Requested
Client Action: Mark Your Calendar
Date of
Distribution: March 8,
2007
Categories: Grid Operation, Legal/ Regulatory,
Market Operations
Subject: CAISO Gas-Electric Coordination
Issues
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Summary: The California ISO (CAISO) is concluding
the previously announced schedule for stakeholder comments regarding gas and
electric coordination issues.
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Main Text: On October 25, 2006, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order in Docket Nos. EL07-1-000, et al.,
to consider whether the scheduling practices of independent system operators and
regional transmission organizations are effectively coordinated with the
scheduling of natural gas purchase and transportation transactions, so that
gas-fired must-run generators are able to obtain gas during periods when gas
transportation is constrained or gas prices are volatile. The CAISO has received an extension of
time until April 13, 2007 to file its response to FERC’s
order.
The CAISO held a stakeholder meeting
on January 31, 2007 to discuss the FERC Order on whether the gas and electric
coordination issues discussed in that Order exist in
In a Market Notice issued on
February 15, 2007, the CAISO provided a schedule outlining an iterative
stakeholder process to ensure stakeholder input was considered in the CAISO’s
April 13, 2007 compliance filing, and again invited stakeholders to submit
written comments.
To date, the CAISO has received only
two written comments.
Based on the limited stakeholder
feedback, and the CAISO’s on-going coordination activities with the gas and
utility industries, the CAISO has determined that, at this time, no changes are
necessary to the scheduling and compensation rules with respect to the
gas-electric coordination issues raised in FERC’s Order.
The CAISO is cancelling the
remainder of the scheduled stakeholder process for this
initiative.
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For More
Information Contact: Jblatchford@caiso.com. Or (916)
351-2411
The California ISO strives to be a
world-class electric transmission organization built around a globally
recognized and inspired team providing cost-effective and reliable service,
well-balanced energy market mechanisms, and high-quality information for the
benefit of our customers.
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