Title
Approval of AGR21-937 Non-Tariff Wires to Wires Interconnection Update Study Agreement with the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) for the Third Power Line to Los Alamos County
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Non-Tariff Wire to Wires Interconnection Update Study Agreement No. AGR21-937 between the Incorporated County of Los Alamos and the Public Service Company of New Mexico in the amount of 64,595.00, plus a 10% contingency for a total amount of $71,054.50 plus applicable NMGRT.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approving the Non-Tariff Wire to Wires Interconnection Update Study Agreement between the Incorporated County of Los Alamos and the Public Service Company of New Mexico.
Body
The current import capability into the Los Alamos Service area is approximately 116 MW and the Los Alamos peak load is currently at 92 MW. The current 10-year load forecast shows a forecasted load of 134 MW in 2026.
Every year the County is required to submit a Loads and Resources forecast to the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) on March 1st, per our Network Operating Agreement. PNM use this data for transmission planning which requires some information on where the resources originate to serve the network customers forecasted load.
In 2011 at Los Alamos County’s request, PNM looked at several options for increasing the import capability into Los Alamos service area. Options one included the construction of the SN line which consist of approximately 12 miles of new 115 kV transmission line facilities from the Norton substation to the Southern Technical Area (STA) substation; Option two is the upgrade of two existing transmissions lines into Los Alamos, the NL and RL lines to include larger conductors; and Option three was a combination of Option 1 and 2 as a staged approach.
Since the 2011 study there have been several factors effecting the forecasted peak load but primarily driven by ...
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