Participants with combustion resources are eligible to receive a Standby Payment in response to a Standby Event. Non-combustion resources are not eligible for a Standby Payment.
Standby Event Notification Process. When an applicable California balancing authority issues an EEA Watch or an EEA 1, the DSGS program team will notify DSGS providers and directly-enrolled participants with combustion resources of a DSGS standby event and to be ready to potentially dispatch if a DSGS dispatch event is issued. DSGS providers are responsible for notifying their participants with combustion resources of any standby events. DSGS providers and direct participants must determine the amount of incremental load reduction that would be available from combustion resources during each hour of the EEA Watch or EEA 1 time frame (standby commitment). Participants must provide a standby commitment to be eligible for a Standby Payment. Participants must provide a standby commitment in response to each DSGS standby event prior to the start of the event hour. Standby commitments are specific to a single DSGS standby event and are not carried over to subsequent DSGS standby events.
DSGS providers and direct participants shall report to the CEC the amount of incremental load reduction committed to be available during the DSGS event time frame within one hour or as quickly as feasible after the balancing authority issues the EEA Watch or EEA , but before the DSGS event hour to receive a standby payment for that hour. In the case of a sudden onset event, providers and direct participants shall report within one hour, recognizing that the event will have already started. The standby event email notification will include instructions on how to provide the standby commitment.
DSGS providers and direct participants shall provide to the CEC any updates to the standby commitments as soon as practicable.