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 "aliases": [
  {
   "note": "Curated from BPA's OPI Paths page, ATCID and Transmission Plan; WECC path number where one applies",
   "relation": "exact",
   "review_state": "reviewed",
   "source_entity_id": "west-of-cascades-south",
   "source_ref": "bpa-paths"
  }
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  -119.31489810589899,
  46.62070212751376
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 "citation_path": "citations/path~bpa~west-of-cascades-south.html",
 "direction": "east to west positive",
 "facts": [
  {
   "basis": "BPA's published TTC series for the path (mode over the 30-day OPI window) or the WECC path rating where BPA publishes none; a directional operating limit, not a sum of line ratings",
   "coverage": null,
   "denominator": null,
   "evidence": "reported",
   "fact_id": "path:bpa:west-of-cascades-south#path_ttc_mw",
   "label": "Total transfer capability",
   "locator": "bpa_paths.csv; path_id=west-of-cascades-south; source=https://www.bpa.gov/-/media/Aep/transmission/atc-methodology/ATCID_V88_11FEB2026.pdf",
   "maturity": "final",
   "method": "curated",
   "metric": "path_ttc_mw",
   "missing_reason": null,
   "note": "BPA OPI TTC series 2026-08-18..09-17: E-W TTC mode 5,779 MW (median 4,998; range 4,467-5,779); WECC Path 5 other rating 7,200 MW E-W and W-E (not an accepted rating)",
   "period": {
    "as_of": "2026-09-18",
    "kind": "instant",
    "note": "Published limit on the review date; BPA's OPI TTC series varies by season and outage"
   },
   "precision": 0,
   "quality": "valid",
   "source_ref": "bpa-paths",
   "unit": "MW",
   "value": 5779.0
  }
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 "geometry": {
  "from": "Big Eddy / Ashe / Buckley / John Day / McNary / Jones Canyon / Midway / Knight",
  "mode": "lines",
  "note": "Drawn as the named BPA lines",
  "to": "Ostrander / Marion / Ross / Santiam / Chemawa / McLoughlin / Troutdale / North Bonneville"
 },
 "id": "path:bpa:west-of-cascades-south",
 "kind": "flowgate",
 "kind_label": "Flowgate",
 "lines": [
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   "id": "line:bpa:ASHE-MARN-2",
   "name": "Ashe-Marion No 2",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "500",
   "voltage_kv": 500.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BIGE-OSTD-1",
   "name": "Big Eddy-Ostrander No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "500",
   "voltage_kv": 500.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BKLY-MARN-1",
   "name": "Buckley-Marion No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "500",
   "voltage_kv": 500.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:JDAY-MARN-1",
   "name": "John Day-Marion No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "500",
   "voltage_kv": 500.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:KNIT-OSTD-1",
   "name": "Knight-Ostrander No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "500",
   "voltage_kv": 500.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:MCNY-ROSS-1",
   "name": "McNary-Ross No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "345",
   "voltage_kv": 345.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BIGE-CHEM-1",
   "name": "Big Eddy-Chemawa No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BIGE-MCLO-1",
   "name": "Big Eddy-McLoughlin 1&2 No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BIGE-MCLO-2",
   "name": "Big Eddy-McLoughlin 1&2 No 2",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:BIGE-TROU-1",
   "name": "Big Eddy-Troutdale No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:JCSB-SANT-1",
   "name": "Jones Canyon-Santiam No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  },
  {
   "id": "line:bpa:NBON-MIDW-1",
   "name": "North Bonneville-Midway No 1",
   "type": "line",
   "voltage_class": "230",
   "voltage_kv": 230.0
  }
 ],
 "live": {
  "note": "BPA publishes this path in its OPI CSV (15-minute); not yet collected live",
  "series": null,
  "source": null
 },
 "name": "West of Cascades South",
 "note": "ATCID V88 name Cross Cascades South (OASIS C-CACS_S); partial: PGE Round Butte-Bethel 230 kV not in BPA line file; 2025 Transmission Plan 9.6 says the path only flows east to west; PI 43319 A path is a metered cut plane; its TTC is a directional operating limit for the whole path, never a rating of any single line, and flow on it is not attributable to one line.",
 "release_id": "20260929T050546Z-51ae0f7d3c78",
 "schema_version": "1.41.0",
 "source": {
  "publisher": "BPA Transmission Services",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-09-18",
  "reviewer": "claude-1d5",
  "url": "https://www.bpa.gov/-/media/Aep/transmission/atc-methodology/ATCID_V88_11FEB2026.pdf"
 },
 "source_name": null,
 "sources": [
  "bpa-lines",
  "bpa-paths"
 ],
 "type": "path",
 "updated_reason": null,
 "wecc_path": "Path 5"
}