{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17\par \par Southwest Power Pool, Inc. as of 3/2/2017\par Electric TCS and MBR\par Open Access Transmission Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1\par Effective Date:\tab\tab 05/31/2016\tab\tab\tab\tab Status:\tab\tab\tab Effective\par FERC Docket:\tab\tab ER16-01331-000\tab 1319\par FERC Order:\tab\tab Delegated Letter Order\tab\tab\tab\tab Order Date:\tab\tab 05/26/2016\par Table of Contents, Table of Contents, 9.0.0\tab A\par \par \pard\qc\f1\fs32 Southwest Power Pool, Inc.\par Open Access Transmission Tariff\par Sixth Revised Volume No. 1\par Superseding\par \pard Fifth Revised Volume No. 1\fs24 I.\tab COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS\par \tab 1\tab Definitions\par \tab\tab A - Definitions\par \tab\tab B - Definitions\par \tab\tab C - Definitions\par \tab\tab D - Definitions\par \tab\tab E - Definitions\par \tab\tab F - Definitions\par \tab\tab G - Definitions\par \tab\tab H - Definitions\par \tab\tab I - Definitions\par \tab\tab J - Definitions\par \tab\tab K - Definitions\par \tab\tab L - Definitions\par \tab\tab M - Definitions\par \tab\tab N - Definitions\par \tab\tab O - Definitions\par \tab\tab P - Definitions\par \tab\tab Q - Definitions\par \tab\tab R - Definitions\par \tab\tab S - Definitions\par \tab\tab T - Definitions\par \tab\tab U - Definitions\par \tab\tab V - Definitions\par \tab\tab W - Definitions\par \tab\tab XYZ - Definitions\par \tab 2\tab Initial Allocation and Renewal Procedures\par \tab\tab 2.1\tab Initial Allocation of Available Transfer Capability\par \tab\tab 2.2\tab Reservation Priority For Existing Firm Service Customers\par \tab 3\tab Ancillary Services\par \tab 4\tab Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)\par \tab 5\tab Local Furnishing Bonds\par \tab\tab 5.1\tab Transmission Owners That Own Facilities Financed by Local Furnishing \tab\tab\tab\tab Bonds or that are Tax Exempt Entities\par \tab\tab 5.2\tab Alternative Procedures for Requesting Transmission Service\par \tab 6\tab Reciprocity\par \tab 7\tab Billing and Payment\par \tab\tab 7.1\tab Billing Procedure\par \tab\tab 7.2\tab Interest on Unpaid Balances\par \tab\tab 7.3\tab Financial Security Held By SPP\par \tab\tab 7.4\tab Customer Default\par \tab 8\tab Accounting for Use of the Tariff\par \tab\tab 8.1\tab Study Costs and Revenues\par \tab 9\tab Regulatory Filings\par \tab 10\tab Force Majeure and Indemnification\par \tab\tab 10.1\tab Force Majeure\par \tab\tab 10.2\tab Liability\par \tab\tab 10.3\tab Indemnification\par \tab\tab 10.4\tab Further Limitation of Liability\par \tab\tab 10.5\tab Transmission Provider Recovery\par \tab 11\tab Creditworthiness\par \tab 12\tab Dispute Resolution Procedures\par \tab\tab 12.1\tab Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures\par \tab\tab 12.2\tab External Arbitration Procedures\par \tab\tab 12.3\tab Arbitration Decisions\par \tab\tab 12.4\tab Costs\par \tab\tab 12.5\tab Rights Under The Federal Power Act\par II.\tab POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE\par \tab 13\tab Nature of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 13.1\tab Term\par \tab\tab 13.2\tab Reservation Priority\par \tab\tab 13.3\tab Use of Firm Transmission Service by the Transmission Owners\par \tab\tab 13.4\tab Service Agreements\par \tab\tab 13.5\tab Transmission Customer Obligations for Facility Additions or Redispatch \tab\tab\tab\tab Costs\par \tab\tab 13.6\tab Curtailment of Firm Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 13.7\tab Classification of Firm Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 13.8\tab Scheduling of Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab 