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.
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