[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
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[FR Doc No: E3-00669]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER02-1656-017]


California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of 
Extension of Time

December 24, 2003.
    On December 19, 2003, the California Independent System Operator 
Corporation (the CAISO) filed a motion for an extension of time within 
which to file data pursuant to two requests issued by the Commission on 
December 16, 2003, relating to the CAISO's Revised MD02 Proposal and 
the Commission's October 28 Order.\1\ The Commission's requests were 
contained in a Notice of Technical Conference and a letter from Jamie 
Simler, Director, Division of Tariffs and Market Development--West (the 
Letter) to the CAISO, respectively. The Notice of Technical Conference 
directed the CAISO to file information to clarify:
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    \1\ California Independent System Operator Corporation, 105 FERC 
] 61,140 (2003) (October 28 Order).

    [sbull] The CAISO's proposed approach to allocation of marginal 
losses;
    [sbull] The revised pricing mechanism for setting prices for 
constrained output generators in the forward market;
    [sbull] A statement made by the CAISO in relation to sales of 
energy from capacity committed in the day-ahead residual unit 
commitment process; and
    [sbull] The CAISO's concern that the purchase of only capacity may 
undermine incentives to imports in the residual unit commitment 
process.

    The Letter directed the CAISO to file specific responses to clarify 
and provide a further explanation of the methodologies and approaches 
proposed to be adopted by the CAISO to determine which resources are 
subject to local market power mitigation, and to provide three specific 
examples employing the proposed methodologies.
    The responses and information were directed to be filed by no later 
than January 7, 2004.
    The CAISO's motion states that due to the holiday season, key 
personnel within the CAISO will be unavailable and that the CAISO is 
therefore unable to meet this deadline. The CAISO therefore requests an 
extension of time for filing the information in response to the Notice 
of Technical Conference until January 14, 2004, and an extension of 
time for filing the responses pursuant to the Letter until January 23, 
2004.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for the CAISO to comply with the Commission's request in the 
Notice of Technical Conference is granted to January 14, 2004, and an 
extension of time for the CAISO to comply with the request in the 
Letter is granted to January 16, 2004.
    As previously advised, interested parties are invited to file 
comments by January 14, 2004 in relation to the October 28 Order and in 
relation to issues arising from the November 6 Technical Conference. 
Interested parties are also invited to file reply comments by January 
20, 2004 in response to the additional information provided by the 
CAISO on January 14, 2004.

Summary of Deadlines

    Deadline for CAISO clarification pursuant to December 16, 2003 
Notice of Technical Conference; and Deadline for Interested Parties' 
Comments on October 28 Order and November 6, 2003 Technical Conference: 
January 14.
    Deadline for CAISO additional information on local market power 
mitigation pursuant to December 16 Letter: January 16.
    Deadline for Interested Parties' responses to CAISO January 14, 
2004 clarification: January 20.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E3-00669 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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