Transmission OASIS Functions OATT Revisions Interconnection Infrastructure projects | Separation of functions |
Utilities across the nation have changed the way they operate to comply with Federal requirements designed to provide open access to the interconnected transmission grid to all potential buyers and sellers of bulk electricity. Western made these changes, too. We are developing a plan to voluntarily comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements (FERC Order No. 889/18 CFR 37.4) to separate our power marketing and transmission functions. Under this rule, transmission owners must not favor any entity's efforts to market power, even if the marketing is being done by a different function in the same company. The goal of the functional separation is to prevent the use of inside information to gain market advantage. To comply, Western is making transmission availability and price information accessible to all market participants, both Western marketing staff and others, at the same time through a web-based information system on the Internet. Transmission providers use this Open Access Same-Time Information System, or OASIS, is used by transmission providers to post the availability of transmission services and provide other information as required by FERC. Under these new operating procedures, Western will restrict internal access to transmission information. We filed Standards of Conduct for power marketing and transmission employees with FERC to fully implement Western's Open Access Tariff. They include: For all employees:
For Transmission and Operations employees:
For Power Marketing employees:
|