[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65600-65601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26191]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL08-88-000; ER08-1178-000]


California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conference

October 28, 2008.
    On October 21, 2008, the Commission issued a notice of a staff 
technical conference in the above-captioned proceedings to further 
explore the justness and reasonableness of the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) Exceptional Dispatch mechanism 
and proposed mitigation plan. The technical conference will be held on 
November 6, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 7, 2008 from 9 
a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The room 
location has been changed from the Commission Meeting Room to Hearing 
Room 1. The Commission hereby provides the following additional 
information and instruction regarding the conference.
    The technical conference will focus on the compensation provided to 
non-Resource Adequacy resources that receive Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions and the constraints, which are not fully modeled, that may 
result in a more frequent than originally expected use of the 
Exceptional Dispatch mechanism. This conference is not intended to 
address broader issues concerning the overall Market Redesign and 
Technology Upgrade (MRTU) implementation. Specifically, Commission 
staff is interested in obtaining information related to the following 
questions and concerns:
    1. Compensation for non-Resource Adequacy resources under 
Exceptional Dispatch in light of the October 16, 2008 order in this 
docket including consideration of:
     How such compensation compares to compensation for non-
Resource Adequacy resources committed under other backstop capacity 
mechanisms, e.g., ICPM, TCPM and RCST;
     The Commission's proposed pricing remedy including its 
proposed means to avoid the potential for ``double payment'' of certain 
resources;
     Whether mitigation is appropriate and, if so, under what 
circumstances and at what level; and
     How should partial non-resource adequacy resources and 
self-scheduled resources that are exceptionally dispatched be 
compensated.
    2. Reliability requirements that the CAISO describes as 
``transitory'' in nature.\1\
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    \1\ CAISO's June 27, 2008 Amendment to Revise Exceptional 
Dispatch Provisions of the MRTU Tariff, Docket No. ER08-1178-000, 
Transmittal Letter at 21-22.
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    3. Why the full network cannot be modeled, as well as issues 
related to known constraints (e.g., Path 26, San Francisco Bay Area/
Delta Dispatch), and the costs, benefits, and practicality of 
addressing these reliability requirements with Exceptional Dispatch.
    4. The anticipated frequency and trend of Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions, especially for non-Resource Adequacy resources, as well 
as all additional scenarios that may require Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions that were not specifically referenced in the CAISO's 
original proposal in ER08-1178-000, including Forbidden Operating 
Regions.
    Staff expects the CAISO to prepare a brief presentation 
(approximately 15 minutes) to address each question. Following the 
presentation, staff will have the opportunity to ask follow-up 
questions and participants will then

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have the opportunity to ask questions and offer brief comments. Staff 
asks that if a coalition of participants has common questions or 
perspectives to present, a single spokesperson be designated to speak 
for the group in order to efficiently address the relevant issues and 
minimize repetition of issues already discussed.
    The technical conference will be open for the public to attend and 
advance registration is not required. Although staff encourages all 
interested parties to attend in person, the conference will be 
accessible via telephone on a listen-only basis. For information 
regarding telephone access to the conference, please e-mail 
[email protected] no later than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, 
November 3, 2008 and specify whether you will be dialing into to the 
conference on one or both days. You will then receive a confirmation e-
mail containing the dial-in number and password. Staff requests that, 
to the extent possible, individuals calling from the same location 
share a single telephone line.
    All interested persons may file written comments following the 
technical conference on or before November 24, 2008. Reply comments 
will be due on or before December 2, 2008.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information about this conference, please contact: Sarah 
McKinley, 202.502.8368, [email protected], for logistical issues, 
and Sarah Crawford, 202.502.8241, [email protected], or Saeed 
Farrokhpay, 916.294.0322, [email protected], for other 
concerns.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26191 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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