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STATUS OF THE MARKET SURVEILLANCE COMMITTEE

market Monitoring and information protocol
MMIP 5	ISO MARKET SURVEILLANCE COMMITTEE
MMIP 5.1	Establishment
There shall be established on or before ISO Operations Date an ISO Market Surveillance Committee (ISO MSC), whose role it shall be to provide independent external expertise on the ISO market monitoring process as described in this Protocol and, in particular, to provide independent expert advice and recommendations to the ISO CEO and Governing Board.  Members of the Committee are not employees or agents of the ISO.  Members are not available to provide expert  witness services to the ISO or any other party in a FERC proceeding relating to the ISO, except to the extent that the ISO MSC makes an advance determination that providing such service is not inconsistent with the independence of the ISO MSC.