to be carried out at short notice, with no time for co-ordination, the Parties concerned shall be informed as quickly as possible. Appendices 7.1- 7.6 contain certain rules regarding the co- ordination of operational outages on the respective links between the subsystems.
Operational Planning. The Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) shall ensure the jurisdiction is compliant with P.A. 390 of 1976, as amended, by maintaining a current Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) or Emergency Action Guidelines (EAG) that meets the criteria in the MSP/EMHSD Publication (Pub) 201a. The EMC shall verify that each jurisdiction whose population exceeds 10,000 also complies with P.A. 390 of 1976, as amended, by maintaining an emergency support plan. The local emergency manager must verify that the EOP (or EAG), and supplemental emergency support plans are updated every four years. The EMC will ensure that the jurisdiction’s current Chief Elected Official (CEO) has signed the updated/revised EOP, EAG, and emergency support plans. Planned Activities Action Taken (Local EM Status Report) 1st Report the number of Local Planning Team (LPT) meetings that occurred between 10/1/21-12/31/21. Host four LEPC meetings by 9/30/2022. Confirm the date of the jurisdiction’s EOP/EAG and verify if the plan will expire between 10/1/21 - 9/30/22. Identify EOP/EAG annexes that were reviewed and/or updated between 10/1/21 - 12/31/22. Ensure that any section/annex updates are still in compliance with Pub 201a. Report participation in EM activities with school officials that took place between 10/1/21-12/31/21. Verify the status of emergency support plans for jurisdictions with a population of 10,000 or more, identified by MSP/EMHSD between 10/1/21-12/31/21. Ensure that the plan is signed by the current CEO. Emergency Management programs are encouraged to submit new or updated support plans to the District Coordinator (DC). Attended/Hosted #_____ LPT meetings. Hosted #______ LEPC meetings. EOP/EAG is current: Yes/No Expiration Date: ___/____/_____ Reviewed Annexes: #_____ Total Annexes: #_____ Annexes Updated: # _____ School Activities/Number of Activities: Planning: #_____ Seminars: #_____ Outreach: #______ Special Events: #_______ Total Support Plans: #_____ Current plans: #_______ Does Not Apply: ____ Comments: 2nd Report the number of Local Planning Team (LPT) meetings that occurred between 1/1/22-3/31/22. Host four LEPC meetings by 9/30/2022. Verify that the CEO original signature is current in the EOP/EAG, if new CEO, forward contact information to the DC. Identify EOP/EAG annexes that were reviewed and/or updated between 1/1/22 - 3/31/22. Ensure that any section/annex updates are still in compliance with Pub 201a. Report participation in EM activities with school officials that to...
Operational Planning. A Columbia River Treaty Operating Committee comprised of representatives of the Canadian and U.S. Entities are charged with preparing and implementing “Assured Operating Plans” (AOP) and “Detailed Operating Plans” (DOP) for the Treaty Projects. Each year hydro computer regulations are run to determine operations for the Columbia River system. Under Treaty requirements, the U.S. and Canadian Entities use these regulations to develop the AOP plan six years in advance so that the downstream power benefits attributed to Canada can be determined. The plan is derived from the latest project data curves, and is used to estimate future changes in system load, flood control criteria, and other pertinent project data. The long-term AOP is then used to develop annual DOPs for use in actual operations that consider not only the AOP, but also current U.S. System loads and requirements and any changes agreed to by the U.S. and Canadian Entities. The DOP is the basis for weekly flow requests from the Canadian Treaty Projects.
Operational Planning. Each year, an annual operating plan (commencing August 1 and concluding July 31) is drawn up for the entire Columbia River basin. The plan is developed by representatives from each 3 The PNCA critical period is calculated on the projected recurrence of the lowest sequence of streamflows in the 50-year record used in PNCA studies. It used to be the adverse streamflows between September 1928 and February 1932. Currently the critical period is between September 1936 and February 1937. participating utility under the auspices of the Northwest Power Pool, which also helps coordinate transmission concerns. Each PNCA party is responsible for submitting annual data about its projected load and hydraulic resources. For example, the Treaty Entities’ DOP for the Canadian Storage Projects is considered as part of this broader management program for the entire river system carried out under the PNCA. Studies conducted during plan development determine system firm energy load carrying capability (and required levels for each storage reservoir to assure meeting firm load); energy exchanges among PNCA participants; headwater benefits; and rights and obligations of each party for use of headwater project storage. During real-time operations, twice-monthly studies called the “Actual Energy Regulation” are used to change system operation and update draft rights in response to new streamflow forecasts. Though the PNCA’s purpose is coordinated use of resources for power generation, it operates within a framework of other obligations previously committed to by the various parties. Individual project licenses or federal authorizing legislation may impose requirements for use of a certain amount of each project’s power, or could mandate water levels for navigation, flood control, water supply, recreation, and fish protection. In addition, other nonpower requirements (NPRs) can affect individual project operations as reservoir owners attempt to comply with regional processes such as the Northwest Power Planning Council’s salmon recovery program. Individual projects may also be committed to other fish and wildlife agreements that require specific project operations. Power optimization takes place only after NPRs are accommodated. Non-power uses of the river are further discussed under the 2000 Federal Biological Opinion described below.
