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APS and RegionalAPS and RegionalTransmission SystemsTransmission Systems
OverviewOverview
Bob SmithBob SmithDirector Energy DeliveryDirector Energy Delivery
Asset Management and PlanningAsset Management and Planning
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Agenda
• About APS
• Regional Transmission System Overview
• APS Transmission System Overview
• Industry Challenges
• APS Unique Challenges
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About APS
• Service Territory and Statistics
• Financial structure and health
• Cost structure and pricing
• Resource and fuel mix overview
• APS Customer Initiatives
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APS Service StatisticsAPS Service Statistics
• 11 counties
• 34,645 sq. mi.CC&N area
• 1.1 million customers
• 411 substations
• 28,022 distribution line miles
• 5,234 transmission line miles
• 54 generation units
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Pinnacle West Financial SnapshotPinnacle West Financial Snapshot
APS SunCor APSES El Dorado
$12 Billion AssetsDecember 31, 2008$12 Billion Assets
December 31, 2008 Approximately $3 billion market cap
4th largest employer headquartered in Arizona
S&P 500 Index member
Approximately 75% of shareholders are institutional investors
$11 billion utility assets
$242 million net income
$2.10 per share annual dividend
Approximately $3 billion market cap
4th largest employer headquartered in Arizona
S&P 500 Index member
Approximately 75% of shareholders are institutional investors
$11 billion utility assets
$242 million net income
$2.10 per share annual dividend
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Stock Price ComparisonDecember 31, 2007 – March 27, 2009
PNW (37.6)%S&P 500 (44.4)%S&P 1500 Electrics (38.0)%
Dec 312007
Mar 312008
Jun 302008
Mar 272009
Sep 302008
Dec 312008
(60)%
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(30)%
(20)%
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APS PricesCompared to Other Utilities
June 2008 Average Electric Prices (¢/kWh) Selected Western Electric Utilities
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PG&E
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Excel
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Compared to All Other PricesAPS Average Retail Price and CPI
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APS Price CPI
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APS Cost ComponentsAPS Cost Components
Distribution Transmission Generation
$0.075671%
$0.027025%
$0.00444%
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New EE2%
Renewable2%
Nuclear27%
Natural Gas31%
Coal38%
2009 Projected Energy Mix
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Coal
Nuclear
GasCombined Cycle
Renewables
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Load Duration CurveThe “guts” of utility supply
Gas Combined Cycle
Coal
Nuclear
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APS Customer Initiatives
• Renewable energy development
• Energy efficiency programs
• “Smart Grid” development
• Pricing options
• Customer “experience” enhancements
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Western Interconnection System
• US Electric Grid
• NERC and Regional Reliability Organizations
• Three US Interconnections
• WECC
• Major Western Interconnection Transmission
• Planning and Operational Issues
• DOE Congestion Study
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WECC• Historical Reliability Coordination Organization
for Western US, Canada, Mexico
• Ensure Reliable Operation and Planning Coordination
• Provide Reliability Coordination Centers
• Delegated Compliance Monitoring from NERC
• Issues:
Transmission Planning
Delegation model
Regional deference
Tensions between CAISO, BPA, rest of Interconnection
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500 kV DC 345 kV AC
500 kV AC 230 kV AC
Legend
Western Transmission Grid
SD
Mexico
NV
ID
UT
NM
CO
WY
MT
CA
British
Columbia
AZ
Canada
Alberta
OR
WA
NE
Pacific
Ocean
El PasoTucson
Laramie
Round Midpoint
Borah
Celilo
Portland
Colstrip
Jim
Reno
Peace River
San Diego
Phoenix
Malin
Mountain
Bridger
Market
