[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62451-62452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00158]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER02-1656-000, ER03-1046-000, RT01-85-000, and RM01-12-
000]


California Independent System Operator Corp., Remedying Undue 
Discrimination Through Open Access Transmission Service and Standard 
Electricity Market Design; Notice of Technical Conference

October 29, 2003.
    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on August 
15, 2003, a technical conference will be held on November 6, 2003, to 
discuss with states and market participants in California the 
timetables for addressing wholesale power market design issues and to 
explore ways to provide flexibility the region may need to meet the 
requirements of the final rule in this proceeding. Members of the 
Commission will attend and participate in the discussion.
    The conference will focus on the issues identified in the agenda, 
which is appended to this notice as Attachment A. However, 
participants/stakeholders may present their views on other important 
issues that relate to the development of the Wholesale Power Market 
Platform.
    The conference will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific Time and will adjourn 
at about 5 p.m. Pacific Time in the auditorium of the California Public 
Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California. 
The conference is open for the public to attend, and registration is 
not required; however, in-person attendees are asked to register for 
the conference on-line by close of business on Tuesday, November 4, 
2003, at http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/smd_1106-form.asp.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's ``eLibrary'' seven 
calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, Capitol 
Connection offers the opportunity to remotely listen to the conference 
via the Internet or a Phone Bridge Connection for a fee. Interested 
persons should make arrangements as soon as possible by visiting the 
Capitol Connection Web site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and 
clicking on ``FERC.'' If you have any questions contact David Reininger 
or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703-993-3100).
    For more information about the conference, please contact: Sarah 
McKinley at (202) 502-8004 or [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Appendix A--Agenda

10-10:20 a.m.--Opening Remarks

    [sbull] Pat Wood, III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission
    [sbull] Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities 
Commission
    [sbull] William Keese, Chairman, California Energy Commission

10:20-10:40 a.m. Discussion of the State of the California ISO's 
Market Redesign

    [sbull] California ISO Presentation: Overview of Current 
Operations of the CAISO, including MD02 Phase 1A--Spence Gerber
    [sbull] FERC Staff Presentation: Overview of MD02 Phases 1B, 2 
and 3 Elements, including recent FERC actions--JB Shipley

10:40-12 p.m.--Implementation Issues Related to Locational Marginal 
Pricing and Grid Congestion Management with Congestion Revenue 
Rights

Discussion Topics

    Does the CAISO MD02 Proposal:
    * Provide native load with sufficient CRRs to hedge existing 
load and a process to hedge anticipated load growth?

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    * Provide market participants who wish to hold CRRs an adequate 
opportunity to obtain them?
    * Properly maintain existing rights and obligations for 
transmission service in the transition to the full network model?
    * Properly maintain existing rights and obligations to provide 
energy and capacity in the transition to the full network model?
    * Adequately protect customers from congestion charges 
consistent with existing implicit and explicit transmission rights?
    * Affect scheduling or other rights under existing contracts?

Panelists

Ann Cohn, Southern California Edison Company
Lorenzo Kristof, California Independent System Operator
Phil Auclair, Mirant
Jim Caldwell, American Wind Energy Association
Joe Desmond, Silicon Valley Manufacturers
12-12:10 p.m.--Break
12:10-1:30 p.m.--Transitional Issues: Existing Transmission 
Contracts (ETCs) and Bilateral Contracts

Discussion Topics:

    Does the CAISO MD02 Proposal:
    * Adequately alleviate ``phantom congestion'' and its financial 
impact?
    * Properly incorporates rights under bilateral contracts and 
ETCs into the overall market?
    * Clearly address any impact of LMP on contracts that have only 
a broadly defined delivery point, i.e., seller's choice contracts?

Panelists

Steve Metague, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Brian Theaker, California Independent System Operator
Tony Braun, California Municipal Utilities Association
Steve Schleimer, Calpine Corp.
Pete Garris, California Department of Water Resources
Tom Hoatson, Goldman Sachs
1:30-2:30 p.m.--Lunch
2:30-2:45 p.m.--Opening Remarks

    [sbull] California Public Utilities Commission Presentation: 
Overview of Current Procurement Proceeding and Energy Action Plan 
and Infrastructure Development in California--Paul Clanon

2:45-3:45 p.m.--Market Mitigation, Resource Adequacy under the White 
Paper and its Relationship to Market Design Elements

Discussion Topics

    How is California addressing Resource Adequacy and does it:
    * Create a structure that supports long-term pricing and 
investment?
    * Result in the appropriate signals for load and generation to 
forward contract?
    * Provide for the appropriate relationship between resource 
adequacy and the ISO market design elements, such as market power 
mitigation?
    * Provide for an appropriate mechanism for financing new power 
plants and retaining existing merchant generation in operation?

Panelists

Curtis Kebler, Reliant Resources, Inc.
Jim Hendry, California Public Utilities Commission
Keith Casey, California Independent System Operator
Jan Smutney-Jones, Independent Energy Producers Association
Severin Borenstein, University of California Energy Institute
3:45-4:30 p.m.--Regional Decision-making: The Western Grid and 
State/Regional Committees

Discussion Topics

    * Are there any additional processes that need to be overlaid to 
achieve broader regional views/goals, especially where one state 
comprises an RSC?
    * Is it necessary to formalize a structure to address such 
western issues as transmission planning, access to market data for 
regulatory authorities, and market monitoring? If so, what are some 
possible vehicles for creating such a structure?
    * How would recognition of an RSC be gained from FERC?
    * How will a single-state RSC ensure regional infrastructure 
planning, e.g., bridge the various regional processes such as STEP 
and Northwest Planning?

Panelists

Steve Greenleaf, California Independent System Operator
Gary Ackerman, Western Power Trading Forum
Don Garber, San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Barbara Hale, California Public Utilities Commission
Yakout Mansour, British Columbia Transmission Co.
Sunne Wright McPeak, California Power Authority
4:30-5 p.m.--Discussion of Next Steps

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