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Independent Monitoring
SPP State of the Market Report — From 2004 through 2008,
Boston Pacific produced the State of the Market Report, giving a detailed
analysis of the operations of this large and complex market. For the 2009
Report, Boston Pacific acted as the SOM Advisor.
Read 2008
report...
Read 2009 report...
SPP Price Volatility Report
— As market monitor for SPP, we prepared
a report on price volatility for the SPP Board of Directors
entitled "An Assessment of Price Volatility in
Recent Deployment Tests for the SPP EIS Market."
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report...
Other SPP Reports -
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integrated marketplace proposal review...
View priority projects
PowerPoint...
View 2009 SOM
summary PowerPoint...
New Jersey’s Basic
Generation Service Auctions — Served
as the Commission’s consultant for the annual
BGS Auction, the best-known and one of the largest full
requirements auctions in the country. This annually
procures one-third of the electric supply for New Jersey’s
residential and small commercial and industrial customers
and 100% of the electric supply for the State’s
larger commercial and industrial customers.
Read 2009 final report...
Read 2010 final report...
Maryland's SOS Auction - Boston Pacific acted as the Independent Monitor
for the Maryland Public Service Commission during Maryland's 2009 and 2010 RFP
processes. For each auction, Boston Pacific independently verified the auction
proceedings and advised the Board in approving the auction results in its public
testimony.
2009-2010
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Read April testimony...
Read January testimony...
Read October testimony...
2010-2011
Read January Report...
Read October Report...
Read April Report...
Read June Report...
Delaware RFP
— Served as the Commission’s advisor for
the annual Delmarva RFP
Read 2009 report...
Read 2010 report...
Procurement Management PacifiCorp
RFPs — Currently serving the Oregon
Commission as the Independent Evaluator for one RFP
from PacifiCorp, with four RFPs having been completed. These include the 2008 All Source RFP,
and the 2008 R-1 and 2009R Renewables RFPs. We reviewed
and analyzed detailed bids from a variety of sources
and monitored contract negotiations.
2008 Renewable RFP Read report...
2012 All Source RFP
Read report...
Oklahoma 2008 Base load RFP - Recently finished an
almost two year process helping the Public Service Company
of Oklahoma run a successful RFP resulting in a contract
with the winning bidder for a sale of 520 MW for nearly
10 years.
Read report...
TransCanada's Zephyr Open Season - TransCanada announces Open Season results
for the Zephyr Power Transmission project, a proposed 3,000 MW high voltage
direct current line expected to move wind generated electricity from Wyoming to
power markets in the Southwest US. Boston Pacific was the Independent Evaluator
for this process.
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article...
Read FERC
filing...
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Expert Witnessing &
Policy Advising
Mississippi IGCC Plant
— Advised the Mississippi Commission in its efforts
to determine whether the utility’s proposed clean coal
(IGCC) plant is the best option for Mississippi’s ratepayers.
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Read phase II
report...
Public Utility Commission of
Texas — Advised the Public Utility
Commission of Texas in the analysis of the $45 billion
leveraged buyout acquisition of TXU Corporation by private
equity investors.
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report...
EPSA Guidebook —
Published a concise guidebook for the Design, Implementation
and Monitoring of Competitive Power Supply Solicitation.
It is titled, Getting the Best Deal for Electric Utility
Customers.
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report...
Minnesota Public Utility Commission
Expert Witness — Served as the expert
witness for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
to evaluate the cost estimates used by project applicants
in their analysis supporting the construction of the
proposed Big Stone II coal-fired power plant.
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Presentations & Speeches
Natural Gas and Renewable Energy - Boston Pacific's Craig Roach
delivered a primer on electricity markets to the Natural Gas/Renewable Energy
Dialogue on Grid Integration Issues conference hosted by EPSA.
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Transmission Gaps and Bottlenecks -
Boston Pacific
President Craig Roach’s speech concerning electric transmission gaps and
bottlenecks for the ABA’s presentation on “Opportunities and Hurdles for
Renewable Energy Development.”
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