COUNTY COMMISSION. Order of Business. Monday, October 14, :45 PM Ellis County Courthouse. I. Opening

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1 COUNTY COMMISSION Monday, October 14, :45 PM Ellis County Courthouse Order of Business I. Opening A. Call to Order B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Clerk Calls the Roll D. Approval of Agenda II. III. Approval of Prior Minutes Regular Meeting October 7, 2013 Consent Agenda A. Approval of Employee Status Changes as presented B. Approval of Refunding Warrants as presented C. Approval of Tax Roll Adjustments as presented D. Approval of Escape Tax Orders as presented E. Approval of Accounts Payable and Payroll as presented

2 IV. Regular Agenda A. Public Works 1. Fence Viewing Report B. County Administrator 1. Resolution No (KCAMP) Enclosure Consideration of Resolution 2. Attorney Attendance At Commission Meetings Enclosure Discussion/Consideration of Changing Meeting Time/Dates 3. EMS/Rural Fire Building Project Enclosure Report/Discussion of Project and Concerns 4. Radio Issues Report/Discussion 5. Radio Upgrade Project Bill Report 6. Employee Photo Database and ID Badges Consideration of Proposal 7. County Insurance Coverage Enclosure Discussion of Options 8. Kansas Natural Resources Coalition Hearing Enclosure Discussion about Hearing Scheduled for November 7&8, 2013 in Garden City

3 9. Health Savings Account (HSA) Employer Share Consideration of Payment Timing in Buckeye Wind Project Enclosure Report C. County Commission V. Adjournment 1. Commissioner Reports

4 Meeting Memo To: County Commission From: Greg Sund CC: Order of Business Recipients Date: 10/11/2013 Re: Order of Business for the October 14, 2013 Regular Meeting IV. Regular Agenda A. Public Works 1. Fence Viewing We sent out return receipt notices to the two affected property owners, the Commission, Tom Wasinger, and Bill Jeter announcing that the official fence viewing will be held on Wednesday, October 16, at 2:00PM at the site. B. County Administrator 1. Resolution No (KCAMP) In looking at the materials presented by KCAMP regarding the acceptance of the update to the bylaws, we realized they included a draft resolution. I put it in a form for Ellis County and it is presented here. It merely confirms the approval granted on October 7. I recommend approval. Suggested Motion: To approve Resolution No which approves the bylaws amendment and inter local cooperation agreement for the Kansas Association Multi line Pool. 2. Attorney Attendance At County Commission Meetings As discussed by the County Commission on October 7, there was general agreement to having Mr. Jeter attend Commission meetings and a recognition that doing this will result in the need to adjust the meeting time and/or date. This item is on the Order of Business to continue the discussion and possibly consider a change to the meeting date/time. 1

5 Two suggested motions are included here in case the Commission desires to address and meeting time/date change. Suggested Motion: To contract with the Jeter Law Firm to compensate the firm (at an hourly rate of $ per hour or through an all inclusive retainer of $5,000 per month) effective, 201_. Suggested Motion: To change the Ellis County Commission meeting time/date to (AM/PM) on. 3. EMS/Rural Fire Building Project We learned recently that the current design of our building is not in compliance with city of Hays Zoning Code Section I am enclosing a copy of that code section. The reason is it not complying is has a shadow restriction for when developments in this zone abut residential zones. In this case, our building will abut a multi family housing zone to the north. Under this restriction, the angle from the highest point of our building within 150 feet of the neighboring property cannot exceed a 22.5 degree angle. Our building would result in a 38.2 degree angle if constructed as designed. We had a meeting with Hays Public Works Director I.D. Creech on October 8 and plan to have another one on October 15. The meeting on October 15 will include our architect. The subject of the October 8 meeting was to discuss the options we have in addressing this issue. The options we identified in the meeting are: 1. Redesign the building; 2. Seek a variance; 3. Change the zoning of the property; 4. Amend the ordinance. I have been in contact with our architect on the project. He pointed out that the restriction in Hays City Code only applies to the C 2 zone (General Commercial). For this reason, he asked about seeking a zone change to C 0 (Office and Institution Zone). I am enclosing a copy of the Hays Code section that describes Zones C 0, C 1, C 2 and a copy of the Hays zoning map for downtown Hays. The Courthouse/LEC appears to be in a C 3 zone and Hays City Hall/Fire Hall is in a C 1. In looking at the purpose of the C 1 zone, I do not think it is appropriate for our use and C 3 is the Central Business District, but the C 0 zone is appropriate for our parcel and intended use. The architect and others have also suggested seeking a variance to the code restriction because the type of use to the north (multi family housing) and the fact there is already a line of trees that negate the purpose of the ordinance. I have also talked to the architect about possibly moving the building on the site or redesigning it to some extent. The architect said shifting the building on the site will result in challenges because of the slope of the property. I am seeking Commission input on the options before us to determine if they believe any of them should be taken off the table. Page 2

