The California ISO has posted new proposed revision requests (PRRs) reflecting edits to Business Practice Manuals (BPM). Revised BPMs that have completed the BPM change management process are posted in the BPM Library.
All PRRs and related activity are publicly available through the BPM change management site at http://bpmcm.caiso.com/Pages/default.aspx.
The PRRs listed below have an open 10-business day comment or appeal period from Oct. 1, 2019 through October 15.
New PRRs
PRR 1198 Reliability Requirements BPM, Quarterly California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) provided updates
PRR 1199 Energy Imbalance Market BPM, Historical inter-tie deviation
PRR 1200 Definitions and Acronyms BPM, Updates to reflect spring 2019 Tariff updates
PRR 1201 Generator Management BPM, Banking and accounting process clarification
ISO Recommendations
PRR 1180 Market Operations BPM, Participating generator definition
PRR 1181 Market Operations BPM, Emergency PRR, Attachment B changes to support Tariff
section 4.6.4
PRR 1182 Settlements and Billing BPM, Update the pre-calculation real time energy quantity configuration to accommodate the changes for EIM Enhancements 2019
PRR 1183 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated BPM configuration guide for charge code 6806 day ahead residual unit commitment (RUC) tier 1 association 5.11 and pre-calculation real time energy quantity 5.20 and pre-calculation real time market net amount 5.33 and pre-calculation spin non-spin no pay quantity 5.21 to accommodate energy storage and distributed energy resource 3A initiative
PRR 1184 Settlements and Billing BPM, Update settlement charge codes for reliability must run and capacity procurement mechanism Enhancements initiative
PRR 1185 Settlements and Billing BPM, Update settlement charge codes for real time market neutrality settlement initiative
PRR 1186 Generator Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures BPM, 2019 Interconnection process enhancements - change in deliverability status, study agreements, shared SANUs, interconnection request criteria and acceptance
PRR 1187 Generator Interconnection Procedures BPM, 2019 Interconnection process enhancements - change in deliverability status, elections made after phase II studies
PRR 1188 Generator Management BPM, Implementing interconnection process enhancements and funds submittal requirement change
PRR 1189 Generator Management BPM, Incorporate tariff changes from the reliability must run and capacity procurement market policy initiative, regarding retirement scenarios, and RMR designation
PRR 1190 Market Instruments BPM, Local power market mitigation enhancements hydro default energy bid option energy imbalance market transfer limit
PRR 1191 Market Operations BPM, Local power market mitigation enhancements mitigation changes
PRR 1192 Energy Imbalance Market BPM, Local power market mitigation enhancements mitigation changes for energy imbalance market
PRR 1193 Market Instruments BPM, Changes due to reliability must run and capacity procurement mechanism enhancement project
PRR 1194 Market Operations BPM, Changes due to reliability must run and capacity procurement mechanism enhancement project
PRR 1195 Reliability Requirements BPM, Reliability must run capacity procurement mechanism policy initiative change
PRR 1196 Reliability Coordinator Services BPM, Minor updates related to processes and diagrams
PRR 1197 Settlements and Billing BPM, Emergency PRR, Updates due to termination of Peak RC settlement and invoicing
ISO Final Decisions
PRR 1171 Market Operations BPM, Load conformance limiter logic in the fifteen-minute market
PRR 1172 Energy Imbalance Market BPM, Energy imbalance thresholds
PRR 1173 Market Instruments BPM, Energy imbalance market and CAISO balancing authority area’s transmission loss clearing results
PRR 1174 Demand Response BPM, New Demand Response BPM and language for energy storage and distributed energy resources 3a initiative
PRR 1175 Metering BPM, Clarify audit period for scheduling coordinator self-audit and move language from Metering BPM to new Demand Response BPM
ISO Withdrawn
The ISO submitted new PRR 1198 to replace PRR 1133. The ISO will submit new PRRs to replace the other withdrawn PRRs in the near future.
PRR 1133 Reliability Requirements BPM, Local capacity requirements due to load migration
PRR 1137 Outage Management BPM, Update to language for outages under the 24 hour rule
PRR 1138 Congestion Revenue Rights BPM, Congestion revenue rights 24 hour outage clarification
BPM Library updates
The reference document on the ISO website lists the updated BPMs in the library.
The ISO may unilaterally make and implement revisions to the BPMs in emergency circumstances, as set forth in Sections 22.4.3 and 22.11 of the ISO Tariff and in Section 2.6 of the Business Practice Manual for BPM Change Management. An emergency PRR will continue through the BPM change management stakeholder process to obtain stakeholder input on the revisions and make other recommendations, as necessary.
Please note that affected parties must register in order to submit a PRR or written comments.
More information on the BPM change management process is available on the ISO website at http://www.caiso.com/rules/Pages/BusinessPracticeManuals/Default.aspx.
