QUESTION: market_relations@nyiso.com writes to the NYISO_TECH_EXCHANGE Discussion List: Dear Market Participants, The NYISO is pleased to inform you about the following enhancements to the public web server (www.nyiso.com), MIS and SPIDER that will be implemented on July 31, 2001. The Generation Supplier Issues development project will be completed with the following functionality being introduced into the NYISO markets (Please see published Technical Bulletins for full descriptions): Units will be able to operate as Energy Limited Resources (ELR). Qualifying units whose schedules are modified will not be subjected to any financial harm from the obligation to cover energy balancing charges. Units will be able to operate as Capacity Limited Resources (CLR). Bid rules will be modified to allow units to indicate an upper MW limit, separate from the Upper Operating Limit (UOL), that will be honored in the scheduling horizon by SCUC, BME and SCD under certain environmental and operating situations. Multiple response rates will be allowed. This modification is intended to encourage units to be on dispatch by allowing units to move in response to price signals. MIS will be modified to allow up to three response rate ranges to be entered as static data inputs. Payment rules for start-up will be modified. Payment rules for unforced energy replacement will be modified. Changes to SCUC will be deployed to optimize Phase Angle Regulators (PARs) for evaluation of the Day Ahead Market (DAM). The migration of web postings from InfoReports to MrXML will continue with the replacement of a number of reports with those generated using the new technology (please note that the structure of all migrated reports will be retained). Detailed Release Notices: MIS: KCUG-4YKPTQ; SMCE-4YKG8J; BHAN-4XNLTA Web: FTHE-4XNL8H; VLEE-4YLQN3 SPIDER: JPIR-4YKKKG; AHAE-4XMSCR Real-Time: MSIR-4YKKY5 Billing and Accounting: MGUE-4YKQUW; LDBA-4YLM7W; ASOA-4YLL8P If you notice any NYISO systems behave other than intended after the scheduled implementation date, please let us know immediately. It will be helpful if you refer to this notice if you communicate with us about these changes. Thank you,
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ANS: NYISO - NOTICE of Changes to OASIS/MIS/CSS Systems

QUESTION: There are no changes... There will be no substantial heat in California this week. In fact, temperatures wil actually average below normal for Monday-Wednesday before warming at the end of the week. Although there is some possibility of above to much above normal temperatures in California and the Desert Southwest, it seems more likely that at least a partial start to the monsoon thunderstorms will occur. Since the normal high is 104 in Phoenix, I would opt for 1-2 degrees above normal as an average for the week. The Pacific Northwest will see below normal temperatures for the next 10-14 days on average. Above normal precipitation for the time of year... Dave
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QUESTION: I've looked into whether we can terminate our Val Verde interconnect agreement with Burlington, and have determined we may do so only if we take the following steps: 1. Terminate the OBA by giving 30 days notice to Burlington. Paragraph 13 of the 6/1/94 OBA with Burlington (as successor in interest to Meridian) provides that either party may terminate the OBA "at the end of the primary term, or thereafter by providing thirty (30) days prior written notice" to Burlington. (The one-month primary term ended June 30, 1994 and has since gone month-to-month.) 2. On the effective termination date of the OBA, terminate the interconnect agreement by giving 30 days notice to Burlington. The 12/31/92 Interconnect Point Operating Agreement, Paragraph 6, provides that either party may terminate on 180 prior notice after expiration of the primary term. This is of limited use to us since the primary term does not expire until 12/31/02. However, the paragraph also provides that the agreement "may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days prior written notice in the event the OBA between the parties is terminated." As we've already discussed, termination of the agreement is an extreme measure from a customer relations standpoint and we probably need to weigh our other options first. Let me know if you have further questions.
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PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION Terminability of Val Verde interconnect agreement