[Federal Register: November 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 214)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. EL08-88-000; ER08-1178-000]
California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental
Notice of Technical Conference
October 28, 2008.
On October 21, 2008, the Commission issued a notice of a staff
technical conference in the above-captioned proceedings to further
explore the justness and reasonableness of the California Independent
System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) Exceptional Dispatch mechanism
and proposed mitigation plan. The technical conference will be held on
November 6, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 7, 2008 from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The room
location has been changed from the Commission Meeting Room to Hearing
Room 1. The Commission hereby provides the following additional
information and instruction regarding the conference.
The technical conference will focus on the compensation provided to
non-Resource Adequacy resources that receive Exceptional Dispatch
instructions and the constraints, which are not fully modeled, that may
result in a more frequent than originally expected use of the
Exceptional Dispatch mechanism. This conference is not intended to
address broader issues concerning the overall Market Redesign and
Technology Upgrade (MRTU) implementation. Specifically, Commission
staff is interested in obtaining information related to the following
questions and concerns:
1. Compensation for non-Resource Adequacy resources under
Exceptional Dispatch in light of the October 16, 2008 order in this
docket including consideration of:
How such compensation compares to compensation for non-
Resource Adequacy resources committed under other backstop capacity
mechanisms, e.g., ICPM, TCPM and RCST;
The Commission's proposed pricing remedy including its
proposed means to avoid the potential for ``double payment'' of certain
resources;
Whether mitigation is appropriate and, if so, under what
circumstances and at what level; and
How should partial non-resource adequacy resources and
self-scheduled resources that are exceptionally dispatched be
compensated.
2. Reliability requirements that the CAISO describes as
``transitory'' in nature.\1\
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\1\ CAISO's June 27, 2008 Amendment to Revise Exceptional
Dispatch Provisions of the MRTU Tariff, Docket No. ER08-1178-000,
Transmittal Letter at 21-22.
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3. Why the full network cannot be modeled, as well as issues
related to known constraints (e.g., Path 26, San Francisco Bay Area/
Delta Dispatch), and the costs, benefits, and practicality of
addressing these reliability requirements with Exceptional Dispatch.
4. The anticipated frequency and trend of Exceptional Dispatch
instructions, especially for non-Resource Adequacy resources, as well
as all additional scenarios that may require Exceptional Dispatch
instructions that were not specifically referenced in the CAISO's
original proposal in ER08-1178-000, including Forbidden Operating
Regions.
Staff expects the CAISO to prepare a brief presentation
(approximately 15 minutes) to address each question. Following the
presentation, staff will have the opportunity to ask follow-up
questions and participants will then
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have the opportunity to ask questions and offer brief comments. Staff
asks that if a coalition of participants has common questions or
perspectives to present, a single spokesperson be designated to speak
for the group in order to efficiently address the relevant issues and
minimize repetition of issues already discussed.
The technical conference will be open for the public to attend and
advance registration is not required. Although staff encourages all
interested parties to attend in person, the conference will be
accessible via telephone on a listen-only basis. For information
regarding telephone access to the conference, please e-mail
sarah.crawford@ferc.gov no later than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday,
November 3, 2008 and specify whether you will be dialing into to the
conference on one or both days. You will then receive a confirmation e-
mail containing the dial-in number and password. Staff requests that,
to the extent possible, individuals calling from the same location
share a single telephone line.
All interested persons may file written comments following the
technical conference on or before November 24, 2008. Reply comments
will be due on or before December 2, 2008.
Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
For more information about this conference, please contact: Sarah
McKinley, 202.502.8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov, for logistical issues,
and Sarah Crawford, 202.502.8241, sarah.crawford@ferc.gov, or Saeed
Farrokhpay, 916.294.0322, saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov, for other
concerns.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26191 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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