6 4. Radio Issues County and some Hays Fire staff met with Ed Geer of KDOT (State Radio) to discuss a myriad of issues we are experiencing with our new radio system. For instance, I have personally observed instances wherein when a call goes out and with two radios sitting next to each other, one gets the call and the other does not. There have also been complaints of garbled communications and the inability to scan radio traffic throughout the area. Mr. Geer offered some very helpful information to address the issues we are facing. Firstly, he and his people recently learned about a capability of the Motorola Radio System that allows the setup of what is called required sites. He has been running a test of this capability on the EMS/Fire channel and it appears to have improved the situation. For this reason, the group meeting agreed to have Mr. Geer setup the capability on five of the channels managed by the County. Mr. Geer stressed that the digital radios are always seeking a wide area network, which can lead to them roaming off our dispatch depending on where the radio is located. For this reason, we are looking to set the radios to preferred site. We learned that it is unlikely that any of our new radios were optimized during the re banding process even though this is a strong recommendation of Motorola. We do not know why this was not included in the re banding process, but we also learned that optimizing is not a one time action. It needs to be done every 1 3 years to ensure each radio is operating within an established range. When a radio drifts outside the acceptable range, it can stop receiving communications and possibly conflict with other radios. Mobile Radio Service provided me a quote for this work and Nex Tech is working up a quote. Mr. Geer also described a situation called digital artifacts. This happens when a radio is not receiving a strong enough signal. We talked about installing a unit called a bi directional antenna in the buildings wherein we have basement floor meeting rooms and offices to boost signal quality. It appears we already have one in the Law Enforcement Center, but it was not upgraded to digital along with the rest of the system, so it does not function on the digital network. We also learned that our Dispatch is set up with control stations rather than a method called Direct Connect. This was probably done originally to save money, but it creates serious challenges to Dispatch communications. It forces Dispatch radios to compete with all the other radios on the system. With Direct Connect, Dispatch would have priority over the radios on the system. We would be required to purchase a T 1 line to Salina at $550 $600 per month to install Direct Connect. However it appears we will not be able to do this until we upgrade the Dispatch radio consoles. Mr. Geer said we can upgrade one console at a time as we have the money to do so rather than Page 3

7 waiting and doing all of them at the same time. The cost for the first one is $160,000 plus installation that he said typically is 60% of the cost of installation. This means the first console would cost $400,000. Additional ones would cost about $50,000 each for the equipment with a total cost of $125,000 each including the equipment. My original estimate for replacing the four consoles in Dispatch was $600,000. With the information from Mr. Geer, it appears the cost will be about $775,000 and if we put a console in the new EMS/Rural fire building as an alternate site, the cost would be $900,000. As I wrote above, this meeting was very informative, but it was clear we need to pay more money to make the system function well. 5. Radio Upgrade Project Bill I contacted Nex Tech, but as of this writing, I have not heard back. If I have some updated information by the time of the meeting, I will report on it. 6. Employee Photo Database and ID Badges Sometime back, the department head group agreed to move forward in requiring ID badges for all County employees. Since these would be photo ID s, we thought this might be a method of meeting both that goal and the goal of creating a photo based database of our employees. We originally thought it might be a good idea to create ID Badges using the equipment we received from FEMA for creating badges compliant with their rules. However we have experienced some challenges in proceeding with that project. All Public Safety employees have these badges, but none of our other employees. On the other hand, the County purchased an employee ID software package several years ago that likely contains photos, departments, etc of many of our employees. Our I.T. staff will be checking the database of the ID badge software to learn how many employees have photos in the system and how many we need to fill in. The problem with the current system is it was purchased with the thought that ID badges are a good idea, but t a requirement of ID badges was never established, so many of our newer employees did not get ID badges when they hired on. Since the request to establish an employee photo database was a commissioner request, but was not formally adopted by the Commission, I ask Commissioners to consider this as a requirement, including that all employees get an official ID as either the standard County one or the FEMA one or both. I checked with Mr. Jeter and the County can require ID badges for all employees. Suggested Motion: To direct the County Administrator to develop an employee ID policy and require all employees to submit to photos and other required information. Page 4

