Notice
April 4, 2023
REQUESTED ACTION
Request for Comment
CATEGORIES
Legal & Regulatory
BPM change management: Proposed revision requests and updated BPMs posted as of 4/4/23
MESSAGE

The California ISO has posted new Proposed Revision Requests (PRRs) reflecting edits to Business Practice Manuals (BPMs). 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.

 

BPM PRR updates are part of the ISO Daily Briefing in addition to being listed in the “Announcement” sections of the BPM change management tool. These updates include PRRs that have become available for review, upcoming BPM meetings, and comment due dates. All registered BPM users should continue to reference the BPM Change Management tool to see current PRR status. Subscribe to the Daily Briefing to stay up to date.

 

The PRRs listed below have an open 10-business day comment or appeal period from April 4, 2023 through April 18, 2023.

 

New PRRs

PRR 1490 Reliability Requirements BPM, Clarification for pumping load bidding rule

PRR 1491 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated BPM configuration guide for pre-calculation real time market net amount v5.37 to accommodate ancillary service state of charge constraint initiative

PRR 1492 Settlements and Billing BPM, Created two new charge codes in accordance with the resource sufficiency evaluation enhancement phase 2 initiative

PRR 1493 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated BPM configuration guide for charge group pre-calculation system resource deemed delivered energy quantity to accommodate logical meter calculator scenarios where the electronic tag is curtailed mid-hour

PRR 1494 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated charge group pre-calculation metered subsystems deviation penalty quantity to accurately account for resources with spinning/non-spinning capacity dispatches outside contingency intervals

PRR 1495 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated multiple BPM configuration guides to accommodate market services production allocating one sided charge or payment neutrality adjustments to measured demand in charge code 8989 and charge code 8999 while also achieving revenue neutrality

PRR 1496 Market Instruments BPM, Updating fuel region prices

PRR 1497 Market Operations BPM, Interchange tagging changes related to resource sufficiency evaluation enhancement phase 2 project

 

New PRRs (continued)

PRR 1498 Energy Imbalance Market BPM, Assistance transfer energy

PRR 1499 Settlements and Billing BPM, Updated BPM configuration guide for charge code 701 forecasting service fee 5.6 to accommodate hybrid 2C initiative

PRR 1500 Market Instruments BPM, Open access same time information system and CAISO market results interface report changes for resource sufficiency evaluation enhancements phase 2 project

 

ISO Recommendations

PRR 1485 Outage Management BPM, Strategic reliability reserve

PRR 1486 Generator Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures BPM, Emergency PRR, Accepting interconnection requests seeking to interconnect to new transmission

PRR 1487 Congestion Revenue Rights BPM, Congestion revenue rights BPM updates on full network model and credit holding requirements

PRR 1489 Generator Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures BPM, Error corrections

 

ISO Final Decisions

PRR 1473 Market Operations BPM, Flexible ramping product deliverability

PRR 1482 Definitions and Acronyms BPM, 2023 Update definitions and acronyms BPM process

PRR 1483 Managing Full Network Model BPM, Full network model scope change management

PRR 1484 Market Instruments BPM, Emergency PRR, Updates due to Hybrid Resources Phase 2B

 

 

BPM Library Updates

The PRR tracking log 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 BPM webpage of the ISO website.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please contact Christina Costa at 916-293-1696 or BPM_CM@caiso.com with any questions.

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