On May 6, 2021, the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body and the California ISO Board of Governors jointly approved the EIM Governance Review Committee’s Part One proposal for enhancements to EIM governance. One of the proposed enhancements was the ability of the Governing Body to retain a market expert (GBME) to provide the body with advice on market issues.

The EIM Governing Body is working to implement this enhancement, but first would appreciate the benefit of stakeholder input as it begins the hiring process, and has developed a brief survey for stakeholders to complete.

They have identified the following three broad areas in which they would like to receive stakeholder input:

• scope of issues the GBME should address;
• key qualifications and criteria for selecting the GBME;
• and interactions with stakeholders and the stakeholder process.

Additional information can be found in the document entitled, EIM Governing Body’s Stakeholder Survey Regarding Development of the Governing Body Market Expert Position, available on the Governance Review Committee webpage.

Please submit comments by Oct. 1, 2021, using the online survey provided in the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BZLL9H. Stakeholders may also submit comments as separate documents to ISOStakeholderAffairs@caiso.com.