8 7. County Insurance Coverage I received a call from Rich Kraemer of Insurance Planning asking whether the County Commission would have any interest in bidding out its insurance coverage. He said the County used to insure with Travelers before moving to KCAMP and Travelers have again shown interest in quoting the County s business. From a historical perspective, I lived through local government in the mid 1980 s when insurance companies across the Country decided local government was too great a risk and in a short period of time withdrew coverage from all local governments. It was this action that led to the formation of insurance pools like KCAMP. Mr. Kraemer and I had a short discussion about my concern of a potential repeat of what happened in the 1980 s. I think this is what the Commission needs to weigh in deciding whether to bid out the County s coverage. However from a budget and cost perspective, I don t think it hurts to advertise for bids and compare cost and coverage between KCAMP and insurance companies. I said to Mr. Kraemer I would ask the Commission about this and report back to him the Commission s preferences. 8. Kansas Natural Resources Coalition Hearing We received and enclosed announcement of a hearing scheduled for November 7 & 8 in Garden City by the KNRC to hear testimony about the proposed inclusion of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species under the Federal Endangered Species Act. I posted this announcement on the County s website and put the announcement in the Document Center under Administrator to better ensure awareness. 9. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) Employer Share For 2013, the County Commission agreed to pay out the employer share going to employee HSA s at the beginning of the year in order to coordinate with the payout timing the State was going to do. For 2014, the State has shifted its timing to pay ½ of the employer share in January and ½ in July. When I first learned of the State s single payout proposal at the beginning of the year for 2013, I immediately realized the benefit to new employee converts to the high deductible plans because it provided them the ability to cover out of pocket medical needs at the beginning of the year rather than having to wait until they built sufficient cash during the year. By doing this the State and the County provided employees with a very reasonable incentive to try the high deductible plans without the need to pay out any additional money. It simply changed the timing. I do not know how the State s budget considerations and revenue cash flow led to their change in payout, but I encourage the County Commission to continue with the beginning of the year payout in order to incentivize new people to Page 5

9 convert to the high deductible plan. I think the State will learn their timing change in 2014 will dramatically reduce the number of people switching to the high deductible plans. Because we are currently in the open enrollment period, this is the time this decision needs to be made because employees need it in order to make an informed decision about their preferred health insurance plan. Suggested Motion: To pay out the employer s share to employee Health Savings Accounts at the beginning of the year for Buckeye Wind Project Some of you may have heard that Buckeye Wind plans to begin construction in the near future. In fact, I understand this was announced during the last County Joint Planning Board meeting. Before they can do that, the Commission needs to approve the final agreements on the project. I have a meeting with Dennis Davidson, the County s Counselor for wind related issues on October 17 to discuss the agreements. He has then agreed to appear before the Commission on October 21 to discuss the agreements. A portion of that discussion may require an executive session, but I will know more about that after I meet with Mr. Davidson. I verified that Southwest Power Pool has submitted an interconnection agreement for the Buckeye Wind project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). I have a copy of the agreement that I can distribute by , but I didn t attempt to put it in the packet because it is 200 pages long. For that reason, I am only putting the cover letter in the packet. Having one of these agreements is key to a company being able to move forward on the project. Greg Sund Page 6

