Message-ID: <5160947.1075858513838.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:57:32 -0700 (PDT) From: bwoertz@caiso.com To: 20participants@caiso.com Subject: CAISO Notice - REVISED VERSION:April 26, 2001 FERC Order Data Rep orting Requirements for QFs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Woertz, Byron" X-To: ISO Market Participants X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Stokley, Chris (Non-Privileged)\Chris Stokley\ISO\MRKT INFO X-Origin: Stokley-C X-FileName: Stokley, Chris (Non-Privileged).pst REVISED > ISO Market Participants: > On April 26, 2001, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) > issued its "Order Establishing Prospective Mitigation and Monitoring Plan > for the California Wholesale Electric Markets and Establishing an > Investigation of Public Utility Rates in Wholesale Western Energy > Markets." One of the fundamental principles of this Order is to: > "Require sellers with PGAs as well as non-public utility > generators located in California, that make sales through the ISO's > markets or that use the ISO's interstate transmission grid (with the > exception of hydroelectric power), to offer all their available power in > real time during all hours." > The Order also requires generators covered by the Order to report > certain generator performance data to the ISO. > On April 27th and 30th and on May 7th, the ISO issued Market Notices > on the Order's requirement for submission of generator performance data. > Since that time, the ISO has received several questions regarding the > applicability of the Order to Qualifying Facilities (QFs). By this > Supplemental Market Notice, the ISO clarifies the Order's applicability > to QFs as follows: > Applicability > The Order sets forth a "must-offer" obligation on certain > generators, requiring these generators to offer to the ISO, in real-time, > all available capacity not under contract. At Section II.B. "Selling > Obligations," the Order provides that the following categories of > generators are subject to the must-offer requirements: > * Those generators with Participating Generator Agreements (PGAs); > * All sellers into ISO markets, including non-public utility sellers, > that own or control generators located in California; > * To the extent all sellers of energy that own or control generators > in California (including non-public utilities) are not selling "into ISO > markets", the Order includes all sellers that own or control generators in > California (including non-public utilities) whose power uses the > ISO-controlled interstate transmission facilities. > The Order applies to all QFs in California. All QFs in California > use the interstate transmission facilities operated by the ISO, whether > supplying power under power purchase agreements (PPA) with the UDCs or > engaging in bilateral transactions. Whether or not a QF must comply with > the reporting requirements outlined below depends on the specific > circumstances applicable to the facility. > If a QF supplies all of its power pursuant to its power purchase > agreement (PPA) with the UDC, the QF does not have available capacity > subject to the "must-offer" condition and it does not have to comply with > reporting requirements outlined below. In these circumstances, the power > generated under the contract is already scheduled with the ISO and is > serving load in California. > If a QF has either: (1) a PPA with the UDC that has expired (or who > has received a regulatory or court order allowing the QF to sell the > contracted-for capacity to third parties) or (2) capacity in excess of the > amounts under contract to the UDCs, then the QF is subject to the > "must-offer" condition and it must comply with reporting requirements > outlined below. > Reporting Requirements > In addition to establishing a "must-offer" obligation, the Order > requires generators to provide certain operating data to the ISO to enable > it to verify the amount of available capacity from each generating unit as > defined above. Each above-defined generating unit must submit to the ISO > data on: > 1. Pmax; > 2. Pmin; > 3. Unit ramp rate; > 4. Heat rates (for units using natural gas as their > primary fuel);and > 5. Emission rates (for units using natural gas as their > primary fuel). > Please ensure that all of the above-mentioned data is submitted to > Jim Price at the ISO (jprice@caiso.com) no later than 5:00 p.m. PST on > Wednesday, May 16. Although the deadline for submitting heat and emission > rates was May 1, the ISO will accept those data through May 16, 2001. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > Byron B. Woertz, Jr. > Director, Client Relations > (916) 608-7066 > (800) 481-7037 - Pager