Albuquerque
CornersFour
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
River
Place
Denver
Palo Verde
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Planning and Operating Issues
• Planning Sub-Regional vs Regional (WECC)
Who
Decides
Builds
Pays
• Operations Relay misoperations
Right of way maintenance difficulties
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DOE Congestion Study
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Source:Figures ES-3 & 5-2U.S. Department of Energy National Electric TransmissionCongestion Study2006
Critical Congestion and Areas of Concernin the Western Interconnection
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Conditional Constraint Areas
Source: Figures ES-4 & 5-5, U.S. Department of Energy, National Electric Transmission Congestion Study, 2006
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APS Transmission System
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State Area Transmission
SELIGMAN
ROUND VALLEY
ADAMS
MURAL
SAN MANUELORACLEJUNCTION
SAGUARO
N.GILA
PALO VERDE-HASSAYAMPA
YUCCA
GILA BEND
REDHAWK
JOJOBA
GILA RIVER/PANDA
RUDD
LIBERTY
KYRENE
SANTAROSA
WESTWING
BAGDAD
YAVAPAI VERDE
PINNACLEPEAK
PREACHERCANYON
CHOLLA
TO ELDORADO
TO CRYSTAL
TO MEAD /MARKETPLACE
MOENKOPI
NAVAJO
COCONINO
CASA GRANDE
TAT MOMOLI
KNOX
GAVILANPEAK
(WA
PA
)
FLAGSTAFF(WAPA)
TO GLENCANYON (WAPA)
2 circuits
WILLOWLAKE
CORONADO
(SRP)
COOLIDGE
VALLEY FARMS
HARQUAHALA
TO IMPERIAL VALLEY
FOUR CORNERS
(WAPA)
(WA
PA
)
DESERTBASIN
SUNDANCE
SUGARLOAFDUGAS
MILLIGAN
Red = 500 kV
Green = 345 kV
Blue = 230 kV
Black = 115 kVTO DEVERS
(SCE)
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Four Corners/Cholla System Transmission
• Four Corners and Cholla Power Plants
• Four Corners-Moenkopi-Eldorado 500kV line
• Four Corners-Cholla 345kV lines
• Cholla-Pinnacle Peak 345kV lines
• Cholla-Saguaro 500kV line
SELIGMAN
ROUND VALLEY
ADAMS
MURAL
SAN MANUELORACLEJUNCTION
SAGUARO
N.GILA
PALO VERDE-HASSAYAMPA
YUCCA
GILA BEND
REDHAWK
JOJOBA
GILA RIVER/PANDA
RUDD
LIBERTY
KYRENE
SANTAROSA
WESTWING
BAGDAD
YAVAPAI VERDE
PINNACLEPEAK
PREACHERCANYON
CHOLLA
TO ELDORADO
TO CRYSTAL
TO MEAD /MARKETPLACE
MOENKOPI
NAVAJO
COCONINO
CASA GRANDE
TAT MOMOLI
KNOX
GAVILANPEAK
(WA
PA
)
FLAGSTAFF(WAPA)
TO GLENCANYON (WAPA)
2 circuits
WILLOWLAKE
CORONADO
(SRP)
COOLIDGE
VALLEY FARMS
HARQUAHALA
TO IMPERIAL VALLEY
FOUR CORNERS
(WAPA)
(WA
PA
)
DESERTBASIN
SUNDANCE
SUGARLOAFDUGAS
MILLIGAN
TO DEVERS (SCE)
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Navajo System Transmission
• Navajo Power Plant
• Navajo-Crystal 500kV line
• Navajo-Westwing 500kV lines
SELIGMAN
ROUND VALLEY
ADAMS
MURAL
SAN MANUELORACLEJUNCTION
SAGUARO
N.GILA
PALO VERDE-HASSAYAMPA
YUCCA
GILA BEND
REDHAWK
JOJOBA
GILA RIVER/PANDA
RUDD
LIBERTY
KYRENE
SANTAROSA
WESTWING
BAGDAD
YAVAPAI VERDE
PINNACLEPEAK
PREACHERCANYON
CHOLLA
TO ELDORADO
TO CRYSTAL
TO MEAD /MARKETPLACE
MOENKOPI
NAVAJO
COCONINO
CASA GRANDE
TAT MOMOLI
KNOX
GAVILANPEAK
(WA
PA
)
FLAGSTAFF(WAPA)
TO GLENCANYON (WAPA)
2 circuits
WILLOWLAKE
CORONADO
(SRP)
COOLIDGE
VALLEY FARMS
HARQUAHALA
TO IMPERIAL VALLEY
FOUR CORNERS
(WAPA)
(WA
PA
)
DESERTBASIN
SUNDANCE
SUGARLOAFDUGAS
MILLIGAN
TO DEVERS (SCE)
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Palo Verde Hub Transmission
• Palo Verde Nuclear Plant and Hassayampa Gas Power Plants
• Palo Verde West
PV-Devers 500kV line
Hassayampa-North Gila 500kV line
• Palo Verde East
PV-Westwing 500kV lines
PV-Rudd 500kV line
Hassayampa-Jojoba-Kyrene500kV line
SELIGMAN
ROUND VALLEY
ADAMS
MURAL
SAN MANUELORACLEJUNCTION
SAGUARO
N.GILA
PALO VERDE-HASSAYAMPA
YUCCA
GILA BEND
REDHAWK
JOJOBA
GILA RIVER/PANDA
RUDD
LIBERTY
KYRENE
SANTAROSA
WESTWING
BAGDAD
YAVAPAI VERDE
PINNACLEPEAK
PREACHERCANYON
CHOLLA
TO ELDORADO
TO CRYSTAL
TO MEAD /MARKETPLACE
MOENKOPI
NAVAJO
COCONINO
CASA GRANDE
TAT MOMOLI
KNOX
GAVILANPEAK
(WA
PA
)
FLAGSTAFF(WAPA)
TO GLENCANYON (WAPA)
2 circuits
WILLOWLAKE
CORONADO
(SRP)
COOLIDGE
VALLEY FARMS
HARQUAHALA
TO IMPERIAL VALLEY
FOUR CORNERS
(WAPA)
(WA
PA
)
DESERTBASIN
SUNDANCE
SUGARLOAFDUGAS
MILLIGAN
TO DEVERS (SCE)
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Mead-Phoenix Transmission
• Mead-Phoenix 500kV lineSELIGMAN
ROUND VALLEY
ADAMS
MURAL
SAN MANUELORACLEJUNCTION
