FY17 Operational Highlights - govTogetherBC...Reduced Peace Snow Pack 11 ... Most treaty system...
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15 May 2017
FY17 Operational Highlights
Generation Resource Management
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o Early Freshet
• Record Inflows all basins
o 2nd Year Proportional Draft: Columbia
o Record Oct/Nov Monthly Inflow Volumes
• Multiple Basins
• > 1/100 Return for 7 day volumes Vancouver Island
o Longest Cold Snap ~30 years
• Set new hourly peak load (MW)
• Record Monthly Energy Production (GWh) Dec & Jan
• Record Daily MW Columbia and Peace
o Record Precip March
• “Freshet” Routing on the US Columbia
FY17 Operational Highlights
Year unfolded with a continuous suite of interesting
operational events and multiple new records.
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Near Record April Precip Lows: Most Basins
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o LAJ, BRR, SON
o ASH, CMX, SCA, LDR
o MCA, REV, HLK
o DDM, LIB, KLK
Near record low April
precipitation…
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Record Early Freshet: Most Basins
Coincident with Record April
Monthly Inflow Volumes
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o GMS
o LAJ*, BRR, SON
o ASH, CMX, SCA, LDR
o MCA, REV, HLK
o DDM, LIB, KLK
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Near Record System Storage (Energy):
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o Spring: May and June
o Winter: Dec
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Columbia System: Proportional Draft
2nd Year of Proportional Draft: June through
November
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• Arrow: 2nd Year lower than average reservoir
• While Vancouver Island floods, record low
discharges are set on the Columbia River.
• Arrow Discharges 5 kcfs: Lowest since 1990s.
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Near Record Oct/Nov Precip Highs: Most Basins
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Almost off the chart…
o LAJ, BRR, SON
o ASH, CMX, SCA, LDR
o MCA, REV, HLK
o DDM, LIB, KLK
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October and November Flood Routing:
Vancouver Island
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Record Number MW and Generation
New hourly peak load: 3 Jan 2017 HE18 (10,193 MW)
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All Peace and Columbia units in
service and running.
o First time 10xGMS and
4xPCN units with all the new
units at MCA and REV.
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Record(s) BCH Energy Production
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System Snow Pack: March
Reduced Peace Snow Pack
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o Normal and near normal March 1st snow pack
o Record and near record lows in the Peace.
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Columbia Basin Inflows
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More surprises in Feb and Mar.
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Columbia Basin Inflows
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Peace Basin Inflows
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Columbia Basin
Comparative Map:
Inflow (Blue)
Storage (Green)
Capacity (Red)
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Columbia
Basin
Storage
Most remaining system
storage space remains
only in Kinbasket now.
Most treaty system
storage in Arrow and
Kinbasket.
Most storage in Revelstoke is
never drafted
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Columbia
Basin
Storage:
Compare to
2012
Almost all system
storage used: Includes
surcharge storage.
Peak levels in Kootenay Lake
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