Operational Planning. Through the TMT, the Action Agencies develop one and five-year water management pla ns and in-season action plans for the operation of the FCRPS. In addition, the TMT is the forum through which more detailed spring/summer and fall/winter action plans are developed that address spring runoff, summer flow augmentation, fall spawning, and winter incubation seasons. The TMT is the forum through which many nonpower requirements are established for FCRPS operations. The Rocky Reach Project is most affected by the annual Water Management Plan, which determines how flow releases from Grand Coulee will be managed. The Water Management Plan can be viewed at xxxx://xxx.xxx-xx.xxxxx.xxxx.xxx/tmt/documents/wmp/.
Operational Planning. Under Hourly Coordination, the system’s federal and non-federal hydroelectric projects cooperate to efficiently manage Grand Coulee dam flow releases in order to meet the hourly demands of power load peaking while maintaining reservoir levels as stable and full as possible. The operating strategy under Hourly Coordination includes specific algorithms related to reservoirs for power production, spill prevention, and downstream reservoir refill. In general, spill is avoided unless necessary for fish survival, since it wastes energy. To prevent spill, the total system of projects attempts to meet load by drafting from the projects on the system which have some ava ilable storage. Each dam on the system generates the most power when a release from Grand Coulee moves into its reservoir. The dam receiving the flow of water moving through the system generates as much power as possible, regardless of whether that particular project’s customers are making the request at that time. All power requests and non-power requirements are collected and tracked by a computer at Grant PUD’s headquarters (Ephrata, Washington) which serves as "Central" to the operation. This comp uter optimizes movement of water to maximize generation while keeping the reservoirs as full as possible. Participants in Hourly Coordination make requests for power from the central system in real time. The computer assigns each project a desired generation level so that all load requests are satisfied in a manner that optimizes the combined operational efficiency of all of the participating projects. This means that a power purchaser with an agreement with Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project may actually be receiving power generated at Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project at a certain time of the day; the situation may be reversed when it is more efficient to a Grant County PUD’s customer to receive power generated at the Rocky Reach dam. The programming for the computer has evolved through many years of refinements and is intended to achieve the highest overall level of efficiency for the participating projects. While the MCHC allows participants to take advantage of these resource efficiencies in real time, it also ensures that each participant receives such power benefits in accordance with its rights to the generating assets. The computer keeps accounting records that recognize the varying generation obligations of each participating project. The computer’s accounting 7 1997 Agreement for the Hourly...
Operational Planning. The Agreement includes operations for the protection of fall Chinook salmon from the beginning of spawning through the early rearing period when Chinook fry are susceptible to stranding. In addition to measures carried over from the Xxxxxxx Bar Agreement to protect fall Chinook salmon during the spawning, pre- hatch, post hatch and emergence periods, the Parties will work together to provide minimum flows and regulate flow fluctuations in the Hanford Reach during the rearing period. The Hanford Reach Agreement sets forth criteria and schedules that will be used by Grant County PUD in limiting flow releases from the Priest Rapids dam in order to minimize flow fluctuations and the stranding of salmon fry. It also establishes minimum flow guidelines to be used by BPA during the rearing period to assist Xxxxx in controlling flow fluctuations in the Hanford Reach. In addition, Chelan and Xxxxxxx County PUDs must assist Grant County PUD by following certain reservoir operating procedures designed to reduce flow fluctuations during the rearing period. The Monitoring Team established under the Xxxxxxx Bar Agreement continues under the Hanford Reach Agreement with additional duties. It conducts aerial surveys during the spawning period in addition to visual observations to help determine critical ele vation levels to be protected by Priest Rapids flows. Beginning in 2011 and continuing through 2013, the Monitoring Team will develop a program to estimate rearing period fry losses.
Operational Planning. The HCP will be implemented in three phases that provide for adjustments to ensure biological success. Under Phase I of the HCP, Chelan PUD began to implement juvenile and adult operating plans and criteria during the 2004 migration season. Following the completion of three years of juvenile survival studies, the HCP Coordinating Committee will determine whether the pertinent survival standard has been achieved for each Plan Species. If a standard has not been achieved for a particular Plan Species, Chelan PUD would proceed to Phase II, under which it has agreed to develop and implement additional measures to meet the pertinent survival standard. The HCP Coordinating Committee will decide on additional tools for Chelan PUD to implement in order to achieve the survival standard. The HCP Coordinating Committee will select additional tools based on the likelihood of biological success, implementation time, and cost-effectiveness (if alternatives are comparable in their biological effectiveness). Chelan PUD will continue to implement Phase II until the standards are met or until the Coordinating Committee determines the standards are impossible to achieve. If the survival standard is achieved at the end of Phase I or anytime during Phase II, Chelan PUD has agreed to maintain the survival standard for the term of the HCP. Chelan PUD proceeds to Phase III upon a determination by the HCP Coordinating Committee that it has verified compliance with the combined adult and juvenile survival or juvenile survival standard of 93 percent; or has evaluated juvenile Project survival between 91 and 93 percent; or has measured or calculated 95-percent juvenile dam passage survival. Phase III indicates that the appropriate standard has either been achieved or is likely to have been achieved and provides additional or periodic monitoring to ensure that the survival of the Plan Species remains in compliance with the survival standards for the term of the HCP.
Operational Planning. (WBS 18.2 SOW) The Contractor shall provide on an annually basis a report to include the following:
