Gas/Electric CoordinationOPSI Annual Meeting

October 12, 2015

Asim Z. HaqueVice-Chairman

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Building Block #1

Increasing Efficiency of

Coal-Fired Generation

Building Block #3

Increasing Use of Renewable

& Nuclear Facilities

Building Block #2

Dispatch Existing and Under Construction

Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) Units to

up to 75% Capacity Factor

“Despite more natural gas, LNG and storage, there were just as many, if not more, restrictions issued by the

pipelines….

On the morning of Feb. 20, forced outages from gas issues totaled 7,420 MW, or 29.9 percent of total forced outages. In comparison, at the Jan. 7, 2014, peak, 9,300 MW of gas-

fired capacity was out of service because of natural gas unavailability, or about 25 percent of the total outages.”

Source: PJM 2015 Winter Report p.6

No Incident ≠ Reliability

Coldest Days: 2014 vs. 2015Forced Outage Causes

Source: PJM 2015 Winter Report p.21

RemediesFERC Gas/Electric

Optimization

Gas Electric

PJM/Pipeline MOU Capacity Performance

New EnglandMass. DPU order paves way for electric utilities to file for firm capacity on pipes

– www.snl.com, Oct. 5,2015

New Hampshire PUC clears way for electric utilities to own gas pipeline capacity

– www.utilitydive.com, Sept. 18, 2015

Mass. order on pipeline contracts could echo through New England

– www.snl.com, Oct. 7, 2015

Recommendation 2: LDC Generators = Catalyze the Discussion

Recommendations

Recommendation 1: Pipeline Generators = Wait