May 2009, Vista Newsletter

	Bonneville Power Administration Masters AUTO Vista in Wind Integration Study The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a US federal agency responsible for marketing the power from all federally owned hydroelectric projects (20,000 MW) in the Columbia River system. BPA currently uses LT Vista for long-term planning, ST Vista for short-term scheduling, NRTO (near real time optimizer) for dispatch advice transmitted to the USACE, as well as AUTO Vista for off-line studies. Previous wind studies were undertaken jointly by BPA and Synexus. This time around, BPA executed the work independently, with limited support. They are to be congratulated for an excellent analysis! See attached paper. Paper publication approved by BPA.

Bonneville Power Administration Masters AUTO Vista in Wind Integration Study

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a US federal agency responsible for marketing the power from all federally owned hydroelectric projects (20,000 MW) in the Columbia River system. BPA currently uses LT Vista for long-term planning, ST Vista for short-term scheduling, NRTO (near real time optimizer) for dispatch advice transmitted to the USACE, as well as AUTO Vista for off-line studies.

Previous wind studies were undertaken jointly by BPA and Synexus. This time around, BPA executed the work independently, with limited support. They are to be congratulated for an excellent analysis! See attached paper.

Paper publication approved by BPA.