REGIONAL PLANNING

Announcement of Fourth Relevant State Entity Forum for WestConnect Planning Region

Pursuant to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 1920, the Enrolled Transmission Owners in the WestConnect planning region¹ hereby provide notice of the fourth Relevant State Entity forum for the WestConnect planning region.²

The virtual forum will be held from 2pm-3pm Mountain Time on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The tentative agenda for this forum includes:

1.  An opportunity for the Relevant State Entities to provide input and ask questions regarding
     WestConnect’s proposal presented during the March 25, 2025 third Relevant State Entity
     forum;

2.  A breakout session for RSEs to discuss WestConnect’s draft cost allocation approach; and

3.  Opportunity for Stakeholders to provide comments and ask questions to the Relevant
     State Entities.

Registration and Participation

This forum is open to the Relevant State Entities and members of the public. All individuals seeking to attend the forum should register for this forum by 5pm Mountain Time on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, by filling out this registration form. Individuals seeking to attend on behalf of a Relevant State Entity should specify what entity they represent in the registration form.

Members of the public will not be permitted to attend or listen to the Relevant State Entities’ breakout session, which also does not include participation by WestConnect Enrolled Transmission Owners.

All Relevant State Entities are invited and encouraged to participate.

Reminders

Relevant State Entities and members of the public may communicate with the Enrolled Transmission Owners in the WestConnect planning region by sending any questions or comments to  Order1920@westconnect.com

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¹The Enrolled Transmission Owners include: Arizona Public Service Company; Basin Electric Power Cooperative; Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC; Black Hills Power, Inc.; Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company; Deseret Power Electric Cooperative; El Paso Electric Company; Public Service Company of Colorado; Public Service Company of New Mexico; Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; Tucson Electric Power
Company; and UNS Electric, Inc.

²Order No. 1920 at P 1355 defines Relevant State Entities “as any state entity responsible for electric utility regulation or siting electric transmission facilities within the state or portion of a state located in the transmission planning region, including any state entity as may be designated for that purpose by the law of such state.” All other capitalized terms used in this notice have the meaning provided in FERC Order No. 1920.