[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74565-74566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00623]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER02-1656-017]


California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of 
Technical Conference

December 16, 2003.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is convening a technical 
conference regarding the California Independent System Operator 
Corporation (CAISO) Revised Comprehensive Market Design Proposal 2002 
(MD02), pursuant to its Order issued on October 28, 2003,\1\ to further

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facilitate and better understand several aspects of the proposed MD02. 
The conference will be held on January 28-29, 2004, at the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
beginning at 9 a.m. in a room to be announced at a later date.
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    \1\ California Independent System Operator Corporation, 105 FERC 
] 61,140 (2003) (October 28 Order).
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    The conference will focus on the flexible offer obligation 
proposal, the residual unit commitment process, pricing for 
constrained-output generators, marginal losses, and ancillary services. 
Participants are requested to restrict their contributions to this 
conference to these and other market efficiency issues not related to 
the mitigation of market power. Market Power Mitigation will be the 
focus of a second technical conference proposed to be held in early 
March 2004.
    In the October 28 Order, the Commission also sought additional 
information and explanation from the CAISO in relation to certain 
elements of the MD02 proposal. Concurrently with this Notice the 
Commission Staff requests certain supplemental information from the 
CAISO to further clarify issues relating to certain aspects of the MD02 
proposal, and to prepare for the March 2004 second technical 
conference. The dates by which the CAISO will be required to file 
information with the Commission are set out in a timetable in the 
Attachment to this Notice.
    Interested participants are also invited to submit information and 
comments arising from the October 28 Order, the technical conference 
held in California on November 6, 2003, and from the additional 
information that will be submitted by the CAISO. Participants are also 
requested to submit information and comments to the Commission by the 
due dates listed in the timetable in the Attachment.
    A second technical conference will be held in early March 2004 to 
finalize the outstanding issues relating to implementation of MD02, 
particularly the design of measures for the mitigation of market power, 
including local market power mitigation and treatment of imports. A 
separate notice of technical conference will be issued by the 
Commission in early February 2004 announcing the date and location of 
the second technical conference, and a final agenda.
    The conference is open for the public to attend, and registration 
is not required. For more information about the conference, please 
contact: Olga Kolotushkina at (202) 502-6024 or at 
[email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Timetable for Submissions

1. Information on Market Issues to be filed by the CAISO--by January 7, 
2004

    Pursuant to the October 28 Order, the Commission requests that the 
CAISO clarify the following issues by January 7, 2004, so that 
interested participants may both respond and better prepare for 
discussions at the MD02 Technical Conference to be held on January 28-
29, 2004.
    [sbull] Clarification of the CAISO's approach to allocation of 
marginal losses--refer to ] 78 of the October 28 Order.
    [sbull] Revised pricing mechanism for setting prices for 
constrained output generators in the forward market--refer to ] 89 of 
the October 28 Order.
    [sbull] Further clarification of the statement by the CAISO that it 
``does not prohibit energy from capacity committed in the day-ahead RUC 
from being sold by the unit owner via any bilateral transaction in the 
hour-ahead market, including sales to other Control Areas''--refer to ] 
123 of the October 28 Order.
    [sbull] Additional clarification on the CAISO's concern that a 
purchase of only capacity may undermine incentive to imports to acquire 
transmission capacity across ties as part of the residual unit 
commitment process--refer to ] 127 of the October 28 Order.

2. Information on Market Issues To Be Filed by Other Participants--by 
January 14, 2004 *

    Participants are invited to file reply comments by Wednesday, 
January 14, 2004, in response to:
    [sbull] The CAISO's submission under item 1 above;
    [sbull] Any other market issues, other than market power 
mitigation, raised in the October 28 Order; and
    [sbull] The discussions relating to market issues, other than 
market power mitigation, that occurred at the November 6, 2003 
Technical Conference held in California.

    * The Commission requests that submissions be limited to market 
issues other than market power mitigation measures. Market power 
mitigation and resource adequacy issues will be the focus of the 
second Technical Conference to be held in early March. The 
Commission will issue a formal notice announcing the second 
conference in early February.

3. Information Requested From CAISO Under Request Issued on December 
16, 2003--by January 12, 2004

4. Comments of Other Participants in Response to Information Submitted 
by the CAISO Under Data Request--Anticipated Date January 26, 2004

    Formal notice inviting comments from interested participants 
relating to CAISO's submission pursuant to the Data Request will be 
published by the Commission as soon as practicable after the CAISO has 
submitted the requested information. It is anticipated that the date by 
which such comments should be filed will be January 26, 2004. This will 
be specified in the notice.

[FR Doc. E3-00623 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]
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