INDEX

Article Number	Provisions	Sheet No.
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.	1
2. ISO OPERATIONS.	2
2.1 Access to the ISO Controlled Grid.	2
2.2 Scheduling.	4
2.3 System Operations under Normal and Emergency Operating Conditions.	27
2.4 [Not Used]	43
2.5 Ancillary Services.	56
2.6 Incorporation of the ISO Market Monitoring & Information Protocol	120
3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISO AND PARTICIPATING TOs.	121
3.1 Nature of Relationship.	121
3.2 Transmission Expansion.	121
4. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISO AND UDCs.	132
4.1 General Nature of Relationship Between ISO and UDCs.	132
4.2 Coordinating Maintenance Outages of UDC Facilities.	133
4.3 UDC Responsibilities.	133
4.4 System Emergencies.	134
4.5 Electrical Emergency Plan (EEP).	135
4.6 System Emergency Reports:  UDC Obligations.	136
4.7 Coordination of Expansion or Modifications to UDC Facilities.	136
4.8 Information Sharing.	136
4.9 UDC Facilities under ISO Control.	138
5. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISO AND GENERATORS.	139
5.1 General Responsibilities.	139
5.2 Procurement of Reliability Must-Run Generation by the ISO.	142
5.3 Identification of Generating Units.	145
5.4 Generator Performance Standard.	145
5.5 Outages.	146
5.6 System Emergencies.	147
5.7 Interconnection to the ISO Controlled Grid.	148
5.8 Recordkeeping; Information Sharing.	149
5.9 Access Right.	150
5.10 Black Start Services.	150
6. TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.	152
6.1 WEnet.	152
6.2 Reliable Operation of the WEnet.	154
6.3 Information to be Provided By Connected Entities to the ISO.	155
6.4 Failure or Corruption of the WEnet.	155
6.5 Confidentiality.	156
6.6 Standards of Conduct.	156
7. TRANSMISSION PRICING.	157
7.1 Access Charges.	157
7.2 Zonal Congestion Management.	166
7.3 Usage Charges and Grid Operations Charges.	177
7.4 Transmission Losses.	183
8. GRID MANAGEMENT CHARGE.	186
8.1 ISO’s Obligations.	186
8.2 Components of the Grid Management Charge.	186
8.3 Allocation of the Grid Management Charge Among Scheduling Coordinators.	187
8.4 Calculation and Adjustment of the Grid Management Charge.	188
8.5 Operating and Reserve Account.	188
9. [NOT USED]	189
10. METERING.	190
10.1 Applicability.	190
10.2 Responsibilities of ISO Metered Entities	190
10.3 Meter Service Agreements.	194
10.4 Low Side Metering.	196
10.5 Audit, Testing Inspection and Certification Requirements.	196
10.6 Metering for Scheduling Coordinator Metered Entities.	197
11. ISO SETTLEMENTS AND BILLING.	203
11.1 Settlement Principles.	203
11.2 Calculations of Settlements.	204
11.3 Billing and Payment Process.	213
11.4 General Principles for Production of Settlement Statements.	213
11.5 Calculation in the Event of Lack of Meter Data for the Balancing of Market Accounts.	215
11.6 Settlements Cycle.	215
11.7 Confirmation and Validation.	217
11.8 Payment Procedures.	218
11.9 Invoices.	219
11.10 Instructions for Payment.	219
11.11 ISO's Responsibilities.	219
11.12 Non-payment by a Scheduling Coordinator.	220
11.13 Payment to ISO Creditors.	220
11.14 Using the ISO Reserve Account.	220
11.15 Prohibition on transfers.	221
11.16 Alternative Payment Procedures.	221
11.17 [DELETED]	221

11.18 Payment Errors.	222
11.19 Defaults.	223
11.20 Proceedings to Recover Overdue Amounts.	223
11.21 Data Gathering and Storage.	224
11.22 Confidentiality.	224
11.23 Communications.	225
11.24 ISO Payments Calendar.	225
12. AUDITS.	226
12.1 Materials Subject to Audit.	226
12.2 ISO Audit Committee.	226
12.3 Audit Results.	228
12.4 Availability of Records.	228
12.5 Confidentiality of Information.	228
12.6 Payments.	228
13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.	230
13.1 Applicability.	230
13.2 Negotiation and Mediation.	231
13.3 Arbitration.	234
13.4 Appeal of Award.	243
14. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.	245 
14.1 Liability for Damages.	245
14.2 Exclusion of Certain Types of Loss.	245
14.3 Market Participant’s Indemnity.	245
15. UNCONTROLLABLE FORCES.	246
16. ISO Grid Operations Committee; CHANGES TO ISO PROTOCOLS.	248
16.1 ISO Grid Operations Committee	248
16.2 ISO Protocol Amendment Process	248
16.3 Market Surveillance:  Changes to Operating Rules and Protocols	248
17. ASSIGNMENT.	249
18. TERM AND TERMINATION.	250
19. REGULATORY FILINGS.	251
20. MISCELLANEOUS.	252
20.1 Notice.	252
20.2 Waiver.	253
20.3 Confidentiality.	253
20.4 Staffing and Training To Meet Obligations.	255
20.5 Accounts and Reports.	256
20.6 Titles.	256
20.7 Applicable Law and Forum.	256
20.8 Consistency with Federal Laws and Regulations	256
21. GENERATION METER MULTIPLIERS.	259
21.1 Temporary Simplification Relating to GMM Loss Factors.	259
21.2 Application.	259
21.3 Notices of Full-Scale Operations.	260
22. SCHEDULE VALIDATION TOLERANCES.	261
22.1 Temporary Simplification of Schedule Validation Tolerances.	261
22.2 Application.	261
22.3 Notices of Full-Scale Operations.	261

23. Temporary Changes to the Real-Time Market for Imbalance Energy	263
23.1 Application	263
23.2 ISO Tariff Amendments	263
23.3 Amendments to the Dispatch Protocol	276
23.4 Amendments to the Schedules and Bids Protocol	277
23.5 Amendments to the Settlement and Billing Protocol	278
24. TEMPORARY CHANGES RESPECTING PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON SCHEDULES	284
24.1 Application and Termination	284
24.2 Amendment to Schedules and Bids Protocol	284
25. [NOT USED]	285
26. TEMPORARY CHANGES TO ANCILLARY SERVICES PENALTIES	286
26.1 Application and Termination	286
27. TEMPORARY RULE LIMITING ADJUSTMENT BIDS APPLICABLE TO DISPATCHABLE LOADS AND EXPORTS	287
27.1 Application and Termination	287
28. TEMPORARY RULE DISQUALIFYING CERTAIN ENERGY BIDS	288
28.1 Application and Termination	288
28.2 Amendment to Section 2.5.22.6	288
APPENDIX A - MASTER DEFINITIONS SUPPLEMENT	289
APPENDIX B - Scheduling Coordinator Agreement	359
APPENDIX C - ISO SCHEDULING PROCESS	365
APPENDIX D - BLACK START UNITS	369
APPENDIX E - VERIFICATION OF SUBMITTED DATA FOR
ANCILLARY SERVICES	371
APPENDIX F - RATE SCHEDULES	374