Message-ID: <27177529.1075860360707.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 07:21:00 -0800 (PST) From: crcommunications@caiso.com To: 20participants@caiso.com Subject: CAISO Notification -SLIC Outage Capture and Approval System. Cc: mmartin@caiso.com, tclausen@caiso.com, gvanpelt@caiso.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: mmartin@caiso.com, tclausen@caiso.com, gvanpelt@caiso.com X-From: CRCommunications X-To: ISO Market Participants X-cc: "Martin, Michael" , "Clausen, Teresa" , "VanPelt, Gregory" X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mary_Hain_Aug2000_Jul2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hain-M X-FileName: mary-hain.nsf Background The ISO presently uses the SLIC application in that Outage Coordination operators manually enter outage information gathered from market participants via fax, e-mail or phone call. However, during the recent power crisis, it was determined that several smaller units were actually out of service simultaneously with other major outages and the lack of coordination caused serious operational problems that could have been avoided had the ISO had forehand knowledge of the market participant requirements. As a result, Executive Order D-23-01 was created by Governor Gray Davis to enhance management of the ISO controlled grid by ordering the ISO to request and coordinate the information of all generating facilities within the state of California capable of providing 10MW of power or more. In response to the critical problem at hand, the re-design and development of a web-interface SLIC application was implemented to address the way the outage information is collected and processed. This re-design proposes to automate as much as possible the verification, management and processing of outage requests and related information, with the objective of reducing workload and eliminating the generation of errors. How to Register as a SLIC user: To connect to the ISO's SLIC system, all Outage Coordinators and Scheduling Coordinators must first register their company information as well as identify a person from within their company to act as a primary contact with the ISO. The primary contact will be responsible for identifying personnel from within their company who will be using SLIC and will require digital certificates. To register, please do the following: * Complete and return the attached forms to the ISO (refer to return address on page 2) * Upon receipt and verification of this form, the ISO will forward a Digital Certificate Request Form to the primary contact person identified from within your company. * The primary contact will then complete, and e-mail, the Digital Certificate Request Form back to the ISO, identifying the personnel from within their company requiring digital certificates. * The ISO will process the requested Digital Certificates within 10 working days and Fed Ex them, along with the instructions for their use, to the primary contact in your company. Detailed instructions on using the SLIC application will also be included in this mailing. Full documentation for the program is being developed. The documentation will include an implementation plan and user instructions. It is highly important that we begin the security process as a soon as possible. Please complete and return the forms by cob Friday, March 23,2001. Contact Jblatchford@caiso.com (916)608-7051 <> <> - SLIC Cert Request Form.xls - OC Request to participate in SLIC3 MASTER.doc