VIA ELECTRONIC FILINGPlanning and Expansion Functional Agreement • October 17th, 2012
Pursuant to section 35.13 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“Commission”) regulations1 and section 205 of the Federal Power Act,2 Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (“PSE”) hereby submits the ColumbiaGrid Third Amended and Restated Planning and Expansion Functional Agreement (“Third Restated PEFA”) for filing as PSE’s Rate Schedule FERC No. CG1. The pre-Order 1000 ColumbiaGrid Planning and Expansion Functional Agreement (“pre-Order 1000 PEFA”) has been amended and restated to facilitate compliance with Order No. 10003 by ColumbiaGrid Planning Parties,4 including PSE, that participate in the ColumbiaGrid regional planning process. Contemporaneously with this filing, PSE is also submitting a revised Attachment K to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) in compliance with Order No. 1000 (“Order 1000 Compliance Filing”). With regard to regional transmission planning, PSE’s Attachment K relies, in substantial part, on PSE’s participation in