14\tab Nature of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service \par \tab\tab 14.1\tab Term\par \tab\tab 14.2\tab Reservation Priority\par \tab\tab 14.3\tab Use of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service by the \tab\tab\tab\tab\tab Transmission Owner(s)\par \tab\tab 14.4\tab Service Agreements\par \tab\tab 14.5\tab Classification of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 14.6\tab Scheduling of Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 14.7\tab Curtailment or Interruption of Service\par \tab 15\tab Service Availability\par \tab\tab 15.1\tab General Conditions\par \tab\tab 15.2\tab Determination of Available Transfer Capability\par \tab\tab 15.3\tab Initiating Service in the Absence of an Executed Service Agreement\par \tab\tab 15.4\tab Obligation to Provide Transmission Service that Requires \tab Expansion or \tab\tab\tab\tab Modification of the Transmission System\par \tab\tab 15.5\tab Deferral of Service\par \tab\tab 15.6\tab Other Transmission Service Schedules\par \tab\tab 15.7\tab Real Power Losses\par \tab 16\tab Transmission Customer Responsibilities\par \tab\tab 16.1\tab Conditions Required of Transmission Customers\par \tab\tab 16.2\tab Transmission Customer Responsibility for Third-Party Arrangements\par \tab 17\tab Procedures for Arranging Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 17.1\tab Application\par \tab\tab 17.1a\tab Time Requirements\par \tab\tab 17.2\tab Completed Application\par \tab\tab 17.3\tab Credit Arrangements\par \tab\tab 17.4\tab Notice of Deficient Application\par \tab\tab 17.5\tab Response to a Completed Application\par \tab\tab 17.6\tab Execution of Service Agreement\par \tab\tab 17.7\tab Extensions for Commencement of Service\par \tab\tab 17.8\tab Designated Resources Using Long-Term Point-To-Point Transmission \tab\tab\tab\tab Service\par \tab\tab 17.9\tab Interconnection of Delivery Points\par \tab 18\tab Procedures for Arranging Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 18.1\tab Application\par \tab\tab 18.2\tab Completed Application\par \tab\tab 18.3\tab Timing of Requests and Responses Regarding Reservation of Non-Firm \tab\tab\tab\tab Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 18.4\tab Determination of Available Transfer Capability\par \tab 19\tab Additional Study Procedures For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service \tab\tab\tab Requests\par \tab\tab 19.1\tab Notice of Need for System Impact Study\par \tab\tab 19.2\tab System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement\par \tab\tab 19.3\tab System Impact Study Procedures\par \tab\tab 19.4\tab Facilities Study Procedures\par \tab\tab 19.5\tab Facilities Study Modifications\par \tab\tab 19.6\tab Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities\par \tab\tab 19.7\tab Partial Interim Service\par \tab\tab 19.8\tab Expedited Procedures for New Facilities\par \tab\tab 19.9\tab Reporting Failure to Meet Study Deadlines\par \tab 20\tab Procedures if The Transmission Provider is Unable to Complete New \tab\tab\tab\tab Transmission Facilities for Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 20.1\tab Delays in Construction of New Facilities\par \tab\tab 20.2\tab Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions\par \tab\tab 20.3\tab Refund Obligation for Unfinished Facility Additions\par \tab 21\tab Provisions Relating to Transmission Construction and Services on the Systems of \tab\tab\tab Other Utilities\par \tab\tab 21.1\tab Responsibility for Third-Party System Additions\par \tab\tab 21.2\tab Coordination of Third-Party System Additions\par \tab 22\tab Changes in Service Specifications\par \tab\tab 22.1\tab Modifications On a Non-Firm Basis\par \tab\tab 22.2\tab Additional Charge To Prevent Abuse\par \tab\tab 22.3\tab Modification On a Firm Basis\par \tab 23\tab Sale or Assignment of Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 23.1\tab Procedures for Assignment or Transfer of Service\par \tab\tab 23.2\tab Limitations on Assignment or Transfer of Service\par \tab\tab 23.3\tab Information on Assignment or Transfer of Service\par \tab 24\tab Metering and Power Factor Correction at Receipt and Delivery Points(s)\par \tab\tab 24.1\tab Transmission Customer Obligations\par \tab\tab 24.2\tab Transmission Provider Access to Metering Data\par \tab\tab 24.3\tab Power Factor\par \tab 25\tab Compensation for Transmission Service\par \tab 26\tab Stranded Cost Recovery\par \tab 27\tab Compensation for New Facilities and Redispatch Costs\par III.\tab NETWORK INTEGRATION TRANSMISSION SERVICE\par \tab 28\tab Nature of Network Integration Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 28.1\tab Scope of Service\par \tab\tab 28.2\tab Transmission Provider and Transmission Owners Responsibilities\par \tab\tab 28.3\tab Network Integration Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 28.4\tab Secondary Service\par \tab\tab 28.5\tab Real Power Losses\par \tab\tab 28.6\tab Restrictions on Use of Service\par \tab 29\tab Initiating Service\par \tab\tab 29.1\tab Condition Precedent for Receiving Service\par \tab\tab 29.2\tab Application Procedures\par \tab\tab 29.3\tab Technical Arrangements to be Completed Prior to Commencement of \tab\tab\tab\tab Service\par \tab\tab 29.4\tab Network Customer Facilities\par \tab\tab 29.5\tab Filing of Service Agreement\par \tab 30\tab Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.1\tab Designation of Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.2\tab Designation of New Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.3\tab Termination of Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.4\tab Operation of Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.5\tab Network Customer Redispatch Obligation\par \tab\tab 30.6\tab Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically \tab\tab\tab\tab Interconnected With The Transmission Provider\par \tab\tab 30.7\tab Limitation on Designation of Network Resources\par \tab\tab 30.8\tab Use of Interface Capacity by the Network Customer\par \tab\tab 30.9\tab Network Customer Owned Transmission Facilities\par \tab 31\tab Designation of Network Load\par \tab\tab 31.1\tab Network Load\par \tab\tab 31.2\tab New Network Loads Connected With the Transmission Provider\par \tab\tab 31.3\tab Network Load Not Physically Interconnected with the Transmission \tab\tab\tab\tab Provider\par \tab\tab 31.4\tab New Interconnection Points\par \tab\tab 31.5\tab Changes in Service Requests\par \tab\tab 31.6\tab Annual Load and Resource Information Updates\par \tab 32\tab Additional Study Procedures For Network Integration Transmission Service \tab\tab\tab Requests\par \tab\tab 32.1\tab Notice of Need for System Impact Study\par \tab\tab 32.2\tab System Impact Study Agreement and Cost Reimbursement\par \tab\tab 32.3\tab System Impact Study Procedures\par \tab\tab 32.4\tab Facilities Study Procedures\par \tab\tab 32.5\tab Penalties for Failure to Meet Study Deadlines\par \tab\tab 32.6\tab Facilities Study Modifications\par \tab\tab 32.7\tab Due Diligence in Completing New Facilities\par \tab\tab 32.8\tab Partial Interim Service\par \tab\tab 32.9\tab Expedited Procedures for New Facilities\par \tab\tab 32.10\tab Delays in Construction of New Facilities\par \tab\tab 32.11\tab Alternatives to the Original Facility Additions\par \tab 33\tab Load