10 RESOLUTION NO A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BYLAWS AND INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR THE KANSAS COUNTY ASSOCIATION MULTILINE POOL WHEREAS Ellis County has authority under the Kansas Municipal Group Funded Pool Act, K.S.A , et seq., as amended, to participate in and form a municipal self insurance pool for the insurance coverage for certain liabilities; and WHEREAS Ellis County has reviewed an agreement to cooperate with other Municipalities to form such a self insurance pool entitled "Bylaws and Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Kansas County Association Multiline Pool" ("KCAMP") Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Ellis County Commission that: L The Bylaws and Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Kansas County Association Multiline Pool ("the Agreement"), a copy of which document is attached hereto and incorporated by reference into this Resolution, is hereby approved. 2. The Ellis County Commission is approving and signing this resolution on behalf of Ellis County, Kansas. 3. Neither this Resolution nor the Agreement approved hereby is intended to nor does it waive, nor shall it be construed as waiving, any immunity or limitation on liability provided to the Municipality, its officers or employees, by any law, including but not limited to any such immunity or limitation appearing in the Kansas Tort Claims Act or amendments thereto. Furthermore, neither this Resolution nor the Agreement is intended to, nor does it provide for coverage in excess of the limitation on liability within the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, K.S.A , et seq., as amended. 4. Ellis County further understands, and by execution of this Resolution and the Agreement agrees, that the individual members of KCAMP may be subject to the payment of additional contributions approved by the Members at a special or annual membership meeting, duly called and noticed and at which a quorum is present. 5. One copy of the signed Agreement shall be mailed to the Administrator of KCAMP along with a copy of this executed Resolution; one copy of the executed Agreement shall be filed with the County Register of Deeds for the County in which the Municipality is located; and one copy of the executed Agreement shall be filed with the Kansas Secretary of State. The foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by a majority vote of the Ellis County, Kansas County Commission, on this 14 th Day of October, ELLIS COUNTY COMMISSION Dean Haselhorst, Chair

11 Barbara K. Wasinger, Commissioner ATTEST: Swede Holmgren, Commissioner Donna J. Maskus, Clerk

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21 T.O. PARAPET EL. = 116'-0" PRECAST CONC. PANEL, TYP. LIGHT FIXTURE 15'-0" 14'-5" 120'-6" T.O. PARAPET 113'-0" T.O. REVEAL 105'-10" B.O. REVEAL 101'-0" EMS F.F. 100'-0" 1'-0" 10'-0" 7'-9" w w w. s p t a r c h i t e c t u r e. c o m FINISH FLOOR 20'-0" T.O. PARAPET EL. = 116'-0" PRECAST CONC. PANEL, TYP. LIGHT FIXTURE 15'-0" 14'-5" 120'-6" T.O. PARAPET 6'-0" 6" 5 3/8" 1'-6" 1'-3 5/8" 7'-9" 113'-0" T.O. REVEAL 105'-10" B.O. REVEAL 8'-0" 101'-0" EMS F.F. 100'-0" 1'-0" FINISH FLOOR 20'-0"

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23 TAPPER CURB FROM 6" TO 0" AT RADIUS 2" R12'-6" 10'-5" 6'-6" 86'-0" 2'-4" 18'-0" 24'-0" 121'-7" 58'-7" FROM CORNER OF TO FACE OF CONC. 5'-0" 14'-6" 3'-4" R9'-6" 17'-2" 108'-0" 5'-0" R5'-6" R5'-6" 9" 71'-10" 12'-0" 134'-0" 88'-4" 121'-7" 7" 104'-4" 38'-3" 6" 6'-10" 9'-2" 5'-0" 23'-9 1/2" 11'-2" 2'-4 1/2" 32'-3 1/2" 4'-0" 73'-4" 2'-4" 73'-4" 24'-0" 81'-4" 109'-4" 18'-0" 2'-4" 21'-0" 2'-3" 66'-0" 5'-0 1/2" 21'-0" 21'-0" 16'-0" 4'-0" 30'-0" 5'-0" 12'-6" 73'-4" R36'-0" R13'-0" R3'-0" 9'-0" TYP 5'-3 1/2" 50'-0" TAPER CURB FROM 6" TO 0" 7'-3" FROM 1'-11" 10'-0" EXTENT OF NEW CONC. RETAINING WALL 30'-0" w w w. s p t a r c h i t e c t u r e. c o m

