Exploring the West Team Challenge

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Across
  1. 1. Company that ceased operations in 2019, allowing SPP to offer RC services in the West
  2. 3. Chief ___ Brake
  3. 4. Name of the lake whose long-term drought is causing output issues at Glen Canyon
  4. 9. Most generation in the West is from this resource type
  5. 12. Energy from this resource type is shipped west from 500kv lines in Montana and Wyoming
  6. 14. Part of the name of SPP's 2027 Western markets offering
  7. 16. One issue in the west; process of a region becoming increasingly dry
  8. 17. One of the three DC ties impacted by SPP's RTO Western Expansion
  9. 20. California makes up 1/___ of WECC's summer peak load.
  10. 23. SPP became this in 2004
  11. 25. New RTO member based out of Lincoln, Nebraska
  12. 26. New RTO member that operates in 3 RC and 7 BA areas
  13. 30. Number of HVDC lines in the West
  14. 31. New RTO member known for its use of Recovered Energy
  15. 32. Sole remaining nuclear facility in the California
Down
  1. 1. What river is the P in PRPA?
  2. 2. Part of the acronym RAS
  3. 5. SPP's 7 products are collectively categorized as this
  4. 6. Important resource type in the West that is powered by snowmelt
  5. 7. Abbreviated name of one of SPP's three markets
  6. 8. New RTO member whose customer base includes the U.S. Air Force Academy
  7. 10. One of the 4 RCs in the West
  8. 11. Name of WPP's resource adequacy program that SPP was chosen to serve as Program Operator.
  9. 13. Animal associated with solar power in California because of load curve
  10. 15. Resource type that has had the largest increase in the past 5 years in the West.
  11. 18. How long are WAPA's cost-based, long-term contracts?
  12. 19. Deseret's 500 MW coal power plant
  13. 21. Key benefit of hydro in the West
  14. 22. Shape/food associated with flow in the West
  15. 24. Name of SPP's real-time market currently in the West
  16. 27. Characteristic of HV lines in the West
  17. 28. One of WECC's 4 identified reliability risks in the West
  18. 29. Largest generation area in the West