Shedding and Curtailments\par \tab\tab 33.1\tab Procedures\par \tab\tab 33.2\tab Transmission Constraints\par \tab\tab 33.3\tab Cost Responsibility for Relieving Transmission Constraints\par \tab\tab 33.4\tab Curtailments of Scheduled Deliveries\par \tab\tab 33.5\tab Allocation of Curtailments\par \tab\tab 33.6\tab Load Shedding\par \tab\tab 33.7\tab System Reliability\par \tab 34\tab Rates and Charges\par \tab\tab 34.1\tab Monthly Demand Charge\par \tab\tab 34.2\tab Monthly Demand Charge - Zone 1\par \tab\tab 34.3\tab Monthly Demand Change - Zone 11\par \tab\tab 34.4\tab Determination of Network Customer's Monthly Network Load\par \tab\tab 34.5\tab Determination of Transmission Provider's Monthly Zone Transmission \tab\tab\tab\tab Load\par \tab\tab 34.6\tab Redispatch Charge\par \tab\tab 34.7\tab Stranded Cost Recovery\par \tab\tab 34.8\tab SPP Costs\par \tab\tab 34.9\tab Monthly Demand Charge - Zone 10\par \tab 35\tab Operating Arrangements\par \tab\tab 35.1\tab Operation under the Network Operating Agreement\par \tab\tab 35.2\tab Network Operating Agreement\par \tab 36\tab Scheduling\par IV.\tab SPECIAL RULES ON USE OF TARIFF\par \tab 37\tab During Transition Period\par \tab\tab 37.1\tab Service Not Required for Bundled Customers or Customers Under Retail \tab\tab\tab\tab Access Programs\par \tab\tab 37.2\tab Availability of Network Integration Transmission Service\par \tab\tab 37.3\tab Unbundled Wholesale\par \tab\tab 37.4\tab Grandfathered Transactions\par \tab 38\tab After Transition Period\par \tab\tab 38.1\tab Applicability to Retail Load Having Choice\par \tab\tab 38.2\tab Applicability to All Retail Load Not Having Choice\par \tab\tab 38.3\tab Grandfathered Agreements\par \tab 39\tab Applicability of Non-Rate Terms and Conditions\par \tab\tab 39.1\tab Subject to State Laws and Regulations and Public Power Rate Schedules\par \tab\tab 39.2\tab Bundled Retail and Grandfathered Load\par \pard\fi-720\li2160 39.3\tab Participation by Western \i Area Power Administration\i0 Subject to Federal Laws and Regulations\par 39.4\tab Applicability to Rural Electric Cooperatives\par \pard V.\tab RECOVERY OF COSTS FOR BASE PLAN UPGRADES AND APPROVED \tab BALANCED PORTFOLIOS\par \tab 40\tab Base Plan Zonal Charge and Region-wide Charge\par \tab 41\tab Applicability to Resident Load\par \tab 42\tab Applicability to Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par SCHEDULE 1\par \tab Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service\par SCHEDULE 1-A\par \tab Tariff Administration Service\par SCHEDULE 2\par \tab Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation or Other Sources Service\par SCHEDULE 3\par \tab Regulation and Frequency Response Service\par SCHEDULE 4\par \tab Energy Imbalance Service\par SCHEDULE 5\par \tab Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve Service\par SCHEDULE 6\par \tab Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service\par SCHEDULE 7\par \tab Long-Term Firm and Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par SCHEDULE 8\par \tab Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par SCHEDULE 9\par \tab Network Integration Transmission Service\par SCHEDULE 10\par \tab Wholesale Distribution Service\par SCHEDULE 11\par \tab Base Plan Zonal Charge and Region-wide Charge\par SCHEDULE 12\par \tab FERC Assessment Charge\par ATTACHMENT A\par \tab Form Of Service Agreement For Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT A-1\par \tab Form Of Service Agreement For The Resale, Reassignment Or Transfer Of Point-To-\tab Point Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT B\par \tab Form Of Service Agreement For Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT C\par \tab Methodology To Assess Available Transfer Capability\par ATTACHMENT D\par \tab Methodology for Completing a System Impact Study\par ATTACHMENT E\par \tab Index Of Point-To-Point Transmission Service Customers\par ATTACHMENT F\par \tab Service Agreement For Network Integration Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT G\par \tab Network Operating Agreement\par ATTACHMENT H\par \tab Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for Network Integration Transmission \tab Service\par ATTACHMENT I\par \tab Index Of Network Integration Transmission Service Customers\par ATTACHMENT J\par \tab Recovery Of Costs Associated With New Facilities\par ATTACHMENT K\par \tab Redispatch Procedures and Redispatch Costs\par ATTACHMENT L\par \tab Treatment Of Revenues\par ATTACHMENT M\par \tab Loss Compensation Procedure\par ATTACHMENT N\par \tab [Reserved for Future Use]\par ATTACHMENT O\par \tab Transmission Planning Process\par ATTACHMENT P\par \tab Transmission Service Timing Requirements\par ATTACHMENT Q\par \tab Form of Application For Short-Term Firm and Non-Firm Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT R\par \tab North American Electric Reliability Council Transmission Loading Relief (\ldblquote TLR\rdblquote ) \tab Procedure\par ATTACHMENT R-1\par \tab North American Energy Standards Board Business Practices\par ATTACHMENT S\par \tab Procedure for Calculation of MW-Mile Impacts for Use in Revenue Requirements, \tab Revenue Allocation and Determination of Losses\par ATTACHMENT T\par \tab Rate Sheets For Point-To-Point Transmission Service\par ATTACHMENT U\par \tab Rate Schedule For Compensation For Rescheduled Maintenance Costs\par ATTACHMENT V\par \tab Coordinated Generation Interconnection Procedures\par ATTACHMENT W\par \tab Index of Grandfathered Agreements\par ATTACHMENT X\par \tab Credit Policy\par ATTACHMENT Y\par \tab Transmission Owner Designation Process\par ATTACHMENT Z1\par \tab Aggregate Transmission Service Study Procedures and Cost Allocation and Recovery for \tab Service Upgrades\par ATTACHMENT Z2\par \tab Compensation for Upgrade Sponsors\par ATTACHMENT AA\par \tab Reserved for Future Use\par ATTACHMENT AB\par \tab Reserved For Future Use\par ATTACHMENT AC\par \tab Short-Term Service - System Impact Study Process \par ATTACHMENT AD\par \tab Southwestern Power Administration Agreement Between United States Of America and \tab Southwest Power Pool, Inc.\par ATTACHMENT AE\par \tab Integrated Marketplace\par ATTACHMENT AF\par \tab Market Power Mitigation Plan\par ATTACHMENT AG\par \tab Market Monitoring Plan\par ATTACHMENT AH\par \tab Market Participant Service Agreement\par ATTACHMENT AI\par \tab Transmission Definition\par ATTACHMENT AJ\par \tab Reserved for Future Use\par ATTACHMENT AK\par \tab Treatment of Reserve Sharing Charges and Revenues\par ATTACHMENT AL\par \tab Form of Non-Disclosure Agreement for Authorized Requestors\par ATTACHMENT AM\par \tab Meter Agent Services Agreement\par ATTACHMENT AN\par \tab Balancing Authorities Agreement\par ATTACHMENT AO\par \tab Agreement Establishing External Generation Non-Physical Electrical Interconnection \tab Point\par ATTACHMENT AP\par \tab Allocation of Cost Associated with Reliability Penalty Assessments\par ATTACHMENT AQ\par \tab Delivery Point Addition Process\par ATTACHMENT AR\par \tab Screening Study\par ATTACHMENT AS\par \tab Western Area Power Administration Contract\par ATTACHMENT AT\par \tab Basin Electric Power Cooperative Contract\par ATTACHMENT AU\par \pard\li720 Procedures for Allocation of Revenues Resulting from the Settlement Agreement in Commission Docket Nos. EL11-34-002, et al.\par \pard\par \pard\f0\fs17\par }