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25 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Advisability Of Listing The Lesser Prairie Chicken as a Threatened Species Under The Endangered Species Act On Thursday, November 7, 2013 and Friday, November 8, 2013, between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm, The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition (KNRC), through its Hearing Council, will conduct a Public Hearing at the Clarion Hotel, 1911 East Kansas Avenue, Garden City Kansas 67846, to receive information and consider the advisability of listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Public Hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving, analyzing and evaluating all relevant information regarding the proposed listing and to evaluate consistency of listing efforts with congressional acts, presidential executive orders, federal and state regulations, sound scientific principal, economic considerations, cultural and civic impacts, general environmental practice and established plans. All persons, organizations and agencies possessing such information are invited to appear before the KNRC Hearing Counsel to offer testimony, oral and/or written, pertaining to the proposed LPC listing. The Hearing Counsel will receive information, including - but not limited to - LPC studies, population counts, scientific methodologies, historic and current data, range maps, impact studies, charts, alternative plans, conservation practices, correspondence, photographs, scientific conclusions and/or other relevant Lesser Prairie Chicken information, including but not limited to: Specific, tangible and documented natural and/or human threats to the LPC species, its habitat, range and/or ecosystem(s); Information, data and studies of future impact(s), if any, that would be expected to occur to the LPC species, its habitat, range and/or ecosystem(s)in the event a not warranted determination is made or no action is taken; Specific, tangible or measurable improvement(s) to LPC populations, habitats, ecosystems, and/or other benefits projected to result from, in conjunction with, or emanating out of a threatened-status listing determination under ESA; Information as to present/future impact(s) upon or benefit to the human environment, cultural systems, social cohesiveness, changes in economic circumstances, and/or changes to agriculture, commerce, industry or private property projected to result from, in conjunction with, or emanating out of a threatened-status listing determination and, alternatively, information regarding impact(s) emanating from a not warranted or no action determination under ESA; Public notifications, correspondence, comments and/or review opportunities from the Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental-Impact Statement (EIS) process, including Findings of Impact and similar, related NEPA procedural studies, and information relevant to the coordination process initiated by any federal agency with local government(s), if any. Persons, organizations and/or agencies requesting to appear before the Hearing Council must submit a written Intent to Testify to KNRC, PO Box 93, Garden City, KS or KNRC.counties@gmail.com on or before 5:00 pm CST Monday, November 04, Copies of written and electronic information may be filed during the hearing, and the record will remain open for acceptance of written and/or electronic information until 5:00 pm CST on Friday, November 15, All written and electronic submissions shall be provided to the Hearing Counsel or received by land delivery at PO Box 93, Garden City, Kansas before the November 15 deadline.

26 The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE Washington, DC September 6, 2013 RE: Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Docket No. ER13- Submission of Generator Interconnection Agreement Dear Secretary Bose: Pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d, and section of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s ( Commission ) regulations, 18 C.F.R , Southwest Power Pool, Inc. ( SPP ) submits an executed Generator Interconnection Agreement ( GIA ) among SPP as Transmission Provider, Buckeye Wind Energy LLC ( Buckeye Wind ) as Interconnection Customer, and Midwest Energy, Inc. ( Midwest ) as Transmission Owner ( Buckeye Wind GIA ). 1 SPP is submitting the Buckeye Wind GIA for filing because it includes provisions that do not conform to the pro forma GIA in SPP s Open Access Transmission Tariff ( SPP Tariff ). 2 I. Background Buckeye Wind plans to construct a MW wind generation facility ( Facility ). The Facility will consist of 118 G.E. 1.7 MW wind turbines for a total of MW. The Buckeye Wind GIA provides for the interconnection of the Facility to Midwest s transmission system. The point of interconnection will be the Post Rock Substation 230kV bus (point between the two breaker disconnect switches and the revenue metering for the Facility). 1 2 A copy of the Buckeye Wind GIA, which is designated as Original Service Agreement No. 2573, is included with this filing. In addition, SPP, Buckeye Wind, and Midwest are collectively the Parties. See SPP Tariff at Attachment V, Appendix 6 (hereinafter the pro forma GIA ).