SAGUARO
N.GILA
PALO VERDE-HASSAYAMPA
YUCCA
GILA BEND
REDHAWK
JOJOBA
GILA RIVER/PANDA
RUDD
LIBERTY
KYRENE
SANTAROSA
WESTWING
BAGDAD
YAVAPAI VERDE
PINNACLEPEAK
PREACHERCANYON
CHOLLA
TO ELDORADO
TO CRYSTAL
TO MEAD /MARKETPLACE
MOENKOPI
NAVAJO
COCONINO
CASA GRANDE
TAT MOMOLI
KNOX
GAVILANPEAK
(WA
PA
)
FLAGSTAFF(WAPA)
TO GLENCANYON (WAPA)
2 circuits
WILLOWLAKE
CORONADO
(SRP)
COOLIDGE
VALLEY FARMS
HARQUAHALA
TO IMPERIAL VALLEY
FOUR CORNERS
(WAPA)
(WA
PA
)
DESERTBASIN
SUNDANCE
SUGARLOAFDUGAS
MILLIGAN
TO DEVERS (SCE)
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Navajo 2,250 MW 545 Employees
Four Corners 2,060 MW597 employees
Cholla 1,021 MW290 Employees
47% MWH
APS Coal Fired Plants2008 Data
33% FUEL $
28% APS CAPACITY
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Redhawk 984 MW48 Employees
Ocotillo 330 MW27 Employees
Sundance 420 MW11 Employees
Yucca 340 MW25 Employees
Saguaro 399 MWDouglas 16 MW
20 Employees
West Phoenix 988 MW56 Employees
61% FUEL $
APS Gas Fired Plants2008 Data
23% MWH53% APS CAPACITY
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APS OWNED CAPACITY
Coal28%
Nuclear18%
Gas/Oil54%
2008 ACTUALS - APS OWNED GENERATION
FUEL CAPACITY GWH FUEL EXP
Nuclear 1,146 8,512 $ 41,591
Coal 1,741 13,166 252,651
Gas/Oil 3,380 6,346 461,204
Renewable 6 10 0
Total 6,273 28,034 $ 755,446
APS FUEL EXPENSE
Gas/Oil61%
Nuclear6%
Coal33%
APS GENERATION
Coal47%
Nuclear30%
Gas/Oil23%
7.2 Million Tons of Coal
47.6 BCF Natural Gas
Fossil Generation Plays a Key Role
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Major Challenges ConfrontingAPS and the Utility Industry
• Infrastructure investment
• Capital Access
• Financial Health
• Technology
• Economic Turmoil
• Aging Workforce
• Regulatory Uncertainty
• Climate Change
• Upward pressure on pricing
• Economic Turmoil
• Aging Workforce
• Regulatory Uncertainty
• Climate Change
• Upward pressure on pricing
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APS – Unique Challenges
• Cost Recovery
• Desert Climate
Heavy summer peak loading
Low load factor
Heavy inductive air conditioner load
• Expansive Service Territory
• Transmission Line Permitting
• Increased System Utilization
• Monsoon Storm Season
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'95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12
APS RatesHave Become Noncompensatory
APS RatesHave Become Noncompensatory
Revenue LessFuel Expense
Non-Fuel Costs(Including Return)
8¢Per kWh
6¢Per kWh
4¢Per kWh
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A+
A
A-
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BBB
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BB+
BB
BB-
APS
Number of Companies
Non-Investment Grade – “Junk”
Standard & Poor’sRatings
Credit Ratings DistributionInvestor-Owned Electric Utilities
Credit Ratings DistributionInvestor-Owned Electric Utilities
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MW
Meeting Challenges of Peak Load GrowthMeeting Challenges of Peak Load Growth
2008 - 2020 Average Annual Load Growth 2.7%
Projected
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Long-Term Resources Native Load Peak & Reserves
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Transmission Line PermittingTransmission Line Permitting
http://www.aps.com/general_info/Siting/siting_38.html
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MaintenanceMaintenance
• Predictive Maintenance
• Preventative Maintenance
• Line inspections
• Right of Way Maintenance
LIDAR
• Remote Equipment Monitoring
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EEI AwardEEI Award
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Emergency Equipment
• Mobile 69/12kV Transformers
• Emergency Towers - two Lindsey towers
• Generator – 1,500 KW Mobile Unit
• Mobile Command Center
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Mobile Transformer
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Lindsey Towers
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Mobile Generator
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Mobile Command Center
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Storm ResponseStorm Response
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