Message-ID: <16665046.1075841433627.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:07:32 -0800 (PST) From: l..nicolay@enron.com To: m..presto@enron.com, dana.davis@enron.com, j..sturm@enron.com, rogers.herndon@enron.com Subject: FW: FERC Workshops on RTOs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Nicolay, Christi L. X-To: Presto, Kevin M. , Davis, Mark Dana , Sturm, Fletcher J. , Herndon, Rogers X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Presto, Kevin M.\Deleted Items X-Origin: PRESTO-K X-FileName: kevin presto 2-7-02.pst Market Design Workshops on 1/22-1/23. Mainly various ISO speakers. -----Original Message----- From: Comnes, Alan Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:11 PM To: Belden, Tim; Nicolay, Christi L.; Steffes, James D.; Novosel, Sarah Subject: FERC Workshops on RTOs Note Day 2 has a Western bent and has Steve Walton speaking on behalf of RTO West. GAC Docket No. RM01-12-000 -1- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Electricity Market Design and Structure Docket No. RM01-12-000 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Docket No. RT01-2- 001 Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. Atlantic City Electric Company Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Delmarva Power & Light Company Jersey Central Power & Light Company Metropolitan Edison Company PECO Energy Company Pennsylvania Electric Company PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Potomac Electric Power Company Public Service Electric & Gas Company UGI Utilities Inc. Allegheny Power Docket No. RT01-10- 000 Avista Corporation Docket No. RT01-15- 000 Montana Power Company Nevada Power Company Portland General Electric Company Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Sierra Pacific Power Company Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. RT01-34- 000 Avista Corporation Docket No. RT01-35- 000 Bonneville Power Administration Idaho Power Company Montana Power Company Nevada Power Company PacifiCorp Portland General Electric Company Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Sierra Pacific Power Company GridFlorida LLC Docket No. RT01-67- 000 Florida Power & Light Company Florida Power Corporation Tampa Electric Company Docket No. RM01-12-000 -2- Carolina Power & Light Company Docket No. RT01-74- 000 Duke Energy Corporation South Carolina Electric & Gas Company GridSouth Transco, LLC Entergy Services, Inc. Docket No. RT01-75- 000 Southern Company Services, Inc. Docket No. RT01-77-000 California Independent System Operator Docket No. RT01-85- 000 Corporation Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Docket No. RT01-86- 000 Central Maine Power Company National Grid USA Northeast Utilities Service Company The United Illuminating Company Vermont Electric Power Company ISO New England Inc. Midwest Independent System Operator Docket No. RT01-87-000 Alliance Companies Docket No. RT01-88-000 NSTAR Services Company Docket No. RT01-94-000 New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. RT01-95-000 Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation New York State Electric & Gas Corporation Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Docket No. RT01-98- 000 Regional Transmission Organizations Docket No. RT01-99-000 Regional Transmission Organizations Docket No. RT01-100-000 Docket No. RM01-12-000 -3- Arizona Public Service Company Docket Nos. RT02-1-000 El Paso Electric Company EL02- 9-000 Public Service Company of New Mexico Tucson Electric Power Company WestConnect RTO, LLC NOTICE ORGANIZING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE (January 16, 2002) As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on January 9, 2002, Commission staff will hold a technical conference on January 22-23, 2002, focusing on similarities and differences between various electricity market designs. This notice provides the organizational format and agenda. The sessions are designed to enable attendees to gain a mutual understanding of these issues and to allow participants to provide further detail on electricity market operations. The conference will start each day at approximately 9:30 a.m. and will adjourn at about 4:30 p.m.. It is scheduled to take place at the Commission's offices, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room on the second floor. The conference is open for the public to attend. The agenda is attached. The Capitol Connection offers all open and special Commission meetings held at the Commission's headquarters live over the Internet, as well as via telephone and satellite. For a fee, you can receive these meetings in your office, at home, or anywhere in the world. To find out more about the Capitol Connection's live Internet, phone bridge, or satellite coverage, contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at (703) 993-3100, or visit www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu. The Capitol Connection also offers FERC open meetings through its Washington, D.C.-area television service. Additionally, live and archived audio of FERC public meetings are available for a fee via National Narrowcast Network's Hearings.com (sm) and Hearing-On-The-Line (r) services. Interested parties may listen to the conference live by phone or web. Hearings.com audio will be archived immediately for listening on demand after the event is completed. Call (202) 966-2211 for further details. Those interested in obtaining transcripts of the conference need to contact Ace Federal Reporters at (202) 347-3700 or (800) 336-6646. Anyone interested in purchasing videotapes of the meeting should call VISCOM at (703) 715-7999. Docket No. RM01-12-000 -4- Other questions about the conference program should be directed to: Saida Shaalan Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 (202) 208-0278 saida.shaalan@ferc.fed.us Linwood A. Watson, Jr. Acting Secretary Docket No. RM01-12-000 -5- Electricity Market Design and Structure Conference AGENDA Day One: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Overview of Existing or Planned Market Designs in Eastern Interconnection (FERC Staff ) Presentation by PJM Interconnection (PJM) Andrew L. Ott , General Manager, Market Coordination Day-ahead Energy Market, Real-time Energy Market, Transmission Service Markets, Financial Transmission Rights, Operating Reserves Markets, Long Term Capacity Markets, Market Monitoring and Market Mitigation (There will be a 15 minute break during the presentation) Lunch Presentation by New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Charles King, Vice President, Market Services Presentation will focus on differences between NYISO and PJM in these areas. Day-ahead Energy Market, Real-time Energy Market, Transmission Service Markets, Financial Transmission Rights, Operating Reserves Markets, Long Term Capacity Markets, Market Monitoring and Market Mitigation Break Presentation by ISO-New England Inc. (ISO-NE) David La Plante, Vice President, Markets Development Discussion of adoption and implementation of Standard Market Design within ISO-NE Presentation by Midwest ISO (MISO) Roberto Paliza, Principal Consultant Discussion of long-term congestion model for MISO Adjournment (Approximately) 4:30 p.m. Docket No. RM01-12-000 -6- Day Two: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks (FERC Staff) Presentation by RTO West Steven L. Walton, Member of the RTO West Coordinating Team, and Others Discussion of long-term congestion management plan including issues related to hydroelectric plants. Break Presentation by Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Sam Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Description of market design including congestion management in ERCOT. Lunch Roundtable Discussion of Energy Markets, Transmission Services and Rights, and Operating Reserves (Participants: Andrew L. Ott, General Manager, Market Coordination, PJM Charles King, Vice President, Market Services, NYISO David La Plante, Vice President, Markets Development, ISO-NE Roberto Paliza, Principal Consultant, MISO Steven L. Walton, Member of the RTO West Coordinating Team Sam Jones, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ERCOT Amir Shalaby, Manager Regulatory & Government Affairs, Independent Electricity Market Operator of Ontario; and Stephen Greenleaf, Director of Regulatory Policy, California Independent System Operator Adjournment (Approximately) 4:30 p.m.