27 The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose September 6, 2013 Page 2 II. Description of and Justification for the Non-Conforming Language in the Buckeye Wind GIA The Buckeye Wind GIA conforms to the pro forma GIA, except for the language in Appendix A, Section 2(f). Specifically, Section 2(f) of Appendix A contains nonconforming language regarding Outages. Section 2(f) provides that Buckeye Wind shall be responsible for, and shall reimburse Midwest for, Outage Costs or Dispatch-related Outage Costs resulting from Outages directly related to the interconnection of the Facility to the transmission system. 3 The language further provides that costs for the Outages may occur when the Transmission Owner has one or more energy schedules utilizing firm transmission reservations curtailed during a Congestion Management Event. 4 Section 2(f) defines terms referenced within Section 2(f). 5 Section 2(f) sets forth how Outage Costs will be determined 6 and contains a good-faith estimate of the Outage Costs. 7 Section 2(f) sets forth how Dispatch-related Outage Costs will be determined 8 and contains a good-faith estimate of the Dispatch-related Outage Costs. 9 The language in Section 2(f) of Appendix A is consistent with Order No A, which allows the recovery of outage costs on a case-by-case basis if authorized contractually. 10 In this instance, Buckeye Wind and Midwest have agreed that Buckeye Wind will compensate Midwest for certain Outage Costs for Outages occurring as a See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f). Id. See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f)(i)-(iv) See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f)(v). See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f)(vi). See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f)(vii). See Buckeye Wind GIA at Appendix A, 2(f)(viii). See Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures, Order No. 2003, 68 FR (Aug. 19, 2003), FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,146 (2003), order on reh g, Order No A, 69 FR (Mar. 26, 2004), FERC Stats. & Regs., 31,160, at P 647 (2004), order on reh g, Order No B, 70 FR 265 (Jan. 4, 2005), FERC Stats. & Regs., 31,171 (2005), order on reh g, Order No C, 70 FR (Jun. 30, 2005), FERC Stats. & Regs., 31,190 (2005), aff d sub nom. Nat l Ass'n of Regulatory Utils. Comm rs v. FERC, 475 F.3d 1277 (D.C. Cir. 2007); see also Southern Co. Servs., Inc., 111 FERC 61,423, at P 28 (2005).

28 The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose September 6, 2013 Page 3 result of interconnecting the Facility, which is memorialized in Section 2(f) of Appendix A of the Buckeye Wind GIA. Additionally, the Commission previously accepted a GIA with similar language. 11 As this language is consistent with Commission precedent, the Commission should accept the Buckeye Wind GIA, effective August 15, III. Effective Date and Waiver SPP requests an effective date of August 15, 2013, for the Buckeye Wind GIA. To permit such an effective date, pursuant to section of the Commission s rules and regulations, 18 C.F.R , SPP requests a waiver of the Commission s 60-day notice requirement set forth at 18 C.F.R Waiver is appropriate because the Buckeye Wind GIA is being filed no later than 30 days after the effective date of the agreement. 13 IV. Additional Information A. Information Required by Section of the Commission s Regulations, 18 C.F.R : (1) Documents Submitted with this Filing: In addition to this transmittal letter, SPP is submitting the following: (a) (b) A clean copy of the Buckeye Wind GIA; and A redline copy of the Buckeye Wind GIA. (2) Effective Date: As discussed above, SPP respectfully requests that the Commission accept the Buckeye Wind GIA with an effective date of August 15, See Sw. Power Pool, Inc., Letter Order, Docket No. ER (Mar. 22, 2012). See, e.g. Southern Co. Servs., Inc., 111 FERC 61,423, at P 28 (2005) (Commission accepted an interconnection agreement permitting recovery of outage costs that are caused by or reasonably related to scheduled transmission line outages associated with the interconnection customer s interconnection). See Prior Notice and Filing Requirements Under Part II of the Federal Power Act, 64 FERC 61,139, at 61,983-84, order on reh g, 65 FERC 61,081 (1993) (the Commission will grant waiver of the 60-day prior notice requirement if service agreements are filed within 30 days after service commences. ).

29 The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose September 6, 2013 Page 4 (3) Service: SPP is serving a copy of this filing on the representatives for the Parties listed in the Buckeye Wind GIA. (4) Basis of Rate: B. Communications All charges will be determined in accordance with the SPP Tariff and the Buckeye Wind GIA. Any correspondence regarding this matter should be directed to: Tessie Kentner Attorney Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 201 Worthen Drive Little Rock, AR Telephone: (501) tkentner@spp.org Nicole Wagner Manager - Regulatory Policy Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 201 Worthen Drive Little Rock, AR Telephone: (501) jwagner@spp.org V. Conclusion For all the foregoing reasons, SPP respectfully requests that the Commission accept the Buckeye Wind GIA with an effective date of August 15, Respectfully submitted, /s/ Tessie Kentner Tessie Kentner Attorney Pool, Inc. for Southwest Power