[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22091-22092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9516]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ER11-2256-000]
California Independent System, Operator Corporation; Supplemental
Notice of Agenda and Discussion Topics for Staff Technical Conference
This notice establishes the agenda and topics for discussion at the
technical conference to be held on April 28, 2011 to discuss issues
related to California Independent System Operator Corporation's (CAISO)
Capacity Procurement Mechanism (CPM) compensation methodology and
exceptional dispatch mitigation provisions.\1\ The technical conference
will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT) in the Commission Meeting Room
at the Commission's headquarters, 888 First Street, NE., Washington,
DC. The technical conference will be led by Commission staff. All
interested parties are invited to attend, and registration is not
required.
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\1\ Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 134 FERC ] 61,211 at P2
(2011).
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The topics and related questions to be discussed during this
conference are attached. The purpose of the technical conference is to
provide Commission staff and interested parties an opportunity to
discuss the CPM compensation methodology and exceptional dispatch
mitigation in detail with CAISO. No formal presentations will be made
other than an opening presentation by CAISO; however, parties will be
encouraged to participate in the discussion along with Commission
staff. Parties may also file questions or potential discussion topics
in the docket prior to the technical conference. Any such filings will
be for discussion purposes only. All parties are invited to file
written comments following the technical conference.
A free webcast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this
event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and
locating this event in the calendar. The event will contain a link to
its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the
free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in
the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions,
visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 993-3100. Parties
attending the conference via webcast will have the opportunity to
submit questions during the conference via e-mail at
[email protected].
FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
For more information on this conference, please contact Katheryn
Hoke at [email protected] or (202) 502-8404, or Colleen Farrell at
[email protected] or (202) 502-6751.
Dated: April 13, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Agenda for the CAISO CPM Compensation Methodology and Exceptional
Dispatch Mitigation Technical Conference
April 28, 2011
Opening Remarks
9 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Greeting and Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.-10 a.m. Opening presentation presented by CAISO
Discussion
Each of the following discussions will be led by Commission Staff,
with questions on each topic to be raised by staff and interested
parties in attendance. No party should expect to make any formal
presentation during these discussions; however, parties should plan to
participate in topics of specific interest. Staff's objective is to
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obtain new information on each of these topics that is not yet in the
record for this proceeding. Please note that although we have allotted
the entire morning session to discussion of the CPM compensation
methodology, we will move on to discussion of exceptional dispatch
mitigation as soon as the compensation discussion is concluded.
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Discussion on the CPM Compensation Methodology
--Whether the proposed going-forward formula for CPM compensation
continues to be appropriate.
--Whether and how CPM compensation should change in response to changes
in supply and demand so that the CPM continues to ensure appropriate
compensation to non-resource adequacy resources that provide
reliability services similar to those provided by resource adequacy
resources.
--Whether and how CPM compensation should respond to localized scarcity
conditions; please evaluate the challenges and benefits of implementing
CPM scarcity pricing.
--Given that resource adequacy resources are currently procured through
bilateral contracting, whether and how CPM compensation should
replicate bilateral market results.
--Please discuss the feasibility and appropriateness of using a
mechanism such as a demand curve to allow the price of CPM capacity to
rise during times of supply shortages.
--Other than a demand-curve based compensation mechanism, how could the
CPM compensation methodology be modified to better respond to changing
market conditions (i.e., fluctuations in supply and demand over time);
please discuss the challenges and benefits of any such approach.
--Whether different categories of CPM designations, including resources
selected on the basis of specific operating characteristics and
resources designated as at risk of retirement, should be compensated
differently.
--What role the CPM should play in sending price signals for demand
response.
--How demand response will play a role in the CPM and/or exceptional
dispatch consistent with Order No. 719 (e.g. criteria for selecting
demand response resources for CPM designations or exceptional dispatch
instructions).
12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch break
1:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Discussion on Exceptional Dispatch Mitigation
--Whether and how CAISO's efforts towards reducing the frequency and
volume of exceptional dispatches have affected the potential for
exceptionally dispatched resources to exercise market power.
--Whether CAISO's non-competitive path assessment remains a reliable
indicator of the need for exceptional dispatch mitigation in light of
protesters' assertions that the competitive path assessment over-
classifies paths as non-competitive.
--Whether or how changes over the past two years, such as an increase
in the number of resources available in the delta dispatch, have
resulted in a reduction in the ability of any single resource to
exercise market power in relation to the delta dispatch restrictions.
--Whether there is data or, alternatively, detailed specific
theoretical scenarios, that demonstrate with some type of regularity or
predictability the potential for resources that are exceptionally
dispatched in relation to non-competitive constraints or delta dispatch
to exercise market power.
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m. Closing Remarks
[FR Doc. 2011-9516 Filed 4-19-11; 8:45 am]
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